Centre for Materials Research offers a new method and equipment for the production of metal-oxide composite materials for thick-film heating elements. The technology reduces the production costs of the elements more than 10 times compared to existing methods. The Centre seeks cooperation with industrial partners for license agreement, commercial agreement with technical assistance or joint venture agreement, and R&D institutions for a research cooperation agreement.

The Centre for Materials Research developed a new method and equipment for the production of metal-oxide composite materials for thick-film heating elements with new properties. Produced materials can be used as a replacement for silver, gold, palladium, platinum, and their alloys in film heating elements.

In the developed film element are used oxidized carbonyl iron powder that significantly reduces the cost of the element.

To eliminate the destruction of the element upon switching on and instantaneous heating, the existing heating elements are made sectional of small sections to minimize thermal expansion.

Fundamentally new technology is proposed in the developed element, which allows excluding the influence of the thermal expansion of the element and thus increases the reliability of the element.

As substrates for heating elements based on metal oxide composite materials, both metallic and non-metallic materials can be used. Heating elements can be applied to the substrate using both screen printing and 3D printing.

The institute seeks cooperation with industrial partners for license agreement, commercial agreement with technical assistance, or joint venture agreement. R&D organization interested in improving the technology and equipment for the production of metal-oxide composite materials for thick-film heating elements based on oxidized carbonyl iron powder under a research cooperation agreement.

New technology and equipment for the production of metal-oxide composite materials based on oxidized carbonyl iron powder for thick-film heating elements reduce the production costs of the elements more than 10 times compared to existing methods using silver, gold, palladium, platinum, and their alloys in film heating elements.

To eliminate the destruction of the element upon switching on and instantaneous heating, the existing heating elements are made sectional of small sections to minimize thermal expansion. Fundamentally new technology is proposed in the developed element, which allows excluding the influence of the thermal expansion of the element and thus increases the reliability of the element.

The Centre for Materials Research is engaged in solving fundamental and applied problems in the fields:
*Technology and equipment for the production of metal-oxide composite materials for thick-film heating elements
* Technology and equipment for the production of soft magnetic materials
* Creation of new magnetic, ferroelectric, semiconductor, metallic, superconducting, super hard, and optical materials
* Nanomaterials and nanostructures
* Non-destructive testing and technical diagnostics.

Applied research of the institute is related to a wide spectrum of scientific and engineering problems that are multidisciplinary in nature.

The Centre wants to establish cooperation with an industrial partner or R&D organisation.

An industrial partner interested in the production of metal-oxide composite materials for thick-film heating elements based on oxidized carbonyl iron powder under a license agreement.

Industrial partner interested in using the equipment for the production of metal-oxide composite materials for thick-film heating elements based on oxidized carbonyl iron powder under a commercial agreement with technical assistance.

Joint venture agreement
Type of partner sought: industrial partner
Field of partner's activity: production of material or equipment for the production of metal-oxide composite materials for thick-film heating elements based on oxidized carbonyl iron powder.
Tasks to be performed: financing of joint venture activities, participation in enterprise management.

R&D organization interested in improving the technology and equipment for the production of metal-oxide composite materials for thick-film heating elements based on oxidized carbonyl iron powder under a research cooperation agreement.