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- 01 05.2011 From Inception to Insertion: Successful Products and Applications using Nickel Nanostrands
- The increasing use of composites and plastics in demanding applications brings great advantages in physical and mechanical properties, but with compromises in electrical performance. Composite materials typically cannot provide adequate performance in applications where electrical conduction is required. These electrical properties are becoming increasingly critical due to an escalating reliance on digital communications and controls....
- 02 03.2011 Investigation of Electrically Conductive Structural Adhesives using Nickel Nanostrands
- Several conductive nanomaterials are investigated for structural electrically conductive adhesive applications, including carbon nanofibers and nickel nanostrands. The suitability of nanostrands as a conductive filler is reviewed. Adhesive formulations based on Hysol 9396 epoxy are tested for electrical and structural properties. Several formulations are found to be capable of providing enhanced adhesive strength while affording excellent electrical conductivity ...
- 03 01.2011 Conductive Composites Receives Nickel-Coated Carbon Fibre Order
- Conductive Composites received a new order totaling $2.44 Million which marks the successful expansion into the 5,000 square feet manufacturing plant at its Green River Production Facility. The Green River Production Facility provides a new site for production scale manufacturing to support the Materials Research & Technology Center and Main Headquarters located in Heber City, UT. With demand for conductive materials at an all time high for several aerospace and EMI shielding programs, this is a strategic time for us to strengthen our business with this manufacturing capability said Nathan Hansen, President. This order, which will be completed during 2011, will open new opportunities for our products and will continue the advancement of our global leadership role in nickel coating by using chemical vapour deposition technology."...
- 04 09.2010 SBIR Program Yields Lightweight, Highly Conductive Electromagnetic Shielding Coatings
- The Air Force Research Laboratory Small Business Innovation Research partner Conductive Composites Company created nanostructured materials and coatings that--in their capacity to provide conductivity and shielding for a variety of applications--are collectively poised to become standard technology in the electromagnetic material designer's toolbox. ...
- 05 08.2010 AFRL completes High Power Microwave testing
- AFRL Air Vehicles Directorate researchers recently completed a series of High Power Microwave (HPM) tests in an effort to reduce the susceptibility of modern air vehicles to potentially damaging Electromagnetic (EM) or Radio Frequency (RF) sources....
- 06 09.2010 New Materials Technology a Coat of a Different Color
- Working under an Air Force Research Laboratory Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract, Conductive Composites Company, LLC, produced new polymer coatings novel in their capacity to provide--via single-material solution--both the conductivity needed for effective electromagnetic hardening and shielding and the range of colors needed for camouflage and similar optical spectrum management applications...
About Us
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Conductive Composites (formerly known as Metal Matrix) was founded in 1995, with the objective of providing advanced material solutions that bridge the macro, micro, and nano scale worlds. With over a hundred years of combined experience in engineering proprietary chemical vapor decomposition technologies, we are able to create unique combinations of nano-structured, conductive composites and coatings. These nano structures become the foundation for building micro-structured materials systems, which in turn solves real world macro-structured performance problems.
The unique nature of our technology provides the ability to create a wide variety of highly electrically conductive resins, adhesives, coatings, composites, and other systems. Each of the basic materials has its own unique properties, which synergistically work together. For instance, the wide variety of branched, looped and interconnected nano filaments in nanostrands act like broadband electromagnetic chain mail. Nickel coated fibers, fabrics and papers act as major conductors and ground planes. These highly unique materials have resulted in excellent electrical and electromagnetic performance in otherwise nonconductive materials.
This legacy of excellence has resulted in the awarding of three phase I SBIR's, three phase II SBIR’s, and a Defense Acquisition Challenge Program grant. We are working with several major prime contractors and national laboratories to integrate our materials into real world platform technology insertions. The technology has been recognized by the receipt of a R&D 100 award, a Micro Nano 25 award and a NASA Nanotech 50 award.E-mail: info@conductivecomposites.com
