IceTec

Guðmundur Gunnarsson

PUFFUN Kick-off meetingMay 21, 2007

Primary function is:

to transfer technology and expertise to

business and industry, to assist companies in innovation,

productivity and R&D

IceTec

Organizational Chart

BoardBoard

General DirectorGeneral Director

Quality ManagerQuality ManagerAssistant DirectorAssistant Director

Adminis-

tration

MarketingMarketing

Misc. servicesMisc. services

FinanceFinance

Technological Development and Education Informationand

Counseling

IMPRA

One Stop Shop

forEntrepre-neurs and

SME’s

IMPRA

One Stop Shop

forEntrepre-neurs and

SME’s

Materials and Environmental

Technology

Materials and Environmental

Technology

Training and Management Consultancy

Training and Management Consultancy

Centre ofFood

Technology

Centre ofFood

Technology

Centre ofChemicalAnalysis

Centre ofChemicalAnalysis

IceTec

IceTec – Technological Institute of Iceland

IBRI – Icelandic Building Research Institute

Agricultural University of Iceland (part of)

Merger of IceTec and IBRI

IceTec and IBRI will merge on August 1, 2007 Nysköpunarsmiðstöð Íslands

“Innovation center of Iceland”

IceTec

Who are we?A governmental laboratory reporting to the Ministry

of Trade and IndustryWe can participate in new development companiesTraditional industries have been the main

customersA group of 55 people in various fields

70% external income30% gov. contributionl

Material and Product Testings

Product and material testing of metals and polymers.

NDT on metals Failure analyses

“Surface” projects

Surfaces for the food industry Biofilm formation Together with Rf, Marel and Sæplast

FUNCOAT – Enhanced functionality of self cleaning and antibacterial surface coatings – NICe project Glass or glased surfaces coated with titanium dioxide and silver

Superhydrophilic, radicals generated destroys organic matter on surface Antobacterial (silver)

NANOREP Scratch resistant coatings

Self cleaning/easy to clean traffic signs

Equipment for surface analyses

SEM – Scanning Eelctron Microscope, LEO Supra 25

AFM - Atomic Force Microscope, PSIA XE-100

Optical Profiling System – Solarius Viking CLA 400

Contact angle meter, KSV CAM 200 For surface energy calculations

Surface energy of bacteria and materials

SEM of bacteria on surfaces

PP on PE

Photocatalytic self cleaning surfaces

Surface is coated with TiO2 nanoparticles

Irradiation with sunlight makes the surface superhydrophilic

Radicals formed on the surfaces breaks down organic matter on the surface

http://www.newkast.or.jp/english/museum/index.html

Surface properties of bacteria

First step in bacterial adhesion is partly governed by surface properties/energy of bacteria and materials

Surface energy can be estimated from contact angle measurements of bacterial lawns and materials with different liquids

Pseudomonas putida (PP) is a hydrophobic bacteria Explains why it is so widely found in fish processing plants Adheres better to hydrophobic than hydrophilic materials

Listeria monocytogenes is a hydrophilic bacteria Has lower tendency than PP to adhere to all materials