Advanced Materials

Formed in January 2007, a Nevada corporation under the name "Hague Corporation" went public in 2008 (symbol QTMM) as part of an agreement to secure a first round of funding from investors.

Nanophotonica is a small team of 15 or so R&D persons exclusively focused on QLED devices. They were incorporated around 2009, but work didn't really start until around 2017.

Quantag was established in 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Samsung is a leader in production of QD displays.

The future of printed electronics is copper.

BOE reported some work on photopatterning QD colour filters (CFs).

The company is claimed to have production capability of more than 150 ton per year (QD concentrated solutions).

Crystalplex (Pittsburgh) is a small (4 people) Pittsburgh USA company working on QDs since 2009.

Nanosys is the leading player in QDs. They were founded in 2001 (historical overview in next slides). It has raised some $160M over the last 15 years.

Lumileds: comparing stability of phosphors with quantum dots

Avantema, a Swiss start-up, is developing perovskite QDs.

Nanoco was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Manchester, UK.

Cree has also patented some Quantum Dot technology (US9780266B2).

Consistent Electronic Materials is a Taiwanese business active in the supply of materials for electronics part production such as photoresists or chemical mechanical polishing (CMPs).

A new technique to make ultra-flat, wrinkle-free films of graphene could pave the way for a host of applications, including graphene-based flexible electronics and high-frequency transistors.

Holst Centre is an independent R&D centre that develops technologies for wireless autonomous sensor technologies and flexible electronics, in an open innovation setting and in dedicated research trajectories.

Here come previously impossible devices and structures. The new IDTechEx report, "Smart Material Opportunities in Structural Electronics 2020-2030" analyses and forecasts a remarkable $200 billion materials opportunity by making dumb structures smart.

Physicists have used computer modeling to refine the melting curve of graphite that has been studied for over 100 years, with inconsistent findings. They also found that graphene "melting" is in fact sublimation.

A new method of producing carbon nanotubes - tiny molecules with incredible physical properties used in touchscreen displays, 5G networks and flexible electronics - has been given the green light by researchers, meaning work in this crucial field can continue.

Recycling waste plastics is essential to creating a circular economy. Current recycling methods are hampered by issues such as societal perceptions of recycling, to economic barriers and technological; however, over the past few years the number of technical innovations to improve polymer recycling have substantially increased.