Technology
- Ceramic Solid State Ionic Technologies
- Other Ceramatec Technologies
- Fuel Processing
- Synthetic Fuel
- Fly Ash Treatment for Reuse (Benefication)
- Compact Microchannel Heat Exchangers and Reactors
- Micro and Nano-Porous Ceramics
- Hazardous Gas Treatment
- Coatings
- Biomedical & Orthopedic Implants
- Nanopowder Synthesis
- Custom Electrode Development
- Advance Materials Processing & Development
- Heavy Oil & Shale Oil Upgrading
- Next Generation Catalyst Supports & Substrates
Contact
nanoceramics@ceramatec.comAwards & Activities
- Winner of 2004 Stoel Rives Utah Innovation Award
- Over $ 2.25 million R & D funding in the form of Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) awards (2002 – present)
- Possible industrial collaboration with several large US manufacturing companies
- Patented & Trademarked
Ceramic Microfabrication
Cercanam® is also available in a liquid (slip) form which can be cast into a desired mold with appropriate built-in features. As a result, external and internal features can be cast into it without any machining.
This one step ceramic microfabrication process gives net-shaped and net-sized parts with no machining. This approach can be used to make for example biomedical micro-fluidic devices & MEMS devices. See pictures below for specific examples.
External features were cast onto Cercanam® with no machining. Here a copper penny was used as the template mold
Internal features were cast into Cercanam® with no machining. These array of holes are 125 µm ± 1 µm in diameter and 250 µm ± 1 µm apart
Microstructures molded (micro-fabricated) into curved Cercanam® (Courtesy: Cannon et al., Georgia Tech)
Cercanam® Cycling
1800°C Flame Temp
Summary of Cercanam® Properties
- Ultra-high surface area attainable in a monolithic ceramic part (as high as 100 m2/g)
- Retains its high surface area after exposure at temperatures as high as 1000°C
- Chemically stable at temperatures as high as 1500°C in air, H2, CO2, and syngas
- Excellent thermal cycling and thermal shock resistance (from 800°C to room temp)
- Offers low cost, one step processing
- Can achieve near net shapes for complex geometries using wet casting or dry powder pressing, with near zero shrinkage after low-temp firing (200°- 800°C)
- Excellent for micro-features and micro-channel applications, and high tolerance fabrication
- Excellent potential for low-temperature (< 150-200°C) curable ceramic coatings and monolithic parts>
- Moisture resistant and stable in boiling salt water after firing to 800°C
- For a detailed list of Cercanam® properties, click here.