Grants and Contributions:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Nanomaterials possess unique properties which confer novel or enhanced properties to existing materials wex000D
use in our daily lives and in various industries and advanced technologies. Though several "nanocomposite"x000D
materials and devices have been developed, to this date, there are still two major hinderances limiting thex000D
large-scale deployment of nanocomposite products: 1. The large-scale production of the nanomaterials, and 2.x000D
the integration/compatibilization of the nanomaterials with the host material. Tekna Systèmes Plasma inc. hasx000D
developed several processes and equipment to achieve the large-scale synthesis of nanomaterials, but nox000D
commercial process and equipment exist for the in-situ modification of the as-produced nanomaterials tox000D
ensure their integration into host materials. Researchers of the Plasma Processing Laboratory have studied suchx000D
problem for several years and with the recent in-house development of a high-voltage nanosecond powerx000D
supply, they are now in a position to build and test a plasma injector which would allow such in-situx000D
modification, while being compatible with Tekna's technical requirements. This is a unique opportunity for ax000D
university-industry collaboration to lead to a leap innovation in the field of nanomaterials, and to deploy ax000D
much needed technology into a fast-growing sector.