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SANTE™ Nanoparticle Coating

Self-Aligning Nano Technology for Electronics (SANTE™) Nanoparticle Coatings are Cima NanoTech’s first commercial applications of an advanced nanoparticle and coating combination for use where high visible light transmittance and low resistivity is needed.

Our company’s patented technologies allow silver nanoparticles to self assemble into microscopic networks providing simultaneous transparent and conductive networks.

SANTE™ Films offer industry-changing possibilities by replacing limited and costly conductive coatings with a new generation of electronic surfaces that not only provide comparable transparency, but ten times better electronic resistance.  Further, in contrast with conventional brittle indium tin oxide coatings, SANTE™ Films are durable and flexible.

SANTE™ Technologies are Cost Effective

A unique self-assembly capability allows coated films to replace current flat panel display solutions such as copper mesh for EMI shielding while meeting or exceeding performance requirements. The process is simpler, faster and more efficient both because it requires less expensive material and because it replaces complex manufacturing processes with a simple coating procedure. The result is substantially lower manufacturing costs with minimal waste stream.

SANTE™ Coatings are Clean and Green 

The SANTE™ wet coat process is an efficient, high speed additive procedure with high material and process yield and minimal material loss with conventional application.

Conductive Inkjet Inks

Using the similar nanoparticles and chemistry as in its SANTE™ Film product lines, Cima NanoTech produces conductive nanometallic silver/copper intermediate inks.

The inkjet series begins with optimally-sized silver/copper nanometallic particles. These particles are coated with organic materials which prevent agglomeration when the particles are dispersed in a liquid vehicle. Cima NanoTech uses solvents familiar to and proven in the graphics industry to create the dispersions. Additional solvents, binders, surfactants, and additives modify the properties of the ink to suit the printing system and customer application.  

Customers can print inkjet inks through commercial or desktop printing systems. Cima NanoTech's inkjet inks support atomization, piezo and thermal inkjet technologies, and are available in formulations with metal loads up to 60% by weight.