Now Nano-Mixing Without the Bubbles

The uniform dispersal of nanosized particles in substrates such as resin is extremely difficult work and traditional methods have significant problems. Now nano level mixing has been made easy and without bubbles according to Intertronics, which reports it has the solution: the Thinky ARV-310 mixer.

The ARV-310 and its larger capacity sibling the ARV-5000 utilise proven Thinky planetary mixing technology with the added advantage of a vacuum environment. Their powerful 400g acceleration enables uniform mixing as well as simultaneous dispersion and deaerating for highly active nanosized particles such as carbon nanotubes or particles in epoxy or silicone, nanoceramic in water, nanofibres in polymer, nanogold balls, yag phosphor in silicone, or for organic materials.

The company’s Managing Director, Peter Swanson, commented, “The Thinky ARV units are addressing the really difficult mixing problems in laboratories around the world. Their bidirectional action does not enfold air while the new vacuum environment facility removes existing air or other gases. A good example is carbon nanotube dispersion in epoxy where, compared with hand mixing, the Thinky process led to better than halving resistivity in the final material. We believe this is a technology especially suited to small/medium laboratory type quantities.”

The Thinky planetary mixing process is considered ideal for nanopolymers, ultrafine semiconductor elements, molecular devices, biogenic materials, protein solar batteries, organic ELs, intelligent ceramics, functional materials, materials for high-technology electronic devices, carbon nanotubes, nanocarbon black and nanocomposite.

More information is available on the company’s website.

Tags: Intertronics, nanoparticles, Nanopolymers