Jan 8 2015
Carbon Sciences Inc., focused on the development of a breakthrough technology to mass-produce graphene, the new miracle material, today announced that the company and Dr. Kaustav Banerjee have jointly launched Transphene, Inc., a new graphene venture.
Dr. Banerjee, a leading expert in the field, currently leads a research project at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), sponsored by Carbon Sciences, to develop a new and scalable graphene synthesis technology. He will serve as Chief Technology Officer of Transphene, Inc.
"We are very excited about our new venture with Dr. Banerjee," said Bill Beifuss, Carbon Sciences' CEO. "Transphene, Inc. will concentrate on the commercial development of a breakthrough technology to mass-produce graphene, and will hold certain intellectual property required to protect these assets in the commercial marketplace."
Graphene, a sheet of pure carbon that is only one atom thick, is flexible, transparent, impermeable to moisture, stronger than diamonds and more conductive than gold. Experts believe graphene to be the miracle material that will enable revolutionary applications such as bendable touch screen displays, rapid charge batteries, super-capacitors, low cost solar cells, extreme high-speed semiconductors, biosensors, as well as water purification.
"Graphene is truly a revolutionary material," said Dr. Banerjee. "Now that we understand its properties, the new challenge is to find a low cost way to mass produce it. Our approach at Transphene is to fine-tune the manufacturing process to match specific applications. We plan to initially target those applications that will most likely find early commercial success."
Source: http://www.carbonsciences.com/