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Capacities
NANOGAP SUBNM POWDER, S.A.
University Technology Center Other SME Big Company
Characterization nanocomposites nanosensors synthesis/funct. nanophotonics
nanobiotechnology nanoadditives nanometrology nanosimulation nanoencapsulates
Address:
C/ Xesta º78-A2. Milladoiro. 15895. A Coruña
Tel.:+34 981 523 897
Fax: + 34 881 974 005
Webpage : www.nanogap.es
Contact:
Dr. Daniel Fernandez Mosquera
Innovation Manager
Email: d.fernandez@nanogap.es
Organisation profile
NANOGAP SUB-NM-POWDER, Inc. (NANOGAP) was established in 2006 and is a spin-out of the
University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). In 2010 it established a subsidiary in California, USA
Currently, NANOGAP SUBNM POWDER, SA has production facilities of 400m 2 in Milladoiro (Ames)
where the production plant and the R&D laboratory are located. This facilities host two 50L pilot plant
reactors with power and control equipment, and instruments for quality control and testing for physical
and chemical characterization of materials. NANOGAP has developed proprietary knowledge allowing
scaling the production of the materials developed in the laboratory to the annual volume of 1 Ton of final
product while maintaining control over the morphological and functional properties designed in the
laboratory. NANOGAP currently has a staff of 12 people divided into the following areas:
I + D + I: 3 Chemical doctors CC, 3 CC graduates. Degree in Chemical and 1 CC. physical
Production: 2 Chemical Engineering and Technical Production 1
Administration: 1 Degree in Economics
Commercial: 1 Ph.D. and 2 degrees in DC. Chemicals, all with MBA
Main capacities in nanotechnology/nanoscience
All the products developed and fabricated by Nanogap are manufactured by wet chemical procedures.
This technology has a number of advantages
• Excellent control over the dimensional properties: our nanomaterials have a defined size in a narrow
range of variability, with excellent homogeneity and dispersion.
• Several choices for the product final presentation of: our nanomaterials are dispersed in a variety of
organic solvents and / or inorganic, to facilitate their integration into our customers' products and optimize
the incorporation of new features.
• Ease of scaling from the laboratory to the production plant: methods based on wet chemistry can be
rapidly transferred from the laboratory scale to semi-industrial production.
• Security: our nanomaterials are confined by the dispersion in which are synthesized, which increases
safety for workers, consumers and the environment.
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