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ContentsNanomaterials Industrial Development

Facility (NIDF): Crossing the innovation

chasm

Dr. Mike Masukume

07 November 2018

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Presentation outline

• Technology development life cycle

• Innovation chasm

• Technology readiness level

• DST-Nanomaterials industrial development facility

• NIDF current projects

• Outcome and impacts

• Acknowledgements

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Technology/product development life cycle

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Innovation Chasm?

Industry

Knowledge Market/IMPACT

Research

CHASM: gap between research and manufacture/implementation

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1+2+3 = Impact

Product Development &Commercialisation

SCALE-UP

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Basic Principles

ProvenTechnology

LabResearch Facilities

Industry“Manufacture”

Pilot line“scale-up”

Science Technology

The Technology Readiness Levels (TRL)

TRL

Innovation Chasms

Product Production

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NIDF: Scale up plant

100g 200 kg

Nanostructure R&D

Polymer Nanocomposite R&D

Nanostructure scale-up facility

Polymer extruder and processing facility

Partnership

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Polymer formulation and processing

(Polymer nanocomposites)

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Characterisation/Testing support

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Broad range of instruments: nanomaterials and polymer characterisation.

SEMTEMXRDTGADSCTensile etc.

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NIDF current projects

• Production of nano ZnO

• Production of nano clays

• Production of nano CaCO3

• Application development for nano cellulose, nano ZnO,

nano clays etc.

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• Industry competiveness:

– Import replacement;

– New Products (in partnership with industry)

• Job Creation

– Localization results in job creation

– SMME establishment support

Outcome and Impacts

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• DST

• Nanomaterial Industrial Development Facility Team

• Industrial partners

• Nano safe 18

Acknowledgment

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Thank you

DST-CSIR NIDF

Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria

Pretoria 0001, P. O. Box 395

(+27) 128414269

mmasukume@csir.co.za