Each project that comes into APS laboratory is treated on an individual basis. APS will use their extraordinary capabilities in chemical grafting to select the proper combination of substrate activator, monomers/prepolymers and catalysts according to the submitted requirements. The substrate activators form bonding sites on the substrate(s) molecules and the monomers/prepolymers polymerize to form new polymer side chains on these activated sites.

The project team will develop a new formulation in the form of a coating, additive into a resin (solid or liquid) or adhesive between materials. APS will use their extraordinary capabilities in molecular bonding to select the proper combination of catalysts and monomers/prepolymers according to the submitted requirements. Catalysts will activate the substrates and the monomers/prepolymers will polymerize to form new polymer side chains on the substrate. The monomers/prepolymers (and their combinations) are chosen according to their functional group to achieve the new desired properties. These new side chains will be chemically bonded to the substrate by a covalent linkage, therefore the new functionalities cannot be leached from the substrate even under severe conditions.