Grant: Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Through the natural cleaning properties of hydrogen peroxide, Oxygon Technologies Inc. (Oxygon) has developed a cleaning product which is extremely green. The peroxide formula applied in the products is environment friendly because hydrogen peroxide is essentially water and oxygen. The concept of Oxygon Technologies' cleaning products is ""Spray and Walk Away"", which doesn't need any further cleaning procedures. Oxygon devotes their efforts to developing an easy-to-use and effective cleaning product that can be used by anyone. The products were sold commercially as the ultimate cleaning product for cleaning companies. However, the company came across some difficulties during the transportation of the products to customers. Since hydrogen peroxide is not very stable under vibration or elevated temperature, the generated oxygen enclosed in the container will acutely increase the pressure, which would cause the leakage of the bottle and further deteriorate the packing board as well. Therefore, it is imperative to design a more reliable bottle container to help the storage and delivery in a safe and economic manner. This research is to develop a novel membrane to be used in the container of Oxygon products. The highly gas permeable membrane with ultralow surface energy is the key to ensure the success of the container during storage and transportation. Since the cleaning product is used to readily soak into fabric materials, it is very easy to spread out on the membrane, thus block or corrupt the membrane. The objective is to solve these challenges to meet the safety requirements of corrosive and volatile liquids, and the long term stability requirements as well, especially for the aerosol sprayer cans. The success of this project will significantly increase Oxygon's market share and consolidate their competitiveness.