Advanced Materials

Researchers have developed a way to heal gaps in wires too small for even the world's tiniest soldering iron.

Fujifilm has been actively developing a flexible high barrier film and this profile focuses mainly on these activities.

Oxis Energy is a lithium sulphur battery technology developer company based in the UK. It is one of the few companies developing this technology. Targeting the automotive, defense and energy storage market the company has developed partnerships and received invesments from companies across the whole value chain of the electric vehicle industry.

Toda Kogyo offers nano particle production based on wet synthesis methods where they can control particle size (from 3nm to 1,000nm), shape, surface and particle size distribution.

Plextronics is a private company founded in 2002 as a spinout from Carnegie Mellon University, based upon conductive polymer technology developed by Dr. Richard McCullough. The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2014 the company, having failed to find a buyer and running out of funds, scaled back and got acquired by Solvay.

Graphene LIVE! USA was a huge success. It brought together 30 top-class speakers and 16 graphene exhibitors, giving them access to a pool of more than 2,000 business-oriented attendees and 160+ exhibiting companies.

Florida State researchers have been awarded more than $1.4 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a system that will produce large amounts of a state-of-the-art material made from carbon nanotubes that researchers believe could transform everything from the way airplanes are built to how prosthetic limbs fit the human body.

Enerize Corp. is an emerging technology company founded by renewable energy industry veterans. The Company develops and markets proprietary technology for solar cells, lithium-ion batteries, and fuel cells. Enerize Corp. also develops non-destructive quality assurance methods and equipment for real time applications in the manufacture of renewable energy devices.