Development of Quartzene® Integrated Textile Materials With Thermal Insulation Properties

Important results from the project

QuarInTex aims to develop heat insulating textiles by integrating Quartzene (Qz), an environmentally friendly aerogel-like material, through impregnation or surface treatment using acrylate dispersion containing Qz. The main goal of the project has not been achieved as the produced acrylate-Qz dispersions have the same thermal conductivity as the textile to be impregnated. The combination therefore does not constitute an improvement.

Expected long term effects

The project aimed to launch three products, each one extra important for the respective project partner: Quartzene fit for application; ready to use Quartzene dispersions; Quartzene integrated fabrics. The project has not reached such results that the above products are ready for launch. However, the project has provided valuable knowledge and progress that will be used in the respective companies´ future work.

Approach and implementation

The project included five work packages, three of which consisted of the product development itself, the remaining two project management and management of IP and marketing. The project´s partners have solved their respective tasks in a good way, but since the original hypothesis was incorrect, the overall result has not been as expected. The Covid outbreak has unfortunately affected the project negatively, partly through a period of total shutdown of the partners activities in Izmir in Turkey, partly through the cancellation of the planned physical visits.