Graphene Platform Corporation has struck a deal with a British graphene producer, enabling it to make commercial quantities of the material, the Financial Times reported on 13 April.
Discovered by scientists at The University of Manchester, graphene is strong, flexible and conducts electricity, but, until now, its application as a commercial material has been hindered by the cost and difficulty of large-scale production.
The memorandum of understanding between Perpetuus Advanced Materials and the Japanese firm will pave the way for the first export sale of Perpetuus’ DBD Plasma Reactor.