Introducing the NEW Genable 1700 Series of eco-friendly graphene dispersions.

A graphene-based environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional chemical additives that will improve the sustainability of your products without compromising on performance.

How do UMs Graphene Nanoplatelets work?

UM is proud to offer graphene nanoplatelet dispersions that are safe to handle and easily stirred into new and existing coatings systems to provide a range of performance enhancing benefits. Across our product ranges, we offer different types of graphene nanoplatelets. These vary in surface morphology, oxygen content and the number atomic layers, but they typically have a thickness of between 1 to 10nm with 1-25µm lateral platelet diameter. This gives aspect ratios up to 1:1000 and surface areas up to 700m2/g.

With the correct incorporation, graphene nanoplatelets have the potential to significantly enhance an array of properties including mechanical, barrier and lubricating performance in new and existing systems.

Genable 1700 dispersions offer a graphene-based environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional chemical additives.

Choose a more sustainable option with a graphene-based environmentally-friendly alternative

UM’s new 1700 series of environmentally-friendly graphene nanoplatelet dispersions is based on the Company’s well-established Genable technology.

Proven to deliver significant performance uplifts such as chemical resistance, barrier and anti-corrosion properties in protective coating systems and mechanical performance gains in composite matrices, UM’s dispersion technology is the key enabler to benefitting from graphene’s intrinsic characteristics.

Genable 1700 dispersions are available for sampling evaluation in a selection of certified solvents and resins, including Cyrene™ (dihydrolevoglucosenone), an award-winning, biorenewable solvent from Circa Group.

By taking a leading role in delivering graphene in sustainable formats is helping UM’s customers to reduce the environmental impact of their products

Find out more here, or get in touch with the UM team here to discuss your specific application.

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Genable 1700 Series of Graphene Dispersions

Why work with Universal Matter?

Our expertise and industry leading know-how means we understand customer requirements and work closely with them to create a roadmap for product development.

Offering over a decade of experience, the latest lab technology and the stringent environmental controls required to handle graphene powder, UM is now the partner of choice for many when it comes to bringing their graphene-based product to market.

For more information about our customer success stories visit our customer case studies.

To speak to a member of our sales team and find out how you can get ahead of the competition using graphene nanoplatelets. Call us on +44 (0)1642 438214 or drop us a message via contact us.

Make a splash with your next sustainable graphene-based innovation in collaboration with UM’s experts.

Car Care

The addition of graphene into car care systems has significantly enhanced the properties of waxes, polishes and detailing products. The large surface area, barrier performance, low density, mechanical strength and morphology of UM’s graphene nanoplatelets, make them ideal materials for the production of superior car care products.

Many manufacturers in this sector are now incorporating graphene additives for better performing Car Care products.

How do UMs Graphene Nanoplatelets work?

UM is proud to offer graphene nanoplatelet dispersions that are safe to handle and easily stirred into new and existing coatings systems to provide a range of performance enhancing benefits. Across our product ranges, we offer different types graphene nanoplatelets. These vary in surface morphology, oxygen content and the number atomic layers, but they typically have a thickness between 1 to 10nm with 1-25µm lateral platelet diameter. This gives aspect ratios up to 1:1000 and surface areas up to 700m2/g.

With the correct incorporation, graphene nanoplatelets have the potential to significantly enhance an array of properties including mechanical, barrier and lubricating performance in new and existing car care products.

Looking for longer lasting protection from your car care product?

Coating properties like increased water beading, sheeting performance, chemical resistance and UV Protection all mean the coatings last longer.

Not only does the addition of a graphene pigment increase water repellency and scratch resistance, it makes vehicles look great too!​

UM’s graphene nanoplatelets form a barrier which will reinforce the paint coating to protect it from corrosion and other damage over time.

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Graphene nanoplatelets for auto detailing…

…offer a barrier to protect the paint from corrosive species, chemicals and bird droppings.​

…form a structure that will reinforce the coating making it more durable.​

…improve the beading and sheeting properties for increased hydrophobicity.

… enhance UV absorption to protect the paint from damaging UV rays.

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Our standard and customised graphene dispersions are easy to use, making it quicker and safer than ever before​ to offer waxes, sealants, detailing sprays and coatings that benefit from these properties.

UM’s expert team of chemists can work with you to incorporate graphene additives for better performing Car Care products and ensure that you stand out from the crowd.

Offering a decade of experience, the latest lab technology and the stringent environmental controls required to handle graphene powder, UM is now the partner of choice for many when it comes to bringing their graphene-based product to Car Care and auto detailing market.

