What is Simpal?
A digital material R&D and virtual property testing platform for polymeric materials.
Simpal is a virtual laboratory designed specifically for polymeric and formulation-driven materials. It combines molecular simulation, physics-informed descriptors, and AI-supported interpretation to help R&D teams evaluate material behaviour before committing to extensive laboratory testing.
The Mental Model
Traditional R&D operates on a cycle of mixing physical batches, running lab tests, and observing outcomes - often producing uninformative iterations. As illustrated in Figure 1, this manual reiteration loop can quickly become a bottleneck for innovation.
Specification
Preparation
Testing
Results
Formulation
Figure 1. Each iteration requires physical batch mixing and lab testing. This cycle is inherently slow, resource-intensive, and costly.
Simpal introduces a digital precursor to this cycle. By converting a material's structure, formulation context, and selected experimental data into digital samples, Simpal maps out property regimes (e.g., processability windows, viscoelasticity, compatibility).
Crucially, the AI Property Mapping step represents our core intellectual property. This step allows our models to learn from simulated data and extrapolate performance metrics. These predictions directly inform decision-making on how to tweak a recipe to get closer to the specified property targets.
Figure 2 shows how this computational screening approach ensures that only the most promising candidates proceed to a physical lab validation.
Specification
Sample
Simulation
Mapping
Validation
Formulation
Figure 2. Simpal replaces the costly physical iteration loop with rapid computational screening. Only the most promising candidates proceed to a single, targeted lab validation.
Core Value Proposition
Simpal supports earlier go/no-go decisions by showing how material behaviour may change across temperature, shear rate, formulation, morphology, and processing conditions. The output is a structured report of the material properties depending on the industrial standards and the user requirements.