Advanced Materials

SouthWest NanoTechnologies has named NanoSperse, Inc as a "SWeNT Certified Compounder" for its line of SMWTM Specialty Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) products, with specific emphasis on elastomer and thermoset-resin compounds and aerospace market applications.

The display industry continues to rapidly change and seek new markets. Long term trends are still prevalent and shape global activity.

Xiamen Knano Graphene Technology Co., Ltd has collaborated with Prof. Guohua Chen, College of Materials Science & Engineering, Huaqiao University since 2006 and in May 2010, the company was registered as a privately held corporation. In August 2013, Zhongtai Chemical announced CNY 14 million (USD 2.3 million) investment and partnership with Xiamen Knano.

Haydale has announced a non-exclusive agreement with Goodfellow.The agreement will focus on the global marketing and distribution of Haydale's functionalised graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs), which are designed to enhance product performance when compared to non-functionalised materials; they are suitable for numerous applications including resins, epoxies and polymer composites.

The method discovered by CiQUS researchers allows them to obtain well-defined nanographenes in one-pot from perylene, a very common organic compound.

Nanjing XFNANO Materials Tech Co.,Ltd ( XFNANO) was established in 2009 in China. It primarily focuses on research and developing on graphene, molecular sieves, catalysts, super capacitors and the direction of bio-fuel cells. It has filed for >10 patents.

Nanjing JCNANO Tech Co., LTD. was founded in 2009 and is based in Nanjing China. They offer a wide arrange of nano carbon materials including carbon nanotubes and graphene. The company is investing RMB 5 million ($0.8 million) to build a laboratory in Wuxi for small-scale production.

Graphene is gaining heated attention, dubbed a "wonder material" with great conductivity, flexibility and durability. However, graphene is hard to come by due to the fact that its manufacturing process is complicated and mass production not possible.

Remember CES back in January. There was a widespread sentiment that LG was winning the OLED TV battle against Samsung. How did LG take the lead in OLED TV? And what does it mean for the other TV panel manufacturers?

To coincide with Graphene Week 2014, the European Commission is proud to announce that the Graphene Flagship, one of the largest-ever European research initiatives, is doubling in size.

Flexible OLED displays have been in the making for the past several years. We have already witnessed many prototypes but the technology challenges have persisted and prevented full scale commercialisation. The technology challenges are now nearly solved and all the pieces of the puzzle are coming together. Already, we have seen mass manufactured mobiles phones on plastic substrates as well as examples of commercial curved (not yet fully flexible) displays.

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Researchers at Penn State and Shinshu University in Japan have developed a simple, scalable method of making graphene oxide fibers that are strong, stretchable and can be easily scrolled into yarns with strengths approaching that of Kevlar.

Strategic Energy Resources Limited has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Graphitech Pty Ltd, has signed an agreement with Monash University to enable the advancement of its unique applications for the new wonder material Graphene.

This hybrid could take the place of silicon as the traditional transistor material used in electronic chips, since carbon nanotubes are more transparent, flexible, and can be processed at a lower cost.

Founded in 2004, Canatu is a spin-off from the Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University). The synthesis process was developed by University of Helsinki, but the IP went entirely to the spin-off. Canatu won the silver award at SID 2014 in San Diego. It is claimed that its touch layers have near zero reflectance, reducing power consumption therefore extending battery lifetime by as much as 20%, while also improving contrast by 40%. Canatu has recently also focused on bringing touch sensitivity to 3D-shaped surfaces.

Several nanotechnology enabled water purification concepts, at least at an early stage, have already led to treatment technologies that exceed state-of-the-art performance and also enable new functionalities such as increased permeability, photocatalytic reactivity, and enhanced antibacterial properties.

HSP Technologies Inc started in 2011 after the proof-of-concepts experiments were successfully demonstrated. The technology was developed at AIST (Tsukuba laboratory in Japan). HSP stands for "High Shear Processing". The company plans to commercialize conductive surface coatings that are strechable.

Teijin Limited is a leading supplier of plastic films and resins. The company has a joint venture with DuPont for the commercialization of polyester films (PET and PEN). Teijin also make polycarbonate resins for electronic materials. Teijin has improved the glass transition temperature of the polycarbonate films to be compatible with high temperature processes.

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