What Our Customers Say

For more information about our customer success stories within Car Care visit our customer case studies. For an insight into the Car Care industry and some of the latest graphene-based auto detailing products on the market, check out Pro Detailer magazine.

To speak to a member of our sales team and find out how you can get ahead of the competition using graphene nanoplatelets. Call us on +44 (0)1642 438214 or drop us a message via contact us.

CONTACT US: +44 (0)1642 438214

Industrial Paints and Coatings

Speciality graphene additives can be incorporated into high performance epoxy or polyurethane industrial paint and coating systems through the use of UM’s Genable dispersions.  

Protective coatings often utilise additive materials that are optimised for surface protection applications to improve their physical and mechanical properties, such as corrosion and chemical resistance, as well as anti-static and conductivity.

Graphene’s two-dimensional structure in the nanoplatelet form results in high aspect ratio, high surface area advanced materials which are particularly suited for use as multi-functional additives in industrial paints and coatings.

How do UMs Graphene Nanoplatelets work?

AGM is proud to offer graphene nanoplatelet dispersions that are safe to handle and easily stirred into new and existing coatings systems to provide a range of performance-enhancing benefits. Across our product ranges, we offer different types graphene nanoplatelets. These vary in surface morphology, oxygen content and the number atomic layers, but they typically have a thickness between 1 to 10nm with 1-25µm lateral platelet diameter. This gives aspect ratios up to 1:1000 and surface areas up to 700m2/g.

With the correct incorporation, graphene nanoplatelets have the potential to significantly enhance an array of properties, including mechanical, barrier, thermal, lubricating and electrical performance in new and existing industrial systems.

Performance Additives for Better Industrial Coatings

By incorporating a standard or customised Genable dispersion, UM is enabling coatings formulators to easily innovate and realise the true benefits of graphene.

Adding a graphene dispersion as a complimentary anti-corrosion additive can extend the life of industrial coatings and the assets.

Excellent results are possible, either as a stand alone corrosion inhibitor, or as a result of the synergistic performance of the graphene in combination with existing systems.

Graphene for anti-corrosion coatings

Incorporating graphene into a high performance coating can increase its resistance to harsh chemicals and offer greater surface protection.

The chemical resistance benefits of graphene are clear from our comprehensive data package, showing less blistering, an improvement in gloss retention and greater shore hardness.

Graphene for chemical resistant coatings

Electrically conductive coatings can effectively disperse electrical charges, helping to stop the buildup of anti-static electricity on the surface.

As a functional nanomaterial, graphene nanoplatelets transmit electrical current through a paint, allowing it to create a preferred pathway for the electricity flow.

UM’s graphene nanoplatelets have a two-dimensional form that can also be employed to develop thermally conductive materials.

Thermal management materials enhanced with graphene help to dissipate heat build-up from components and facilitate rapid heat transfer.

Why Choose Graphene as a Functional Ingredient?

As a flexible and innovative solution, graphene enables the development of better performing industrial paints and coatings that are also kinder to the environment.

Graphene offers product life cycle advantages and reduces the environmental impact of paints and coatings, as an eco-friendly, metal-free alternative to traditional additives:

• Extended asset service life and reduced maintenance.
• Potential reduction of toxins like zinc, chromates etc.
• Fewer, thinner coats required due to improved performance.
• Graphene dispersions are available in a selection of waterbased, biobased and low VOC carrier media.

Working with UM to Incorporate Graphene Technology

UM has developed an industry-leading position in the graphene industry.

A recent survey from The Graphene Council showed the dispersibility of graphene nanoplatelets is essential to achieving success in an application. UM expertise lies in the consistent supply of high quality, repeatable graphene dispersions that are stable, easy to formulate and safe to incorporate into a range of applications, supported with in-depth test data.

Offering a decade of experience, the latest lab technology and the stringent environmental controls required to handle graphene powder, UM’s expert team of chemists can work with you to incorporate graphene additives so you can offer customers next generation industrial coatings.

What Our Customers Say

Graphene Dispersion Range Overview

If you what to learn more about how our graphene nanoplatelets work, and the range of performance benefits that can be achieved, visit our Knowledge Hub.

For more information about our customer success stories visit our Customer Case Studies.

As a growing global manufacturer of graphene dispersions for the paints and coatings sector, UM is a proud member of the British Coatings Federation and the American Coatings Association.

