nanotechnology founded 2004 headquarters abingdon oxfordshire uk area served global key people carl d francis ceo ady moores cfo dr stephen coulson cto eric cohill cco peter rankin coo website www.p2i.com p2i is a nanotechnology development company that works with manufacturers to produce liquid repellent nano coating protection to products for the electronics lifestyle life sciences filtration and energy and military and institutional sectors . 1 the company was established in 2004 to commercialize technologies developed by the uk mod s defense science and technology laboratory . 2 in further research and development the company has identified innovative applications equipment and processing methods extending its patent portfolio to over 65 families jan 2013 . in 2010 the company acquired surface innovations limited adding new technologies such as antimicrobial super hydrophilic and protein resistance coatings to its solutions . 3 in addition to headquarters in the united kingdom 4 p2i has a processing facility in the united states 5 and an office in shenzhen china . 6 contents 1 technology 2 history 3 applications and brands 4 references technology edit the company s platform technology is based on original phd research 7 carried out in the late 1990s by p2i s chief technology officer dr stephen coulson within the functional surfaces group led by professor jas pal badyal at durham university . 8 the technology increases the surface energy of products by developing an ultrathin polymer coating on all surfaces based on perfluorinated carbon compounds . this acts to keep the products surface neutral and therefore reduces the disruption of intermolecular bonds within a liquid . 9 according to p2i s website 10 instead of being attracted and spreading out on a product liquids now remain in droplet formation and easily move away . 11 the p2i technology employs plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition processing to apply an ultrathin polymer layer onto all surfaces of a product . 12 13 their patented pulsed plasma process takes place under low pressure within a vacuum chamber at room temperature . the coating is introduced as a vapor and ionized . this allows for the development of the polymer layer which forms a covalent bond with the product s surface making it extremely durable . the technology can be readily applied onto a wide variety of items made from a diverse range of materials . 14 occurring at low pressure the coating penetrates complex three dimensional objects protecting it internally and externally in the one process . as the coating is one thousand times thinner than a human hair it does not affect the look or feel of products including the delicate components of electronic devices or the breathability of lifestyle materials . 15 history edit dr coulson s research project was funded by the united kingdom s defence science and technology laboratory dstl which aimed to protect clothing from water and other liquids while maximizing comfort . p2i ltd was established as a stand alone company in 2004 as the first dstl technology spin out managed by ploughshare innovations the dstl s technology transfer company . 16 on 13 july 2010 p2i announced the acquisition of surface innovations ltd a uk based technology company with several functional nano coating patent families in areas such as anti bacterial resistance and liquid attracting super wettable . 17 applications and brands edit according to p2i s website current applications for its technology are in the categories of electronics lifestyle life sciences filtration & energy and military & institutional 18 for consumer facing products the company has created sector specific trademarked brands . the ion mask brand 19 is used in lifestyle products such as footwear outdoor clothing and accessories gloves and headwear . ion mask products are on sale from several international footwear companies including timberland 20 nike 21 adidas golf 22 hi tec 23 magnum boots 24 van dal 25 teva 26 and k swiss . 27 p2i s nano coating 28 is used in consumer electronics focusing initially on the hearing aid sector where the company claims to be applied to 70 % of the world s hearing devices . 29 in 2013 p2i diversified its marketing replacing aridion with the term splash proof to identify the traditional hydrophobic layer technology . 30 this allowed for the introduction of the new dunkable technology for the electronics sector . 31 dunkable is a hydrophobic barrier technology which in addition to the hydrophobic benefits acts an ultrathin physical barrier ensuring the electronics and liquids can t interact . this protects devices from accidental prolonged liquid exposure such as a phone falling into the toilet . 32 references edit applications . p2i . retrieved 2013 03 20 . p2i protects world s slimmest smartphone . science vale . 2013 01 16 . retrieved 2013 03 21 . world leader in liquid repellent nano coating technology acquires surface innovations . azonano . 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p2i . ploughshare innovations . retrieved 21 march 2013 . p2i water resistant micro technology pdf . retrieved 2011 03 02 . p2i applications . retrieved 2010 03 03 . p2i ion mask technology . retrieved 2010 03 02 . ion mask technology by p2i . nike sportswear presents the lunar wood tz debuting at retail on dec. 11th 2009 . . retrieved 2010 03 02 . adidas golf chooses p2i s ion mask technology to revolutionise performance and comfort in golf footwear . 2009 10 20 . retrieved 2011 11 18 . hi tec wet is dry featuring ion mask . retrieved 2010 03 02 . magnum essential equipment featuring ion mask . retrieved 2010 03 02 . van dal technologies . retrieved 2010 03 02 . links . teva . retrieved 21 march 2013 . k swiss kwicky blade light tech . k swiss . youtube . retrieved 21 march 2013 . aridion technology by p2i . retrieved 2011 11 18 . p2i showcase award winning technology as euha marks five million hearing aid milestone for aridion . 2011 10 19 . retrieved 2011 11 18 . dr stephen coulson introduces dunkable . youtube . p2i . retrieved 20 march 2013 . p2i unveils dunkable nano coating technology at mobile world congress . azonano . 26 february 2013 . retrieved 20 march 2013 . taylor jim 6 march 2013 . cars and watches but no wires the future of mobiles . bbc 1 . retrieved 20 march 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title p2i & oldid 719784035 categories nanotechnology companiescompanies based in oxfordshire navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was 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