US-headed Matmerize, Inc., a leading polymer informatics and materials artificial intelligence (AI) startup has announced its engagement with Asahi Kasei Corporation. This diversified Japanese multinational company operates across three sectors: Material, Homes, and Health Care, with a strong focus on sustainability initiatives and a goal of achieving a carbon-neutral society by 2050.
Asahi Kasei aims to leverage Matmerize’s advanced AI algorithms and machine learning capabilities to accelerate the research and development of sustainable polymer formulations.
Asahi Kasei’s Material sector, comprising Environmental Solutions, Mobility & Industrial, and Life Innovation, includes a wide array of products from battery separators, electronics, biodegradable textiles, engineering plastics, and sound solutions.
Utilizing PolymRize software
The Asahi Kasei team is using Matmerize’s flagship software, PolymRize, to enhance their ability to drive advancements in material discovery and optimization, which is crucial for electronics, packaging, and sustainable materials applications.
PolymRize harnesses Matmerize’s vast database or securely uses client-proprietary data to construct predictive models that assist in new polymer discovery and design, and rapidly predict the properties of novel, yet-to-be-synthesized polymers, composites, and formulations.
By employing automated analytic and generative AI tools, PolymRize significantly accelerates R&D for target materials, reducing both time and costs. It also introduces a robust framework for data management and organization.
This collaboration is expected to play a significant role in achieving Asahi Kasei’s sustainability and carbon-neutral goals by enabling the development of polymers with enhanced ionic conductivity and attractive optical and dielectric properties, crucial for applications in fuel cells, batteries, dielectrics, electronic and electrochemical devices.
