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IceTec Guðmundur Gunnarsson PUFFUN Kick-off meeting May 21, 2007

IceTec Guðmundur Gunnarsson PUFFUN Kick-off meeting May 21, 2007. IceTec. Primary function is : to transfer technology and expertise to business and industry, to assist companies in innovation, productivity and R&D. Board. General Director. Assistant Director. Quality Manager.

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IceTec Guðmundur Gunnarsson PUFFUN Kick-off meeting May 21, 2007

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  1. IceTec Guðmundur Gunnarsson PUFFUN Kick-off meeting May 21, 2007

  2. IceTec Primary function is: • to transfer technology and expertise to business and industry, • to assist companies in innovation, productivity and R&D

  3. Board General Director Assistant Director Quality Manager Adminis- tration Technological Development and Education Informationand Counseling Organizational Chart Centre ofFood Technology Materials and Environmental Technology IMPRA One Stop Shop forEntrepre-neurs andSME’s Finance Marketing Centre ofChemicalAnalysis Training and Management Consultancy Misc. services

  4. IceTec IceTec – Technological Institute of Iceland IBRI – Icelandic Building Research Institute Agricultural University of Iceland (part of)

  5. Merger of IceTec and IBRI • IceTec and IBRI will merge on August 1, 2007 • Nysköpunarsmiðstöð Íslands • “Innovation center of Iceland”

  6. IceTec Who are we? • A governmental laboratory reporting to the Ministry of Trade and Industry • We can participate in new development companies • Traditional industries have been the main customers • A group of 55 people in various fields • 70% external income • 30% gov. contributionl

  7. Material and Product Testings • Product and material testing of metals and polymers. • NDT on metals • Failure analyses

  8. “Surface” projects • Surfaces for the food industry • Biofilm formation • Together with Rf, Marel and Sæplast • FUNCOAT – Enhanced functionality of self cleaning and antibacterial surface coatings – NICe project • Glass or glased surfaces coated with titanium dioxide and silver • Superhydrophilic, radicals generated destroys organic matter on surface • Antobacterial (silver) • NANOREP • Scratch resistant coatings • Self cleaning/easy to clean traffic signs

  9. Equipment for surface analyses • SEM – Scanning Eelctron Microscope, LEO Supra 25 • AFM - Atomic Force Microscope, PSIA XE-100 • Optical Profiling System – Solarius Viking CLA 400 • Contact angle meter, KSV CAM 200 • For surface energy calculations • Surface energy of bacteria and materials

  10. SEM of bacteria on surfaces PP on PE

  11. Photocatalytic self cleaning surfaces • Surface is coated with TiO2 nanoparticles • Irradiation with sunlight makes the surface superhydrophilic • Radicals formed on the surfaces breaks down organic matter on the surface http://www.newkast.or.jp/english/museum/index.html

  12. Surface properties of bacteria • First step in bacterial adhesion is partly governed by surface properties/energy of bacteria and materials • Surface energy can be estimated from contact angle measurements of bacterial lawns and materials with different liquids • Pseudomonas putida (PP) is a hydrophobic bacteria • Explains why it is so widely found in fish processing plants • Adheres better to hydrophobic than hydrophilic materials • Listeria monocytogenes is a hydrophilic bacteria • Has lower tendency than PP to adhere to all materials

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