Compared with other conventional membrane distillation processes, the CEMD process enabled higher energy efficiency and lower operational cost, and thus greater potential commercializing application.
Each of these topics requires significant future exploration in order to realize commercialized applications of the immense potential of nano-carbon in next-generation electronics.
According to Novoselov, the facility was designed with three goals in mind: to expand existing research on graphene, to capitalize on that research by commercializing applications, and to take research on atomic-scale materials beyond just graphene.
And, low-volume, high-value chemical production from biomass offers an opportunity to commercialize biotechnology applications in ready-made markets for existing chemicals, if quality, price and performance are equal to reference petrochemicals.
The technology presents opportunities for collaboration with GE's Global Research Center and commercial partnership opportunities with GE Energy to commercialize energy storage applications and to enable a higher percentage of renewable power generation in markets like Europe.
The problem is, they are difficult to manufacture, and commercializing these applications may require 10 or 15 years.
Robert Carlson, a principal at Biodesic, a bioengineering design firm in Seattle, Washington, doesn't necessarily see scale as a dealbreaker when it comes to commercializing biofuel applications.
Zhu founded Synbiosys, LLC, a synthetic biology company focused on building foundational tools to make biological systems easier to engineer and to commercialize their downstream applications.
Andrew Seely is Founder and Chief Science Officer of Therapeutic Monitoring Systems (TMS); TMS aims to commercialize patent-protected applications of multiorgan variability monitoring to provide variability-directed clinical decision support at the bedside to improve care for patients at risk for or with existing critical illness.
