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Adhesives and Sealants TopicsCoatingsRaw Materials and Chemicals

Advancing Coatings

A Quantum Leap for Coatings Formulations

A new partnership is exploring the creation of more advanced and sustainable coatings products through quantum computing.

AkzoNobel
May 24, 2022

AkzoNobel and Microsoft have teamed up to explore how quantum computing could help fast-track the development of high-performance and more sustainable paints and coatings. Scientists from both organizations will co-develop what will effectively be a virtual laboratory. The aim is to conduct experiments using quantum computing and other Microsoft Azure cloud services.

Quantum chemical computation is capable of simulating chemical reactions at an unprecedented level of accuracy. Together, Microsoft and AkzoNobel will explore how this can contribute to creating more advanced and sustainable products through collaborative experimentation and development.

“This is a really exciting partnership which has the potential to be truly groundbreaking,” said Klaas Kruithof, AkzoNobel’s chief technology officer. “We’re incredibly proud to partner with Microsoft and investigate how we can take our digital research into a new dimension. Innovation demands collaboration and this is a fantastic way for us to keep pushing boundaries so we can make a sustainable and long-lasting difference to our customers and the planet.”

According to Matthias Troyer, Ph.D., distinguished scientist in Microsoft’s Azure Quantum program, “The promise of quantum computing and other Azure services to accelerate solving chemistry and materials problems—and their associated workloads—is immense. We’re thrilled to partner with AkzoNobel to drive new value and deliver world-changing impact.”

man working on desktop

Quantum computing has the potential to reduce the time it takes to find substitute ingredients for making products more sustainable, with new functionalities, or for replacing scarce raw materials.


Myriad Opportunities

Quantum chemistry offers game-changing industrial applications and possibilities. It could help to overcome many of the practical boundaries associated with traditional laboratory methods, such as the availability of raw materials, physical equipment capacity constraints, toxicity, and environmental conditions. As a result, these efforts could drastically reduce the time it takes to find substitute ingredients for making products more sustainable, with new functionalities, or for replacing scarce raw materials.

“Combining our track record for pioneering product development with Microsoft’s cloud and quantum computing expertise represents another huge step forward in the digitization of our research,” said Pim Koeckhoven, technology director in Research and Development at AkzoNobel. “Up until now, the quality of traditional computer simulations hasn’t been up to the task. Microsoft’s Azure Quantum system offers incredible opportunities for us to take our research into an entirely new digital realm and speed up the development of new novel catalysts and chemical reactions.”


To learn more, visit www.akzonobel.com and https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us. 

Note: Images courtesy of AkzoNobel.

KEYWORDS: digitalization innovation

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