“Inability to source commercial scale quantities of graphene has historically hampered the growth and implementation of graphene-enabled and graphene-enhanced applications such as next-generation energy technologies, composites, water treatment and corrosion protection," Jang said. “Increased production means we can bring market costs down too, giving companies previously priced out of the graphene market access to the material’s unique performance advantages.”
Jang also said that AMI will license its graphene production processes to select partners worldwide.
“This open architecture approach will create a graphene ecosystem that can foster innovation and tear down walls that have inhibited global collaboration,” he said. “In turn, this will equip manufacturers to develop graphene-based products that range from everyday items to inventions that are truly life-changing.”
Jang and co-founder Aruna Zhamu hold more than 160 graphene-related patents.
“By partnering with other companies, we are dramatically increasing the availability and knowledge base of this new class of material,” said Ian Fuller, vice president for business development and engineering at Angstron. “The applications of graphene are too large and varied for any one company to address alone. By opening fundamental intellectual property to global players, the graphene industrial ecosystem will multiply and allow commercialization to flourish.”