Directa Plus PLC Flame retardant properties of G+ established
February 10 2021 - 2:00AM
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Directa Plus PLC
10 February 2021
10 February 2021
Directa Plus plc
("Directa Plus" or the "Company")
Flame retardant properties of G+ established
Directa Plus (AIM: DCTA), a leading producer and supplier of
graphene nanoplatelets based products for use in consumer and
industrial markets, is pleased to highlight to investors the
publication of a scientific paper establishing the fire-retardant
properties of Directa's G+ materials.
The research was undertaken by scientists at the Polytechnic of
Turin, Italy's oldest technical university, and was published in an
article entitled 'PET foams surface treated with graphene
nanoplatelets: evaluation of thermal resistance and flame
retardancy' in the journal Polymers
(https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/4/501).
The research shows that the use of water-based G+ graphene ink
to coat polymeric foam confers significant flame-retardant
properties versus untreated polymeric foam. A simple application of
G+ ink to the external faces of the foam provided good
flame-retardant properties, tested in both horizontal and vertical
conditions
Polymeric foams are used in many applications from roof
insulation to furniture and are extremely flammable meaning that
the potential market for G+ fire retardant technology is
sizeable.
Directa Plus already owns a family of patents relating to the
flame-retardant composition comprising graphene nanoplatelets with
seven patents granted across multiple jurisdictions, including the
US, China and Europe.
Commenting, Giulio Cesareo, Founder and CEO of Directa Plus,
said: "This is a very encouraging piece of research - building on
our existing understanding of the use of graphene as a flame
retardant.
"As always at Directa, we have a clear vision of bringing
technology out of the lab into real world, commercial use, and this
paper could represent another very important step to open a new
future industrial vertical.
"Our intellectual property portfolio continues to grow and we
will continue to utilise that portfolio in line with our
established commercial strategy of bringing graphene enhanced
products to existing markets in partnership with established
commercial partners."
Commenting, Alberto Frache, Associate Professor in Materials
Science and Technology at Polytechnic of Turin, said: "The results
obtained from the coating of water-based G+ graphene ink in the
field of flame retardancy were very significant. In particular, PET
foam samples treated with G+ resist up to seven times the time
required for flame penetration compared to the untreated
sample.
"The close collaboration between Directa-Plus and the
Politecnico di Torino has led to an in-depth study of G+
nanoplatelets in order to develop plastics with outstanding
performance.
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For further information please visit www.directa-plus.com or
contact:
Directa Plus plc +39 02 36714458
Giulio Cesareo, CEO
Marco Ferrari, CFO
Cenkos Securities plc (Nominated Adviser
and Joint Broker) +44 131 220 6939
Neil McDonald
Pete Lynch
N+1 Singer (Joint Broker) +44 20 7496 3069
Rick Thompson
Phil Davies
Tavistock (Financial PR and IR) +44 20 7920 3150
Simon Hudson
Edward Lee
About Directa Plus
Our focus is principally on the two sectors in which we have
strong commercial advantage through developed and launched products
and a technological lead: environmental (based on our
Grafysorber(R) product) and textiles (based on our G+(R) products).
In addition, we will continue to pursue opportunities in elastomers
and composites (including tyres and asphalt), also using our G+(R)
products. All our products are hypoallergenic, non-toxic and
sustainably produced.
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