Facilitating a route to commercialisation
Graphene, as a product, has the potential to offer superior performance over existing materials across a wide range of industries and applications. However, in order to achieve this, it is important to establish which forms of graphene are suitable for which commercial and industrial applications, before functionalising the material to achieve the desired properties for the end product.
The key to realising the true potential of any graphene solution is in the functionalisation of the material. For composite materials, uniform dispersion of graphene particles within a matrix material, or ink, is the most important factor in delivering high quality materials that perform better than those currently being used in the market.
The low temperature plasma functionalisation process not only fulfils all criteria for entry into commercial production, it also provides a low cost solution that can be individually tailored to client specifications. The low temperature nature of the process not only significantly reduces manufacturing costs; it also ensures that production is environmentally friendly. Using these techniques, the gap between raw material producers and application manufacturers can be bridged to ensure an end-user commercially viable product, of unrivalled performance and quality.
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