Ilika is focussed on materials discovery through the use of combinatorial thin film research methodology to create new inorganic materials and the application of high throughput polymer science to optimize membranes and coatings.

The Company’s high throughput techniques can accelerate materials research programmes by up to a factor of 10. They can create novel materials, which are difficult or even impossible to make by other methods, they can reduce costs per experiment, enable greater reproducibility of research results and provide access to expensive research equipment without the need for major capital investment.

Fuel Cells
The Company is researching new compositions which are free from, or low in, platinum, but which give high current densities and are resistant to poisoning

Hydrogen Storage
The company is concentrating on the application of its technology for the discovery of modified alloys for lightweight metal hydrides with good hydrogen absorption and release kinetics.

Clients
Ilika collaborates with a broad range of industrial companies including Asahi Kasei Corporation in Japan and the Flanders Materials Consortium in Belgium, of which Arcelor, one of the world’s largest steel companies, and Umicore are members.

For further information contact:
Core Tec Germany Phil Doran on +49 608 495 0012
Core Tec UK Simon Robeson on +44 (0)1207 591397
Ilika’s CEO Graeme Purdy on +44 (0) 23 8059 8562.