CoatTech develops engineered multilayer, composite, and functional surface thin films tailored for severe mineral extraction environments. Our research transforms passive surface protection into active, selective interface systems for critical and rare-earth element processing.
Engineered Surface Physics Beyond Conventional Protection
Conventional industrial coatings focus solely on basic equipment survivability. CoatTech’s advanced surface engineering targets interfacial atomic behavior, controlling physical and chemical interactions between mineral slurries, high-strain impact particles, and functionalized thin-film substrates.
By tailoring surface free energy, mechanical compliance, and oxidation boundary layers, our coatings actively support selective extraction of lithium, rare-earth elements, and strategic heavy metals while shielding refining hardware from extreme erosion-corrosion.
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Patents & Applied Technology Disclosures
Multilayer Architectures
Selective Extraction
Wear & Corrosion Defense
Structure & Scale-Up
Investigating nanoscale layered architectures and nanostructured composites to resolve interface stresses between metal substrates, functional thin films, and abrasive mineral particle slurries under extreme dynamic loads.
Engineering customized surface energy and functionalized chemical interfaces that enhance chemical selectivity, enabling higher yield recovery in lithium extraction and complex strategic rare-earth processing systems.
Synthesizing high-hardness nanocomposite coatings optimized for impact toughness, mitigating severe synergy between physical erosion, high-strain mechanical abrasion, and chemically aggressive slurry corrosion.
Bridging fundamental laboratory synthesis with industrial mining scale-up by mapping processing–structure–property–performance relationships across multi-layer physical vapor deposition processes.
CoatTech develops engineered multilayer, layered, composite, and functional coatings engineered for severe mineral processing environments. Our research advances targeted extraction of rare-earth elements and critical minerals, altering interfacial physics while protecting processing hardware.
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Patents & Technology Disclosures
Selective Extraction & Surface Modification
Erosion-Corrosion Armor
Rather than standard wear barriers, our group designs functional surfaces tailored for lithium and strategic critical-mineral recovery. By controlling coating, substrate, slurry, and particle interfaces, we modify surface interactions to maximize selectivity and chemical yield in complex mineral systems.
CoatTech bridges fundamental surface physics with scale-up for active mining systems, insulating infrastructure against severe abrasion, erosion, chemical corrosion, and coupled erosion-corrosion.
Our fundamental research maps processing–structure–property–performance relationships across engineered layered and nanocomposite architectures, enabling precise tuning of chemical reactivity and mechanical hardness.
Critical Element Selectivity
Wear & Impact Protection
Industrial System Scale-Up
Tailored surface chemistry enhances chemical affinity for lithium and rare-earth particles during slurry flotation and hydrometallurgical processing.
Multilayer architectures absorb extreme kinetic slurry impact, protecting extraction reactors and pumps from rapid degradation.
Translating benchtop physical vapor deposition concepts to full-scale mineral processing equipment via validated IP disclosures.
We precisely tune the hardness-to-modulus ratio of nanostructured coatings, enhancing their resilience against high-strain impact and cyclical mechanical shock in severe industrial settings.
This advanced interface engineering prevents catastrophic delamination, ensuring coating integrity under continuous abrasive and corrosive conditions.
Quantifiable Performance in Harsh Conditions
70%+
wear rate reduction
2.5x
slurry lifetime extension
pH 2-12
corrosion stability range
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