We are Metalchemy

Discovering the materials of tomorrow.


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 Our Platform 

Patented green chemistry, accelerated by AI & Robotics.

Metalchemy's patented green-synthesis platform makes high-performance colloidal silver, gold and platinum with antimicrobial, antioxidant and optical properties.

Our AI agents and robotic platform design, test and learn from every experiment, so partners get results in months rather than years with a direct route from lab to production.

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Our Products

Metalchemy’s plant-based platform produces high-performing colloidal silver, gold and platinum.

We formulate these into tailored actives, bespoke formulations and composites for the performance, process and market each product needs.

  • Antimicrobial: Colloidal Silver that kills 600+ pathogens, to help tackle food spoilage and antimicrobial resistance

  • Antioxidant: Colloidal Platinum and Gold that boost the performance of actives in consumer goods

  • Optical: Gold nanomaterials for faster, more sensitive diagnostics

Our Applications

Metalchemy’s plant-based platform produces high-performing colloidal silver, gold and platinum.

We formulate these into tailored actives, bespoke formulations and composites for the performance, process and market each product needs.

  • Consumer Goods and Self-care: Tailored actives and formulations for skincare, haircare, personal care and homecare, including alternatives to preservatives now under regulatory pressure.

  • Food packaging: Active packaging designed to improve preservation and packaging performance, with up to twice the shelf life in tested applications and PFAS-free coatings.

  • Healthcare and diagnostics: Materials and development work for wound-care research, antimicrobial surfaces and gold-based diagnostic tests.

  • Agriculture: Novel actives for plant enhancers to improve crop performance and reduce reliance on toxic pesticides and fertilisers.

 Accelerated innovation 

From Research to Supply

We combine formulation and manufacturing expertise with AI agents, robotic lab automation and in-line characterisation, and partners usually start with a small, defined project.

  • Faster results between concept to commercial application

  • Prove: We validate the solution in a pilot on your product or line.

  • Scale: We roll it out through licensing or supply.

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