advanced-wetting-technologies

Dr Raymond Roberts
Consultant physicist

Dr Raymond Roberts
Consultant physicist

Advanced Wetting Technologies Pty Ltd

Advanced Wetting Technologies Pty Ltd ABN 98625305615 was established on 29th March 2018 to further develop and patent multi-phase wetting formulations, the technology of which was initially developed by RJRoberts Consulting Pty Ltd ABN 89128492080 

These new multi-phase wetting formulations do not behave like any amphiphilic surfactant. The technology is based on entirely different and new wetting physics. It has the potential to disrupt the bulk of the existing surfactant industry which worldwide is worth over US$60 billion per annum. AWT technology has the potential to replace all of this.

It has been successfully used to replace fluorosurfactants in firefighting foams for Class B liquid fuels. The firefighting foams produced with AWT formulations meet the UK DEF STAN 42-40/2 without the use of any fluorosurfactant and hence there are no PFAS and PFOA breakdown products.


It has been trialed successfully in broad area agriculture and is currently the subject of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority approval process which is expected in the first quarter of 2025. It has been proven to be far more successful then existing agricultural adjuvants in terms of lower chemical and active usage, very little untargeted droplet spray and more effective on glyphosate resistant weeds.

Full details including current applications, laboratory and third party testing reports, and the physics behind the technology will be added shortly. However briefly: 

  • It is not limited by micelle formation.

  • It can be used at varying dose rates up to 2% resulting in different rates of wetting.

  • There is no change in surface tension from the bulk of the liquid to the liquid/air interphase thus no Marangoni effect is created. This means that micro-particles do not shear from the edge of the droplet causing spray drift. This was confirmed by Professor Andrew Hewitt of University of Queensland wind tunnel facility at Gatton Queensland. Please see file;

  • The surface tension of the wetting liquid stays constant throughout the wetting process. This is unlike any other surfactant.

  • Suppresses foams in all adjuvant applications.

  • Can be used in both aqueous and non-aqueous solvents

  • Covered by granted and pending patents worldwide. Patent_Schedule_-_AWT_-_July_2024.pdf