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Sorry about LUX research report – I said in post 14643 “I still look forward to 12-11-12 when Lux Research releases their briefing on the company(s).” I was wrong. There will be no report published on QMC/Solterra 12-11-12. The briefing that Lux published as being 12-11-12 was just the date that was established for QMC/Solterra to brief LUX on the status of the company. It is an hour to two hour interview. I called LUX and they said the report write up will take between one to four weeks to develop. I suspect with the holiday around the corner it won't be out until after the first of the years since they will be doing two interview, one for each company. Sorry I mislead the board with false expectations.
Bill
End of year tax loss selling? Could be as simple an answer as that. One of the guys here has taken his losses from other stocks and put the money into QTMM this week. There are a million reasons why someone would be selling now, I know I don't get it. Looking at the number of shares short today, 14,500 out of 432,000 it definetly wasn't a short party. Someone unloading for some reason.
http://regsho.finra.org/FORFshvol20121211.txt
Date |Symbol|ShortVolume|ShortExemptVolume|TotalVolume|Market
20121211|QTMM |14500 |0 |432000 |O
Bill
Thought you were coming last year. It's Sunday the 23rd 7:00PM for anyone in the Philly area wanting to attend. E-mail me at ih8aloss@yahoo.com for directions. Make subject: QTMM it's easy to pick out then. Hope to hear from a few of the silent lurkers.
Bill
QMC talked it up to the people that count. You are of no consequence and add no value to the company as a board member or as a current investor. How does any one on this board improve future growth? Who here will sign a multimillion dollar contract with the info from the presentation. FOCUS - The people they needed to tell were at the presentation. Those people have the voice and reach you are looking for. Editors and writers of publications that can spread the word via their write up, researchers that can take the TQD’s and develop new products and uses and last but not least the business people that have the money to invest for future growth. Those people payed good money to sit in on those presentations. Would I like to know what was said, of course. It would be interesting but for me it won’t make any difference. It may for some that are still on the fence about investing further. That would then be useful to them to make a further informed decision. I’m thinking they were not allowed to tape or video without paying additional fees for the rights to publish. Someone said there may be a video and if there is one I’m sure it will cost. Has anyone that is so interested contacted ID-tech to see if a presentation video exists? I personally believe Dr. Bob had his outline but spoke from personnel knowledge, filling in as he goes. I just don’t see him reading a script. The facts are, I know no more than any one else on this board of what was said at the presentation.
The real proof everyone is looking for will be in an 8K.
Bill
Well said Oakie!
BIll
No wonder Seth didn’t look happy. This was written Sept. 5th, 2012 and published November 27, 2012. He just realized what the definition of disruptive was all about and it didn’t include his company in the forefront. http://jss.ecsdl.org/content/2/2/R3026.full Dr. Bob’s presentation on the QD R2R process makes on-surface geometry available today, not years in the future as his article suggests. And his pricing of QD’s is from May 17th 2010 from Nanoco:
“Nanoco is currently charging $5,000 per gram for its quantum dots” They go on to say, “The price is set to fall to $500 per gram once the LEDs become mass produced”. I guess he didn’t check QD Particles prices lately.
This is why Seth is excited about QD's in display's, TV's, pads and phones. Read the whole article in the link above, he covers the three types of QD geometry possible for displays:
For display applications: QD backlit LCDs can exhibit 100% or more of the NTSC standard for color gamut, as compared to conventional LED LCDs which are typically only 70% of this standard. This 50% improvement in gamut is stunning visually, and immediately noticeable to most viewers. Finally, the more saturated colors are perceived as brighter, producing greater contrast in QD backlit displays. This combination of benefits has the potential to be a source of product differentiation for display makers feeling the effects of the commoditization of LCD markets.
Quantum dot compositions
Quantum dots are a unique offering for LED downconversion in that they are the only blue/UV excitable, narrowband emissive material. Their inorganic nature gives them the potential stability of phosphors, while their highly engineered nature gives them tunability that exceeds that of both dyes and phosphors. To date, their widespread adoption has been hindered by the lack of a practical implementation of a manufacturable QD material that meets consumer electronics reliability specifications, and the rest of this article deals with some of the practical issues of manufacturing scale and reliability.
Conversely, the first QD materials to be commercialized will likely contain the regulated element Cadmium. As of today it seems likely that Cadmium containing QDs will enter the market far earlier than Cadmium-free materials.
For example, a 42” diagonal TV with on-surface geometry might consume about a gram of QD material, and hence hundreds of metric tons of material would be necessary to serve the entire TV segment of the display industry.QD cost would start at $5,000/g,see references 24,25 On-surface geometry would alleviate reliability concerns, the cost would likely be prohibitive our assumption of $5,000 a gram is clearly not supportable in this solution case. The 100's of metric tons of QD materials required is also likely prohibitive in the near-term. (I guess he hasn't seen the latest from QMC being able to mass produce QD's)
The 14? on-surface solution might be quite tolerable in this market if the QD cost per gram were $1,000/g instead of our modeled $5,000/g.
