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Technologies for structuring the infinitely small.
 The nanotechnologies are used in the development and marketing of nanostructured fluorinated polymers, for new generation of liquid crystal displays (LCD's) or for improved properties of high performance polymers.
The Nanotechnologies platform teams now manage more than 50 projects, most of them in collaboration with the Group's Business Units.
All, without exception, are conducted with a constant concern for health and hygiene in the implementation of this technology.
In 2010, their efforts covered:
- improving the properties of certain of our products, in particular specialty polymers
- developing technologies to obtain nanostructured and/or functionalized surfaces, particularly for the construction market
- developing new products and processes. This already includes the creation of blue pigment pastes for next-generation display screens and the scaling up to industrial production level of an improved polyvinylidene chloride, offering better UV resistance and greater thermal stability
- exploring new areas such as the use of metallic nanomaterials in catalysis
- collaborating actively with universities and research centers, including projects under the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research (FP7).
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