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VCANT act like a ‘nano- velcro’ to solve issues like delamination and interlaminar cracking
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ollowing a meticulous research and development undertaking that has spanned more than a decade, NAWA Technologies
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Antoine Saucier discusses the potential of revolutionary VACNT technology while
is now in the process of industrialisation, with our pioneering Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes (VACNT) technology set to positively impact key global industries. But before I outline how our relentless pursuit for innovation will shape tomorrow’s sustainable world, it’s important to start on the inside – who is NAWA? We pride ourselves on being engineering-driven, a matter in point that will resonate with the audience of International Design Engineer. In fact, I’d go as far to say that state-of-the-art engineering lies at the very heart of NAWA. Our family is 75 strong – and includes some of the world’s finest
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reiterating why high-level engineering is always front and centre of mind
engineers across the entire engineering spectrum – who have helped us to secure no fewer than 26 patent families. Te fact that it’s this engineering ethos that challenges and drives us is an important point, because I believe there are too many organisations that make headline-grabbing claims but then can’t stand the test of scrutiny. Scratch the surface of many of these visions and it becomes apparent quickly they are merely concepts, ideas
and mission statements. At NAWA, we have spent over 10 years
working on technological designs that will substantiate what we promise to deliver in the environmental enhancement space across multiple industries.
THE BIG QUESTIONS So, the obvious two key questions are: ‘what is it that we claim to do?’ and ‘how can we substantiate those claims?’ We have optimised a revolutionary 3D carbon-based nano-material that enables breakthrough performance improvements across multiple application domains from energy storage and fuel cell stacks through to advanced composites. What are nanotubes? Well, essentially
very tall and very thin columns, but because they are at nano scale we can arrange them vertically – much like a
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