The National Graphene Institute (NGI) recently signed a collaborative partnership with Haydale to accelerate the commercialization of applications. Haydale has been working closely with the NGI, and has now entered into a formal partnership which aims to leverage each party’s particular expertise in order to seek opportunities to develop and commercialize graphene products and applications.
This collaboration will likely see the NGI utilizing the Haydale patented process incorporated in its R&D plasma reactor for research into the functionalization of graphene and other nanomaterials. It will also look into the use, process and identification of nanomaterials to enhance performance in composites, sensors, printable inks, supercapacitators, rubbers and elastomers.
Initial opportunities include working together to create opportunities and funding in the aerospace and automotive markets and already the co-operation has seen the development of components for a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) demonstrator. This is reportedly already creating interest from a number of aerospace companies and is an example of academia and industry working together to create the supply-chain necessary for entry into such a market.
The NGI will use material and prototype applications developed by Haydale, as well as other UK graphene producers and innovators. The NGI now has 50 collaborative partners, working alongside more than 230 graphene and 2D materials researchers at The University of Manchester.