Advanced Materials

Brilliant Matters is a Canada-based material provider, specializing in materials for organic electronics applications.

This premium article introduces graphite as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries and provides an overview on natural graphite mining and processing.

The PFAS Alternatives Workshop was held at the Royal Society of Chemistry's building in London on February 6th, 2025. The event focused on the opportunities and challenges surrounding PFAS usage and the development of alternative materials. This premium article provides an overview of the event.

LG AI Research, a subsidiary of LG Corporation, is an artificial intelligence research organization focused on developing AI models for various applications within the LG Group, including materials informatics. This profile focuses on its its EXAONE Discovery materials informatics platform.

Thursday 20 March 2025 - PFAS: Changing Regulations and Increasing Scrutiny for Forever Chemicals; PFAS definitions and concerns about PFAS exposure; Regulatory updates impacting PFAS; Impact of regulations on PFAS in sustainable food packaging

The EV revolution is driving demand for a huge variety of materials used in battery cells and packs. With new chemistries emerging to bridge cost and energy density gaps, the landscape is evolving rapidly. However, battery pack designers face complex challenges.

This premium article explores sustainable electronics waste management.

ATMOS Space Cargo GmbH is a German aerospace company developing Phoenix, a low Earth orbit capable capsule that will use an inflatable aerodynamic decelerator (IAD) to withstand the atmospheric heating during re-entry. ATMOS intends to use this capability to enable space manufacturing.

BioHalo is a Denmark-based start-up which has developed a patent-protected biofluorination process for the production of bio-based fluoropolymers. IDTechEx attended a presentation led by BioHalo at the RSC's PFAS Alternatives Workshop in February 2025.

This premium article provides an introduction to aerogels.

Datwyler is a well-established manufacturer of critical elastomer components, developing solutions for both established and emerging markets. This includes a range of dry electrodes suited to the wearable technology market. IDTechEx spoke with Fabrizio Abascia, Business Development Manager, at NEPCON Japan 2025 in Tokyo.

Thursday 6 Match 2025 - Driving Sustainability: Can Automotive Companies Deliver on Sustainable Plastics?; An overview of sustainable automotive plastics; The circular economy for automotive plastics; A summary of other sustainable materials covered in the report including sustainable upholstery, composites, and tire materials; Coverage of the key drivers pushing for sustainable automotive plastics; The key challenges for players in the automotive supply chain; Industry targets for sustainable plastics adoption; Discussion on the progress of adopting sustainable plastics and other polymers into passenger vehicles; IDTechEx's outlook and conclusions

Innovation map on EU per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) restriction proposal.

Meta-Rosetta (also written as MetaRosetta) is an early-stage spinout of Taiwan's National Central University, focusing on providing software and services for the design of metasurface optics (meta-optics) including metalenses. The startup has an electronic design automation (EDA) tool for meta-optics, although has yet to decide on its final business model for the tool. IDTechEx met Meta-Rosetta's CEO, Dr. Wei-Lun Hsu, at Neo-Functional Materials 2025 in January 2025.

GraphEnergyTech is a materials-based startup, specializing in the development of a graphene-based paste for solar electrode application. IDTechEx spoke with Dr Nick Rimmer, Business Development Advisor.

Innovation map of fire Protection Material Benchmarking for electric vehicles (EVs).

Faraday Factory Japan is one of the largest suppliers of second-generation high temperature superconductor (2G HTS) tape.

Thursday 27 February - The issues with conventional semiconductor manufacturing and circuit patterning; Barriers and opportunities for sustainable manufacturing processes; The search for green chemicals and PFAS alternatives for semiconductor circuit patterning; The impact of EUV lithography on sustainability; Research focuses and advancements in dry etching

NMT is a Chinese mass-producer of silica-based aerogels. The company has two production bases, with the second base established in 2022 and production starting in 2024.