Our technology offers a cost-effective production of novel dielectric materials with an ultra-low dielectric constant. Like Dr Leo Baekeland, who invented Bakelite, the world’s first plastic, we designed air-saturated microcontainer film. Our material is a polyimide film having microcontainers that look like air-filled bubbles of Bubble Wrap, only at the micro- and nanometre scale.
MICROCONTAINER FILM TECHNOLOGY FOR DIELECTRICS
We are pioneering novel materials to the market. We developed cutting-edge technology to produce novel dielectric materials with an ultra-low dielectric constant. Never before were dielectrics so close to air!
FOR ULTRA-LOW Dk DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
Our material has microcontainers containing air. Due to air saturation, our patterned microcontainer air film reduces the dielectric constant to close to 1, nearly the same as the air, making it a NEW super-structural material.
Our air film is a breakthrough solution for high-frequency/high-density interconnect printed circuit boards (PCBs) for high-frequency telecommunication (5G/5G), data centres, high-performance computing and other applications.
EXCEPTIONAL DIELECTRIC CONSTANT OF 1.31-1.5
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WE BRING THE DIELECTRIC CONSTANT DOWN TO 1.31-1.5
Our polyimide air film has the best on-the-market dielectric constant.
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WE OFFER COST SAVINGS
Our air film ensures significant cost reduction due to air saturation (up to 80%) as a smaller amount of polymers is required.
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WE MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE
Our air film enables the design of next-generation ultra-high-frequency and high-performance computing, telecommunication systems, and data processing.
Wide range of polymers
Our air film can be made from a wide range of polymers (PI, PEI, PEEK, etc.), enabling customisation with respect to dielectric properties, mechanical strength, thermal, chemical, and environmental resistance, and production costs.
Can be rigid or flexible
By varying the production technology, the air film can be made as rigid as steel or flexible (for wearable electronics).
Can sustain high temperatures, pressure and mechanical loads
Our air film can sustain high temperatures (+220 – +370°С) and high pressures required for PCB manufacturing, and it inherits the mechanical strength of polyimides.
Reduced production costs
Our air film consists of 80% air and only 20% polymer, significantly reducing the production costs as a smaller amount of polymers is required.
Flexible shape, size and thickness
Microcontainers’ shape, size, thickness and array density are adjustable to meet the required properties. The size of microcontainers is from submicrons to hundreds of microns, and the array density (spacing between microcontainers) is from a few microns to hundreds of microns.
FREE-STANDING MICROCONTAINERS
In addition to microcontainer film, we can produce their derivatives – free-standing custom-shaped microcontainers by separating the microcontainers from a film. With the same technology, we can produce two types of products:
- microcontainer film
- free-standing microcontainers
PROTOTYPES
Pre-industrial prototype of the production device
Microcontainer air film
Microcontainers can be of various shapes, forms and sizes
Electronics
Our microcontainer air film is an excellent material for high-frequency/high-density interconnect printed PCBs for 5G/6G, data centres, and high-performance computing and electronics due to its ability to reduce energy and signal losses, increase data transmission rate and reduce heat dissipation (overheating).
Product tracking systems
Our microcontainer film can be used to design invisible magnetic tags, a better alternative to the existing RFID tags and QR codes. These magnetic tags can be incorporated into banknotes, paper, plastic, powdered products or even liquids, and they are impossible to counterfeit.
Medical devices
Made from biocompatible and biodegradable polymers, our microcontainer films can be used as next-generation drug-eluting coatings for catheters, implants, and stents to achieve controlled drug release and bring treatment outcomes to the next level.
Cosmetics
Made from biocompatible and biodegradable polymers, our microcontainer film can be used for cosmetics and skincare products to improve the delivery of active ingredients to the skin for increased effectiveness.
References:
“Micro-sized “pelmeni” – A universal microencapsulation approach overview” 2021, Materials & Design
“Polyelectrolyte–Graphene Oxide Multilayer Composites for Array of Microchambers which are Mechanically Robust and Responsive to NIR Light” 2018, Macromolecular Rapid Communications
“Patterned Microstructure Fabrication: Polyelectrolyte Complexes vs Polyelectrolyte Multilayers” 2016, Scientific Reports
“Microcontact printing of polyelectrolyte multilayer thin films: Glass–viscous flow transition based effects and hydration methods” 2015, Colloids and Surfaces A
“Micropackaging via layer-by-layer assembly: microcapsules and microchamber arrays” 2014, International Materials Reviews
“Adhesion of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers: Sealing and Transfer of Microchamber Arrays” 2012, Langmuir
“Fabrication and mechanical properties of microchambers made of polyelectrolyte multilayers” 2011, Soft Matter
In total, our team has over 400 scientific publications on patterned microcontainer films and microencapsulation technologies.