KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 (Bernama) —NanoMalaysia Berhad (NMB), the leading agency in nanotechnology and advanced solutions commercialisation platform under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), and GIIB Rubber Compound Sdn Bhd, a rubber compound producer and a wholly owned subsidiary of GIIB Holdings Berhad, have collaborated to develop an improved and optimised rubber compound formulation using Graphene-M15 to improve the mechanical properties of pre-cured tread liner.
Graphene M-15 is a type of graphene nanoplatelet incorporated into pre-cured tread liners rubber compound, more commonly known as tire flowers, to enhance rubber compounds’ mechanical properties in abrasion resistance, tensile strength, hardness, and tear strength, among others.