Functional Polymers

Innovative material development

Using the functional polymers we have developed, we can adjust product properties well while keeping material usage low.

Binding catalyst complexes to polymers for example can increase the duration of the catalyst, or lead to the realisation of novel interface active systems.

Volatile substances bound to polymers can be handled safely. Thus polymer bound substances can spread their activity without endangering people or the environment.

This kind of technology allows us to achieve the REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) aims without the need for extensive approval procedures.

Focuses

Mecadi works centrally on the development and manufacturing of polyvinylalcohole derivatives and series products.

Mecadi gives its customers access to existing substance libraries with different functionalities, degrees of functionalization and molar masses.

Mecadi produces these derivatives in kg-amounts. Technical amounts can be produced by manufacturing partners. Mecadi supports its customers during the application development of for example polymer coating experiments.

The access to new polymeric substances with unique characteristics was developed in co-operation with the Research Centre in Karlsruhe.



The following patent rights have been revealed so far:

EP1364983: Polymers containing halogens and methods for producing them

The technology makes the access to highly-functionalized halogen and amino- polymers possible, which are processable further in solution. It is feasible to use these functionalized coatings in biotechnology, diagnostics, separation applications, downstream processing and membranes. For example the amino-functionalized polymers can be used for the active transport of carbon dioxide in the membranes during gas separation.

DE10223345: Methods for producing polymer structures with bound transition metals.

A group of new polymers containing phosphorus was developed. The unique thing about these polymers is that because of the attainable density of the precious metal contents (ruthenium, rhodium) of more than 15% are feasible (in comparison to 1% by typical Merrifield-polymers). The polymers make the bridging between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis possible. They are able to be used for interfacial catalysis in solution, in overcritical systems or for the covalent fixation of homogeneous catalysts on carriers.

The patent rights are licensed to Mecadi by the Research Centre in Karlsruhe .