Our NanoNews Digest Sponsors
Home > Nanotechnology Columns > Fullerex
Fullerex
 | August 6th, 2018 From IPOs to ICOs: The graphene companies raising capital with cryptocurrency. Tom Eldridge Director and Co-founder, Fullerex Limited The amount of money that blockchain related start-ups are raising through initial coin offerings (ICOs) has surpassed funding raised from traditional venture capital, with over $3.5 billion generated last year alone from this new investment model (1)(2). A wide range of industries including finance, healthcare, entertainment and real estate has been experimenting with incorporating blockchain technologies and now it seems that even graphene companies are claiming to have applications. But what is the use-case for blockchain in the world of graphene and should investors be wary? Read the Whole Article |
| January 8th, 2018 Graphene: A matter of quality Tom Eldridge Director and Co-founder, Fullerex Limited Last year saw the world's first ISO standard for graphene being published which defines the terminology used to describe the material. Soon after, there were good practice guidelines for characterisation also released by the NGI and NPL. As a result, the industry is now able to achieve more robust testing and validation of graphene products. It is therefore perhaps worth considering what impact these tools for quality assessment will have on the rate of commercial adoption for graphene. As I will aim to outline in this essay, defining quality is harder than it appears and there are other critical components besides which must not be overlooked. Read the Whole Article |
| January 5th, 2017 Is China still leading the graphene race? Tom Eldridge Director and Co-founder, Fullerex Limited Much attention has been given to the number of patent applications filed around the world for graphene technology as an indicator of progress being made in the field by different countries. It has been reported that China holds the largest number of patents on graphene. Now the latest research from Fullerex which reveals the number of active graphene producers in each country, also puts China on top. Read the Whole Article |
| July 15th, 2015 Nanotechnology: Doing more with less (Part 2) Tom Eldridge Director and Co-founder, Fullerex Limited Rising global consumption is widely acknowledged by major government and academic institutions to pose a severe threat to the security of the world's natural resources and environment. Is human civilization on a collision course with collapse, driven by overconsumption, resource depletion and irreversible damage to the ecosystem or are production technologies changing and improving so rapidly that resource productivity and sustainability will increase sufficiently to avoid such a disaster? Read the Whole Article |
| April 7th, 2015 Nanotechnology: Doing more with less (Part 1) Tom Eldridge Director and Co-founder, Fullerex Limited Rising global consumption is widely acknowledged by major government and academic institutions to pose a severe threat to the security of the world's natural resources and environment. Is human civilization on a collision course with collapse, driven by overconsumption, resource depletion and irreversible damage to the ecosystem or are production technologies changing and improving so rapidly that resource productivity and sustainability will increase sufficiently to avoid such a disaster? Read the Whole Article |
| October 14th, 2014 Innovation lessons from history Tom Eldridge Director and Co-founder, Fullerex Limited The importance of market perceptions cannot be overstated in influencing the rate of technological change. Never has this been more relevant than with the direction of innovation in nanotechnology. Read the Whole Article |
| June 30th, 2014 How nanotechnology can impact the resource economy to drive green innovation and sustainability Tom Eldridge Director and Co-founder, Fullerex Limited The very real need to address energy, agricultural and industrial sustainability is a key priority for many nations and nanotechnology is fast becoming an powerful enabler to combat the threat of resource scarcity and climate change. Read the Whole Article |
 | May 27th, 2014 Successfully navigating the inevitable transition of nanomaterials from speciality materials into commodities Joe Eldridge Director and Co-founder, Fullerex Limited One of the important things any company needs to do is to establish itself apart from the competition, to give end buyers some kind of incentive to approach them over another company. Read the Whole Article |
| April 23rd, 2014 The UK needs an industrial revolution - Can graphene deliver? Tom Eldridge Director and Co-founder, Fullerex Limited With a widening trade deficit and calls to rebalance the UK economy, could graphene play a significant role in driving a long term strategy of industrial resurgence or will this become another example of British ingenuity lost to overseas competition. Read the Whole Article |
| March 11th, 2014 Engineering and broadening the scope for industry demand in nanomaterials Joe Eldridge Director and Co-founder, Fullerex Limited "We've got the solution, now we're looking for the problem". Inventors that develop new and novel materials frequently find that half the battle is in applying their discoveries in innovative and creative ways to generate value. Read the Whole Article |
| February 6th, 2014 Nanotechnology - Moving beyond the hype Joe Eldridge Director and Co-founder, Fullerex Limited Despite significant scientific progress in the field of nanotechnology in the last few decades, currently the most formidable displays of the power of nanoscale processes are performed by nature not artificially and exist inside every single one of us, such as the autonomous replication of the genome and the construction and self-assembly of protein from base amino acids. Read the Whole Article |
| January 8th, 2014 Achieving industry integration with nanomaterials through financial markets Tom Eldridge Director and Co-founder, Fullerex Limited Much research has been done on the synthesis and characterisation of nanomaterials but comparatively less effort has been spent in building a viable and sustainable route into the commercialising of nanomaterials. It has been noted that a growing number of entrants to the market are university spin outs and the largest difficulty these companies typically face is prioritising development objectives and alliance building, owing to the limited time and financial resources that SMEs have (Lubik and Garnsey, 2008). The practical considerations for choosing the most efficient routes to market and achieving business growth will be the focus for this column. Read the Whole Article |
 |
||
 |
||
| The latest news from around the world, FREE | ||
 |
||
|
|
||
| Premium Products | ||
 |
||
|
Only the news you want to read!
Learn More |
||
 |
||
|
Full-service, expert consulting
Learn More |
||
|
|
||