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INSCX exchange (The Integrated Nanoscience & Commodity Exchange) confirm the establishment of INSCX offices in China with the formation of INSCX Asia. “This development will extend the reach of the Exchange to a critical region in the emerging nanomaterials area, namely China and the wider Asia region”, according to an exchange spokesperson.
Further announcements are scheduled Q1, 2019 to coincide with the restructuring of INSCX into three distinct regions, Europe, Asia and the United States.
With the current shortage of high-purity C-60, 99.9% and C-60, 99.5% continuing, INSCX has moved to secure supply from a number of producers mid-November onwards. Research and bulk enquiries in the interim should be conveyed for tender to the Exchange registrar using the contact link. Please complete all sections of the enquiry form, state target pricing and quantity sought.
INSCX is pleased to announce the formal listing of oil-soluble copper nanopowders dispersed in organic media suitable for use in next-generation lubricants. Of US origin, the nanocopper dispersion can be easily further dispersed in toluene, chloroform, lubricating greases, resin, rubber, coatings, and plastics. The particles have very narrow particle size distribution from 5 to 7 nm, exhibiting unique properties making this material a perfect anti-wear and friction reducing additive in lubricants and greases to fix scratched and worn surfaces. It can also be used as a good electric conductor, anti-static material, and additive in functional coatings.
Carbon ink/paste play an increasing role in applications including printed resistors, polymer thick film circuitry, membrane switches, electrical attachments, heaters, and static elimination. We can configure carbon inks to obtain a range of electrical conductivity values by blending them with silver inks and adjust conductivity to a specific level. INSCX can also blend carbon inks with silver inks to reduce cost for some applications.
We can reliably manufacture 30-100+ nanometer-sized particles of silver (Ag). We can control the size, shape and dispersion of the silver nanoparticles in accordance with the requirements of our customers. This allows us to achieve the highest ink performance optimization in properties such as conductivity, adhesion and flexibility.
Contact us for pricing on Silver Nanoparticle Conductive Inks.
After spending several years providing the tyre manufacturing industry with consultancy, research and materials supply – we feel we are in a leading position to offer the tyre industry the support it needs to introduce nanomaterials into the production process of vehicle tyres.
In the past Carbon Black has been used as a filler – but this is not ideal for reasons of lack of functionality and its impact on the environment.
Whilst we are not in a position to reveal all the results of all our research (due to non disclosure agreement restrictions) we can offer some free guidance.
We have therefore publish a short paper explaining the benefits of using Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNT’s) instead of Carbon Black
You can read/download this publication at Research into using MWCNT Nanomaterials in the production of Tyres
Further to the publication of EU recommendation 2011/696/EU on the definition of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs), some substances used for decades as additives in the plastics industry now find themselves classed as nanomaterials. The list of substances includes among others, silica, carbon black and many organic pigments. While the substances are used as additives in polymers they typically end up encapsulated into the polymer matrix and are not intended to be released under normal and foreseeable conditions. Based on these arguments, this raises the question; Should polymer products containing such additives be exempt from notification?
Interest beyond research and development in engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) across industry is set to increase recorded INSCX exchange sales to over $1m monthly from Q4 onwards. This projection includes both recorded and put-through business. Interest in use of the Exchange as a medium to transact business has grown as customers are using the Exchange to achieve assurance on quality, regulatory compliance and clear visibility on price while official regulatory interest in the INSCX track/trace system DAS is also cited as a contributing factor.
In response to the increasing relevance of Lithium and Lithium compounds, INSCX exchange will offer the producer base access to it’s electronic trading platform to conduct spot and forward physical delivery trade types. “Emphasis will be on approaching the producer base in the Americas initially, extending to include Australia in due course”, an Exchange spokesperson added.
The link to subscribe to access the live real-time price discovery trading platform for spot, contract and fixed forward pricing in UK polymers is: https://inscx.com/trading/subscribe/
Also listed are leading Chinese grades of TiO2 for DDP delivery, EMEA base oils and bulk volume engineered nanomaterials.
The INSCX upgraded live trade platform for polymers, base oils, titanium dioxide and high-volume nanomaterials is now live.
Users can subscribe for access using the URL link: https://inscx.com/trading/subscribe/
For the first time a real-time forward delivery market is listed in the primary polymer chemical families with contracts types suitable for producers, end-users and professional qualified traders in addition to Spot and Contract pricing. Polymer feedstocks are also listed and a mechanism for producers to calculate both a Volume Weighted Average Price in addition to a Trade Weighted Average price is enabled across all listed products.
This system offers the physical polymer industry a low-cost means to have real-time price discovery based on the price tolerances of producers and end-users while also allowing for the input of the financial trading community.
“The challenge now is for the physical industry to rally to use the system as opposed to continuing to rely on general price assessments, as the polymer industry now has an alternative that delivers both price discovery and the ability to hedge”, an exchange spokesperson added.
In addition to polymers, INSCX has upgraded listing of base oils, TiO2 and high-volume engineered nanomaterials.