Advanced Materials

QD Vision produces quantum dots and supplies components to the display industry, to enhance the backlight of LCD. Their Color IQ technology has been used by several TV manufacturers, including Sony, TCL and Hisense.

PureTi was founded in 2004 to commercialize a photocatalytic coating based on nano TiO2. PureTi claim they have developed the first photocatalytic coating based on an aqueous solution which can be sprayed onto any construction surface.

The industry around haptic actuators has encountered some significant challenges and changes in the last five years. However, the silver lining begins to shine through as emerging haptics find their niches. James Hayward summarises the findings from the latest IDTechEx Research report.

Kronos is in the top 5 supplier of TiO2 worldwide. While the bulk of their production is for white pigments, they also make nano TiO2 for photocatalysis. Kronos is the only supplier offering a material that works under visible light (blue), making it more suitable for indoor photocatalysis.

Longer-lasting batteries could be 3D printed from graphene ink to tackle rising demand for energy storage products in household devices or renewable energy systems.

Graphene, the only one atom thick carbon network, achieved overnight fame with the 2010 Nobel Prize. But now comes competition: Such layers can also be formed by black phosphorous.

Video interview with Talga Resources at Graphene & 2D Materials Europe.

Creative Materials, Inc. has introduced a family of electrically conductive inks and coatings in several primary colors

James Hayward was given a tour of Nidec's booth at CES by Jacob Eveson and Ken Rabenstein from Nidec. This profile covers their latest developments in haptics, including demonstrations in VR and automotive applications.

Aito are a 5 year old company based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and with research department in Helsinki, Finland. They provide technologies around piezoceramic sensing and haptic actuator solutions.

Redux Labs use bending wave haptic feedback to create touch effects and sound on panels. They formed in 2013, adopting IP and personnel from precuresons Hiwave Technologies (after bankrupcy) and NXT.

Researchers have developed a new process to develop few-layer graphene for use in energy storage and other material applications that is faster, potentially scalable and surmounts some of the current graphene production limitations.

Leading players in the graphene industry have contributed to our series of articles.

As part of a series of IDTechEx articles examining the impact of each of the technologies we cover on the automotive industry, Rachel Gordon presents the uses of thermal interface materials in the production of vehicles.

PMD are a motor company based in London UK. They design, manufacture (via contractors), test and advise on motor applications, around ERM motors and LRAs.

General Vibration are a small firm that hold design patents around a new type of motor for haptic feedback. Their Gemini drive involves dual motors, which are controlled in a way that allows shorter rise times than normal ERM motors.

In this instalment of our graphene series we discuss commercialising flexible graphene supercapacitors.

Another instalment in our series on the graphene industry.

Bess-Tech is commercializing a technology to manufacture doped Si anodes for Li ion batteries. The difference with direct competitors is that the anode is a direct silicon carpet on current collectors, and is not supplied as a Si-C composite.

Another in our series of articles on graphene.