The Heavyweight Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has landed in Xiamen Science City as a research institute for low-density microspheres and composite materials

The "Low Density Microspheres and Composite Materials Research Institute" project of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has officially started construction in Xiamen Science City. On the morning of April 7th, the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Tong'an District, Institute of Physical and Chemical Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (referred to as "Institute of Physical and Chemical Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences"), and China National Science and Technology Research Institute (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. held a formal signing ceremony in Tong'an District, initiating the construction of the project.

The project research team has strong strength and independently innovates with internationally advanced achievements

At the Xiamen Science and Technology Innovation Conference held on March 29th, our city signed 17 innovation teams and R&D institution projects, including the "Low Density Microspheres and Composite Materials Research Institute" of the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Subsequently, the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau quickly promoted the implementation of the signed projects.

The research team of the "Low Density Microspheres and Composite Materials Research Institute" has strong strength. After years of research accumulation, high-performance hollow glass microspheres and domestically produced solid buoyancy materials have been developed, which are independent innovation achievements supporting major countries' heavy equipment. In this field, it has international advanced independent intellectual property rights, laying a solid foundation for industrial applications.

"Micro bead is a very basic material used in the preparation of many high-end equipment and devices." Luo Ercang, deputy director of the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that it has been successfully applied to the "Deep Sea Warrior", "Endeavour" manned submersible and "Wanquan" abyss lander, improving the independent support capability of our submersible.

At present, the core R&D team has developed various advanced inorganic non-metallic materials such as high refractive index glass microspheres, hollow glass microspheres, and coated microspheres, among which various microspheres and related technologies have been industrialized.

The "Low Density Microspheres and Composite Materials Research Institute" that has been introduced and implemented will be jointly constructed by the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Tong'an District Government, the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and China National Science and Technology Research Institute (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. The specific operation will be undertaken by China National Science and Technology Research Institute (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.

Choosing to implement technology in Xiamen Science City is precisely because of Xiamen's open and advanced concept and superior business environment, "Luo Ercang said. The signing and implementation of this project involves strong cooperation between the government, scientific research institutions, and enterprises to create an industrial platform, which conforms to the national high-quality development concept and is also a good demonstration of achieving national technological self-reliance and self-reliance.

The first batch of buoyancy material products will be launched in August to support the innovative development of the marine industry

Buoyant materials are the products we incubated in the first stage. In the future, a series of products related to micro beads such as insulation and hydrogen storage will be produced one after another. "Li Huixuan, General Manager of Zhongke Hairui (Xiamen) Science and Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., introduced that the buoyancy material factory has entered the decoration stage and is expected to complete equipment installation in June this year. The first batch of products will be taken offline in August, Assist in scientific research and innovation development in industries such as Xiamen's marine industry.

It is reported that after landing in Xiamen Science City, the Research Institute of Low Density Microspheres and Composite Materials will rely on a series of core intellectual property rights and major research achievements from the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to establish a technical research and engineering team in our city, focusing on fields such as low density microspheres, buoyancy materials, hydrogen storage materials, and lightweight engineering materials, and promote the pilot transformation and industrialization of low density microspheres and composite materials,