The IMDEA Materials Institute is constantly developing new technologies and inventions based on the results of our R&D projects. Here you can find an on-line catalogue gathering the technological offer ready to be transferred to industry, other research institutions, investors or entrepreneurs.
For all enquiries, please, contact us at techtransfer.materials@imdea.org
Patents
High-porosity composite phase-change materials for thermal energy storage applications
IMDEA Materials and Universidad Francisco de Vitoria have developed a shape-stabilized composite phase-change material (PCM), physically stable and with high phase change enthalpy.
The material is suitable for thermal management applications in electronics, power electronics, solar energy, batteries, or construction.
Opportunity: Technology license
Recyclable and curved sandwich composites through bendable benzoxazine-based foaming core
Vitrimer-based syntactic foam with application in recyclable and curved lightweight sandwich composites manufactured by hot-press, for flexible interiors in the transportation, aerospace and defense industries, as well as in construction.
Opportunity: Technology license
ML-based porosity inspection method for composite materials
Non-destructive machine learning-based methodology capable of improving porosity estimation and types of porosity on composite materials.
Opportunity: Technology license
Smart mask that monitors breath rhythm
Smart face mask with self-powered sensors capable of monitoring vital parameters such as respiration rate and characteristics of respiration pulses and wirelessly transmits those IoT protocols to a telemedicine platform.
Opportunity: Technology license
Seismic detection system
Sensor device that allows the detection of seismic waves and plenty of physical magnitudes characteristic of them, through a wide range of frequencies, capable of communicating data signals in real time. The device is also mechanically robust and capable to withstand extreme environmental conditions.
Opportunity: Technology license
Energy storage in multifunctional structural composite material
Laminar composite material simultaneously having excellent structural properties and high energy storage efficiency.
Opportunity: Technology license
Electrode for capacitive deionization
Electrode for capacitive deionization in which the active phase and the current collector are included in a single element, i.e. a composite material.
Opportunity: Technology license
Multifunctional sensor for composite materials
Thin sensor laid between dry fabric layers and connected to a simple electrical power meter, that provides real-time information about the resin flow and the gel point during resin infusion and curing, remains embedded in the composite and can be used for structural health monitoring (SHM) and damage detection.
Opportunity: Technology license
Resistive curing of polymers and composite materials
Resistive heating of polymer formulations with a very small fraction of conductive nanocarbon materials. Processing of the polymer can be carried out with conventional power supplies, either with AC or DC.
Opportunity: Technology license
A halogen free flame retardant epoxy resin composition
New halogen free flame retardant epoxy resin with excellent mechanical properties, thermal resistance, low smoke release and good processability, which can also be used as adhesive.
Opportunity: Technology license
Software
CAPSUL
CAPSUL is a package of crystal plasticity and polycrystalline homogenization simulation tools.
Opportunity: Software license
FFTMAD (Fast Fourier Transform based homogenization code, MADrid)
FFT-based simulation tool developed by IMDEA Materials for computational homogenization of any heterogeneous material, such as composites, polycrystals or celular materials, by simulating the behavior of a Representative Volume Element of the microstructure.
Opportunity: Software license
MULTIFOAM
Simulation tool developed within the framework of computational micromechanics by IMDEA Materials to predict the mechanical behavior of low to medium density foams with open and closed-cell microstructure
Opportunity: Software license
VIPER (VIrtual Ply propERty)
Simulation tool developed by IMDEA Materials to predict ply properties of fiber-reinforced composite materials from the properties and spatial distribution of the different phases and interfaces in the composite.
Opportunity: Software license
IRIS
IRIS is an object oriented, general purpose, parallel code for computational mechanics in solid, fluid, and structural applications. It has finite element and meshless capabilities, a wide range of material models, and solvers for linear and nonlinear, stationary and transient simulations.
Opportunity: Software license
MUESLI
MUESLI, a Material UnivErSal LIbrary, is a collection of C++ classes and functions designed to model material behavior at the continuum level. It is available to the material science and computational mechanics community as a suite of standard models and as a platform for developing new ones.
Opportunity: Software license
