Rheology modifiers

Viscosity and rheology modifiers are substances that alter the viscosity (or "thickness") of a liquid. Viscosity modifiers alter a fluid’s resistance to flow. Rheology modifiers can do the same thing, but may include additional abilities, like change the viscosity of a fluid depending on the forces that are being applied.

All of our viscosity and rheology modifiers alter the properties of liquids but the reason why a product is chosen will depend on the specific application conditions. For some applications, thickening a formulation will help with the manufacture of a product (improve the production process), where for other applications, a modifier will help to create the final product.

Fluid dispersions and slurries of ceramics, conductive particles, and nanomaterials are important inputs to display technologies and electronics, and energy storage devices. Rheology modifiers help to control viscosity and flow to improve consistency of application and extend useable lifetimes of these systems.

Besides just viscosity, the structure and solid-like properties of especially nanodispersions play a crucial role in dispersion attributes and behaviours. Often the rheology of products for the advanced materials market has to be adjusted to fit the needs of each application. Therefore, formulation may require specifically tailored rheology modifiers.

Our high-performance rheology modifiers include several different technologies, versatile enough to give formulators the desired rheological characteristics to both aqueous and non-aqueous formulations.