Self-Healing Polymer Additives for Cosmetics

法奈尔公司蒙特利尔的专门为新兴的美容指甲行业提供产品，并已 传统上依赖于外包其配方的组合物，用于制造光固化化妆品指甲 产品，这种依赖以前曾阻止公司利用自己的知识产权， 使该公司成为一个单一来源的外部配方设计师的脆弱客户，并减少了将 使公司在全球竞争力中处于更好的创新地位。自2014年以来，Fanair 积极研究和开发专有材料并控制自己的配方， 与世界领先者竞争，因此现在已经扩大到美国，加勒比海， 和欧洲。该提案旨在开发一种新型的自修复聚合物添加剂， 配方，以提供更持久和更高质量的产品，这将使Fanair具有独特的 和上级产品的竞争对手，并成为世界领先的利基市场。从日常穿着来看， 化妆品指甲顶涂层可能由于微划痕而变得有缺口、有划痕或（最经常）光泽变暗， 通常在1-2周内。该公司试图通过添加少量的“自我修复”来解决光泽损失 自组装聚合物，当在日常洗澡水中加热时，可以充分软化以“填充” 微划痕和恢复光泽和光泽。该公司可以断言自己是一个全球性的行业领导者， 通过开发这种IP保护的划痕愈合组合物和方法，它只能通过招募 拥有聚合物涂层、反射率优化 和自我修复的表面反射率转换，如麦吉尔化学的巴雷特小组。

Fanair Inc. of Montreal specializes in products for the burgeoning industry in cosmetic nails, and has traditionally relied on outsourcing its formulations of compositions for making photo-curable cosmetic nail products, a reliance that had previously prevented the company from leveraging its own Intellectual Property, made the company a vulnerable client of a sole-source outside formulator, and curtailed activities to move the company into a better position of innovation for global competitiveness. Since 2014 however, Fanair is now active in its own Research and Development of proprietary materials and in control of its own formulations, competitive with the world leaders, and as a result has now expanded to add distribution in the US, Caribbean, and in Europe. This proposal seeks to develop a novel additive of self-healing polymers to their current formulations to provide a longer-lasting and higher quality product, which will position Fanair with a unique and superior product to competitors, and emerge as a world-leader in this niche market. From daily wear, cosmetic nail top coats can become chipped, scratched or (most often) dulled in lustre due to micro-scratching, typically within 1-2 weeks. The company seeks to solve lustre loss by adding small amounts of 'self-healing' self-assembly polymers, which when warmed in daily bathing water can soften sufficiently to 'fill in' micro-scratches and restore gloss and lustre. The company can assert itself as a global industry leader in its area by developing such IP-protected scratch-healing compositions and processes. It can only do so by enlisting the expertise of a research group that has extensive knowledge of polymer coatings, reflectivity optimization, and self-healing surface reflectivity transitions, such as the Barrett Group at McGill Chemistry.