Lyten, the supermaterial applications company and inventor of Lyten 3D Graphene™, has announced its expansion into the global concrete market with the launch of Lyten S Cure™ , a high-performance concrete admixture engineered to make infrastructure stronger, more durable, and faster to build - without requiring changes to existing production processes or compromising on cost.
S Cure marks Lyten's third major industrial vertical, extending its proprietary supermaterials platform from battery energy storage and composites for 3D printing and adhesives, into the world's most widely used construction material. The launch reflects Lyten's broader strategy: applying molecular-scale materials engineering to solve foundational performance challenges in critical infrastructure.
Concrete is the backbone of global infrastructure, but modern formulations, particularly those designed to reduce environmental impacts, often suffer from limitations: slower curing, reduced early strength, long-term durability concerns, and higher costs. Lyten S Cure was designed to eliminate those compromises at the chemistry level.
“At Lyten, we use material science to build products that accelerate economic growth by delivering enhanced performance without compromising on cost and environmental impact,” said Dan Cook, Lyten CEO and Co-Founder. "Concrete is the second most used substance on earth and the backbone of critical infrastructure. S Cure applies the same supermaterials science behind our batteries and additive manufacturing to make concrete stronger and more durable."
S Cure is powered by nanomaterials, including Lyten 3D Graphene™, a tunable supermaterial platform originally developed for high-energy-density lithium-sulfur batteries and now deployed across multiple industrial applications. In concrete, Lyten's nanomaterials form a reinforcement matrix that accelerates hydration at the earliest stages of curing while strengthening the internal microstructure as concrete ages.
Independent testing is said to confirm:
- +110% increase in one-day compressive strength
- +29% increase in seven days
- Up to +20% improvement in 28-day durability metrics
Lyten S Cure is designed as a drop-in admixture. It requires no changes to batching sequences, mix designs, or construction workflows and is compatible with ready-mix, precast, and large-scale infrastructure applications. The tunable nature of Lyten's nanomaterials enables S Cure to be optimized to regional cement and aggregate characteristics across the globe, enabling S Cure to support the majority of the more than $700B global concrete market.
The technology is currently being validated through pilot programs with leading global concrete producers and construction companies in the US, Europe, and Middle East. Collaborations are ongoing with 2 of the 5 largest global ready mix concrete producers, 2 of the largest high performance concrete producers in the Middle East, and a market leader in Type 1L low carbon cement in the US. Results tests seamless integration and consistent performance across a range of cement blends, reducing cement in Type 1L and reducing supplementary materials like fly ash and silica fume.
“Better materials unlock better outcomes across the board,” said Tony Silvis, Lyten VP and General Manager Concrete Solutions. "We have tuned S Cure to allow builders and engineers to move faster, build stronger, and extend service life without changing their well-established processes. The tunability of S Cure means we can help customers across every ready mix and high-performance concrete market.
