Self-Healing Polymer Additives for Cosmetics

化妆品用自修复聚合物添加剂

• 批准号: 485892-2015
• 负责人: Barrett, Christopher
• 金额: $ 1.81万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=585260
• 关键词: Self; Healing; Polymer; Additives; Cosmetics

Fanair Inc. of Montreal specializes in products for the burgeoning industry in cosmetic nails, and has traditionally relied on outsourcing its formulations of compositions for making photo-curable cosmetic nail products, a reliance that had previously prevented the company from leveraging its own Intellectual Property, made the company a vulnerable client of a sole-source outside formulator, and curtailed activities to move the company into a better position of innovation for global competitiveness. Since 2014 however, Fanair is now active in its own Research and Development of proprietary materials and in control of its own formulations, competitive with the world leaders, and as a result has now expanded to add distribution in the US, Caribbean, and in Europe. This proposal seeks to develop a novel additive of self-healing polymers to their current formulations to provide a longer-lasting and higher quality product, which will position Fanair with a unique and superior product to competitors, and emerge as a world-leader in this niche market. From daily wear, cosmetic nail top coats can become chipped, scratched or (most often) dulled in lustre due to micro-scratching, typically within 1-2 weeks. The company seeks to solve lustre loss by adding small amounts of 'self-healing' self-assembly polymers, which when warmed in daily bathing water can soften sufficiently to 'fill in' micro-scratches and restore gloss and lustre. The company can assert itself as a global industry leader in its area by developing such IP-protected scratch-healing compositions and processes. It can only do so by enlisting the expertise of a research group that has extensive knowledge of polymer coatings, reflectivity optimization, and self-healing surface reflectivity transitions, such as the Barrett Group at McGill Chemistry.

蒙特利尔的 Fanair Inc. 专门为新兴的美甲行业提供产品，并拥有 传统上依靠外包其组合物配方来制造光固化美甲 产品的依赖此前曾阻止该公司利用自己的知识产权， 使该公司成为独家外部配方设计师的脆弱客户，并减少了推动该公司发展的活动 公司在创新方面处于更有利的位置，以提高全球竞争力。然而，自 2014 年以来，Fanair 现在 积极进行专有材料的自主研发并控制自己的配方， 与世界领先者竞争，因此现在已扩大到在美国、加勒比海、 在欧洲。该提案旨在开发一种新型自修复聚合物添加剂 配方以提供更持久、更高质量的产品，这将使 Fanair 具有独特的地位 和优于竞争对手的优质产品，并成为这个利基市场的世界领导者。从日常穿着来看， 化妆品指甲面漆可能会因微划痕而变得碎裂、划伤或（最常见）光泽变暗， 通常在 1-2 周内。该公司寻求通过添加少量“自我修复”来解决光泽损失问题 自组装聚合物，在日常洗澡水中加热时可以充分软化以“填充” 微划痕并恢复光泽和光泽。该公司可以宣称自己是该领域的全球行业领导者 通过开发此类受知识产权保护的划痕修复组合物和工艺来扩大这一领域的发展。它只能通过招募来做到这一点 研究小组的专业知识在聚合物涂层、反射率优化、 以及自愈表面反射率转变，例如麦吉尔化学的巴雷特小组。