Utah’s Micro(nano)-Bio player:

Industry/Business Name: Metal Matrix Composites Company

Location and URL/webpage: Midway, UT;

Broad area/specific area: Nanostructured nickel filaments, used primarily for

conductivity in polymers and composites

Description of Product(s): Nanostrands are sub-micron diameter filaments of highly

branched and three dimensionally interconnected strands

of nickel, which is electrically conductive magnetic and

non corrosive.

Application(s) Imparts excellent electromagnetic properties to polymers

and composites at very low loadings; conductivity, ESD,

electromagnetic shielding, lightning strike. Other uses are

in the fields of energy storage and conversion, catalysis

,filtering and metallurgy.

Potential Market and users: Aerospace,electronics, transportation, energy

List of current Collaborator(s) US Air Force, Dept of Defense

Number of employees Technician -2, Scientist - 4, Student – 2;

Annual turnover: @ $1M

Current funding $2.6 M

Contact person: George Hansen [

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