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RNS Number : 3963Y  Directa Plus PLC  09 September 2020

9 September 2020

 

Directa Plus plc

("Directa Plus" or the "Company")

 

Publication of Scientific Paper from Two Year Research Project

 

Directa Plus (AIM: DCTA), a leading producer and supplier of graphene
nanoplatelets based products for use in consumer and industrial markets, is
pleased to announce the publication in this month's Journal of Applied Polymer
Science of the results of a two year research project on graphene use in
advanced textiles and fashion.

 

The project (GRATA - GRAfene per il Tessile Avanzato e la moda) was undertaken
by the Materials for Innovation Laboratory (Department of Chemistry, Materials
and Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano) led by Professor Luigi De
Nardo with the technical support of Fondazione Politecnico di Milano.  The
GRATA project used G+® graphene nanoplatelets ("GNPs") supplied by Directa
Plus.

 

The project group from Milan Polytechnic, Italy's largest and most prestigious
scientific university, conducted a deep and comprehensive investigation of the
Company's G+® GNPs and their application in functional textile membranes,
commonly used in apparel and technical markets. The findings confirmed that:

 

·   G+® GNPs comply with ISO/TS 80004-13:2017 "graphene nanoplatelets"
definition following an analysis of their morphology which showed a typical
thickness below 3 nm and a lateral dimension of 3 µm;

·   a very high crystalline quality of the GNPs, crucial for applications
where thermal and electrical conductivity is targeted; and,

·   G+® GNPs confer very high in-plane thermal conductivity to functional
membranes, endorsing their use for thermal comfort.

 

The full scientific paper is available at
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/app.49645
(https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/app.49645)

 

Professor Luigi De Nardo, Politecnico di Milano, commented,  "With the GRATA
project, my research group had the privilege of following the entire path from
design to final product assessment: a unique opportunity for materials
scientists!  The GRATA project also demonstrated the simple, yet effective,
scale-up approach developed by Directa Plus for exploiting graphene properties
in textiles."

 

Giulio Cesareo, Chief Executive of Directa Plus, added: "We are very pleased
that this comprehensive investigation into our products by the leading
technical university in Italy, and also my alma mater, has confirmed the
characteristics that are so attractive to our textile customers.  I would
like to thank Prof De Nardo and the team at the Department of Chemistry,
Materials and Chemical Engineering for their rigorous analysis and hard work."

 

For further information please visit http://www.directa-plus.com/
(http://www.directa-plus.com/) or contact:

 

 Directa Plus plc                                            +39 02 36714458
 Giulio Cesareo, CEO
 Marco Ferrari, CFO

 Cenkos Securities plc (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)  +44 131 220 6939
 Neil McDonald

 Pete Lynch

 N+1 Singer (Joint Broker)                                   +44 20 7496 3069
 Mark Taylor

 Tavistock (Financial PR and IR)                             +44 20 7920 3150
 Simon Hudson, Edward Lee

 

About Directa Plus

Our focus is principally on the two sectors in which we have strong commercial
advantage through developed and launched products and a technological lead:
environmental (based on our Grafysorber® product) and textiles (based on our
G+ products).  In addition, we will continue to pursue opportunities in
elastomers and composites (including tyres and asphalt), also using our G+
products.  All our products are hypoallergenic, non-toxic and sustainably
produced.

 

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