To speak to a member of our sales team and find out how you can get ahead of the competition using graphene nanoplatelets. Call us on +44 (0)1642 438214 or drop us a message via our Contact Us page.

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Polymers and composites

Graphene’s two-dimensional structure in the nanoplatelet form results in very high performance, high aspect ratio, high surface area materials which are particularly suited to enhancing the mechanical and physical properties of advanced materials. Graphene dispersions for high performance polymers and composites enable manufacturers to realise the benefits of this “wonder material” in a format that is stable, safe to handle and easy to incorporate.

How do UMs Graphene Nanoplatelets work?

UM is proud to offer graphene nanoplatelet dispersions that are safe to handle and easily stirred into new and existing polymer and composite applications to provide a range of performance enhancing benefits. Across our product ranges, we offer different types graphene nanoplatelets. These vary in surface morphology, oxygen content and the number atomic layers, but they typically have a thickness between 1 to 10nm with 1-25µm lateral platelet diameter. This gives aspect ratios up to 1:1000 and surface areas up to 700m2/g.

With the correct incorporation, graphene nanoplatelets have the potential to significantly enhance an array of properties including mechanical, barrier, thermal, lubricating and electrical performance in new and existing industrial systems.

The benefits of graphene nanoplatelet enhanced composite materials include:

• Delivers significant increases in fracture toughness, matrix modulus, laminate interlaminar shear strength and ultimate fatigue performance
• Outstanding performance under hot/wet environmental conditioning
• Additional multi-functional benefits
• Exceptionally low loading levels
• Extensive in-house product integration expertise

Graphene-enhanced polymers and composites with enhanced properties make UM’s customers stand out in their markets. Our product range is designed to guide you towards the most appropriate dispersion for your system, whether that is one of our standard Genable products or a customised dispersion in a polymer matrix or composite material of your choosing.

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Green Materials

UM is committed to investing in biobased innovation to support its customers and their end consumers as they become increasingly aware of the safety and environmental impact of the raw materials they use.

UM’s new 1700 series of environmentally-friendly graphene nanoplatelet dispersions are based on the Company’s well-established Genable technology, which is proven to deliver significant performance uplifts such as chemical resistance, barrier and anticorrosion properties.

Genable 1700 dispersions are available for sampling evaluation in a selection of certified, award-winning solvents and resins. Find out more here, or visit our Genable Products page.

Learn about our Innovation Accelerator

Graphene dispersions for high performance polymers and composites are transforming advanced materials across industries. Read about some of our recent customer success stories here, or speak to a member of our sales team to discuss how our exciting graphene nanoplatelets could be used in your product on +44 (0)1642 438214 or via our Contact Us.

Thermal Adhesives

UM’s graphene nanoplatelet’s two-dimensional graphitic nature can be employed to develop very light-weight and highly-thermal conductive materials.

UM offers two series of thermal paste adhesive materials.

Typical properties include:

• High thermal conductivity
• Very low density
• Stable from agglomeration and sedimentation (as supplied)
• Ease of application and mixing
• Good adhesion and lap shear properties
• Long shelf life (12 months)

Genable 4000 series

UM’s Genable 4000 series materials are supplied for applications into the Space and Defence sectors to produce light-weight and highly-thermal conductive materials.. They can also be used within formulations for bonding, potting, sealing and encapsulation in Industrial, Electronics and Automotive components.

Read about our recent collaborations and Customer Success Stories here. 

Please contact UM’s sales office on +44 (0)1642 438214 or via our contact page for more information.

Lubricants and functional fluids

The large surface area, high levels of thermal and electrical conductivity, low density, mechanical strength and morphology of UM’s graphene nanoplatelets, make them ideal candidate materials for applications in lubricant and other functional fluid systems.

To find out more visit our Products page or read about our successful customer collaborations here.

To speak to a member of our sales team to discuss how our exciting graphene nanoplatelets could be used in your product or if you have any question, please don’t hesitate to get in touch on +44 (0)1642 438214 or via our contact us.

Batteries and energy storage

The large surface area, high levels of thermal and electrical conductivity, low density, mechanical strength and morphology of UM’s graphene nanoplatelets, make them ideal candidate materials for applications in electrochemical energy storage systems.

These properties can be deployed into battery and energy storage applications to reduce weight, extend the life and increase energy storage capacity and power; as well as to enhance system efficiency through the shortening of charging and discharging times.

For more information about how our graphene nanoplatelets and how they could be used please contact UM’s sales office on +44(0)1642 438214 or contact us directly. 

You can visit our recent Newsletter to read about our latest collaborations