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LayerOne Advanced Materials ASProfile date: 2025-01-15 LayerOne Advanced Materials AS - Overview and Operations
LayerOne Advanced Materials AS (formerly known as Abalonyx) is a Norwegian nanotechnology and advanced materials manufacturing company headquartered in Fornebu, Oslo, with main research and development (R&D) and production facilities located at the Herøya Industrial Park in Porsgrunn, Norway.
The company specializes in the development, scaling, and commercial supply of high-performance nanomaterial additives—most notably graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (rGO), and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)-based technologies. LayerOne focuses on providing industrially scalable, environmentally friendly additive solutions that significantly enhance the mechanical, thermal, electrical, and chemical properties of industrial materials.
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Core Operations and Capabilities
LayerOne operates primarily as a material innovation partner and specialty chemical manufacturer, bridging the gap between laboratory nanoscience and large-scale industrial manufacturing.
Key Operational Focus Areas:
- Scalable Nanomaterial Manufacturing: Utilizing proprietary, eco-efficient chemical synthesis methods to produce kilogram-to-ton quantities of graphene oxide and derivatives with consistent structural purity and batch-to-batch reliability.
- Custom Material Functionalization: Collaborating with industrial partners and research organizations (such as SINTEF and the Research Council of Norway) to chemically modify nanomaterial surfaces to ensure dispersion and compatibility within customer matrix materials (polymers, resins, coatings, and cements).
- Industrial Application R&D: Developing target formulations across energy storage, flame retardancy, water/air filtration, and conductive electronics.
Products Offered
LayerOne manufactures and distributes a portfolio of specialty nanostructured materials and commercial additives through its direct sales channels and global webshop.
1. Graphene and Graphene Oxide Series
- REGOX8® (Reduced Graphene Oxide / rGO): A high-purity reduced graphene oxide additive designed for applications requiring strong electrical conductivity, thermal dissipation, structural reinforcement, and barrier properties.
- GOX8® (Graphene Oxide / GO): Water-dispersible, highly functionalized graphene oxide sheets featuring oxygen-containing functional groups (epoxide, hydroxyl, carboxyl). It is widely used in water purification membranes, hydrophilic coatings, anti-corrosion barriers, and polymer nanocomposites.
- Custom Graphene Dispersions: Specialized liquid formulations tailored with specific solvents, surfactants, or resin mixtures to simplify industrial processing and prevent agglomeration.
2. POSS-Based and Functional Additive Series
- D-PYRE®: A flame-retardant material additive designed to enhance the fire safety performance of plastics, construction materials, and textiles while serving as a halogen-free, eco-friendly fire barrier.
- FunzioNano®: A functionalized nanomaterial technology platform used to impart specific surface characteristics—such as superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning, anti-fouling, and scratch resistance—to industrial coatings, glass, and surfaces.
Industrial Applications and Services
LayerOne provides tailored engineering and material consultancy alongside its core product line to integrate additives into existing customer manufacturing workflows.
Application Focus Areas:
- Electrically Conductive Composites and Inks: Supplying reduced graphene oxide (rGO) for non-toxic, water-soluble conductive inks and flexible printed electronics, replacing heavy metals and copper tracks in wearable electronics, sensors, and transparent displays.
- Energy Storage Systems: Supplying functionalized graphene materials used as conductive additives, binders, or scaffold materials in next-generation lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cell membranes to boost charge rates and cycle durability.
- Advanced Coatings and Anti-Corrosion: Utilizing the impermeable barrier properties of graphene oxide sheets to prevent moisture, oxygen, and corrosive agent ingress in marine, industrial, and automotive protective coatings.
- Water and Air Filtration: Supplying hydrophilic graphene oxide for nano-filtration membranes capable of removing heavy metals, organic pollutants, and microplastics from water streams, as well as high-surface-area media for gas and air purification systems.
- Acoustics and Lightweight Structural Materials: Incorporating graphene additives into polymers and fiber composites to reduce overall component weight while improving tensile strength, stiffness, and acoustic performance in products like high-end headphones and aerospace components.
Professional Services:
- Technical Consultation & Material Matching: Direct assistance from materials scientists to evaluate customer matrix requirements and select appropriate nanomaterial grades.
- Sample Formulation & Testing: Batch synthesis and laboratory validation of custom-functionalized graphene additives for specific commercial manufacturing processes.
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