In general, this analysis makes clear that QD costs must be at least one order of magnitude lower than modeled for the on-surface solutions to penetrate any more than the very high-end display markets such as graphic arts and other professional segments.
Seth may become a very good TQD customer since his company and investors would like to make money and his path down the road from this article doesn't look too rosy for him. When Trevor said he didn't look too happy, this recently published article may give you more insight as to why.
Be glad you aren't one of the investors that dumped $55 million into his company and have a marketing failure with a very high cost Nexxus bulb to show for it. So quit your whining and if you take offense to that you are probably one of them.
As investors in QTMM stock or any stock, what have you done to bring value to the company? Nothing, yet you'll reap the rewards from the hard work of those you criticize for being focused on building a business and not servicing your wants. They are legally satisfying the corporate bylaws. When the cakes baked, we'll all celebrate.
Bill
Buy and HOLD $QTMM – Quantum Materials Corp. and subsidiary Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. I know to hold is against the current philosophy but there are always exceptions. Multi-baggers take time to develop, up to 6-8 months for max returns imo. This is an alert before a review on 12-11-12 by Lux Research is published. Of course the expectations are for a good review, do your DD on Quantum Materials Corp. IMO, this stock can make the board heading fit because it identifies a unique growth business poised to dominate a mass market.
http://www.qmcdots.com/
http://www.toptentopten.com/topten/reasons+to...orp+_+qtmm
http://solterra1.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/qmc...explosive/
http://solterra1.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/wal...king-qtmm/
http://solterra1.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/qtm...tar-price/
GLTA
Bill
Buy and HOLD QTMM – Quantum Materials Corp. and subsidiary Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. I know to hold is against the current philosophy but there are always exceptions. Multi-baggers take time to develop, up to 6-8 months for max returns imo. This is an alert before a review on 12-11-12 by Lux Research is published. Of course the expectations are for a good review, do your DD on Quantum Materials Corp.
http://www.qmcdots.com/
http://www.toptentopten.com/topten/reasons+to...orp+_+qtmm/
http://solterra1.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/qmc...explosive/
http://solterra1.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/wal...king-qtmm/
http://solterra1.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/qtm...tar-price/
GLTA
Bill
Buy and HOLD QTMM - Quantum Materials Corp. I know this is against the current philosophy but there are always exceptions. Multi-baggers take time to develop, up to 6-8 months for max returns imo. This is an alert before a review on 12-11-12 by Lux Research is published. Of course the expectations are for a good review, do your DD on Quantum Materials Corp. http://www.qmcdots.com/
http://www.toptentopten.com/topten/reasons+to...orp+_+qtmm
http://solterra1.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/qmc...explosive/
http://solterra1.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/wal...king-qtmm/
http://solterra1.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/qtm...tar-price/
GLTA
Bill
If a picture is worth a 1000 words - this says it all for me. Displays and lighting are fields in which printed electronic systems can offer tremendous advantages, once the technology is in place. From Trevor Groeneveld - Great speaker, lots of people in attendance, recognized Seth Coe-Sullivan from QDvision in the crowd and let me tell ya he did not look happy. Dr. J and Seth go back a ways and besides common interest in the technology, I believe there is competition between the two and no one likes to be a loser in a multimillion dollar game. QD Vision has raised more than $55 million in financing from top-tier venture capital firms, and is enjoying growth. QD Vision relocated its headquarters to a new, high-volume production facility in Lexington, MA, in September 2012. I believe Dr. Bob delivered some knock me down, from King of the hill, news in his presentation. I wouldn't be happy either in Seths position. Good news for us.
Bill
I agree, keep expectations low and you won't be disappointed. Development for success is a slow process. IDTech will provide exposure to the manufacturing side for future growth but I still look forward to 12-11-12 when Lux Research releases their briefing on the company(s). I think I'm more excited and apprehensive at the same time about that. A not so good review and the growth projection for the company will be longer. A good review and we have ammo stockpiled. One analysts review will trigger others to review and a good review would open many eyes as the research companies don't want to be outdone by their competition. Not good for their image or for their clients to miss the boat. A good review also allows us to contact the numerous investment companies editors with solid analysis that they may want to recommend or at least look a little harder at QMC for their clients portfolio. Either way, we are finally moving!
Bill
"Creating dramatic value in our companies" , Those words by Mr. Squires are probably some of the most overlooked in the press release , with the key word being dramatic. Just a little more to think about.
Bill
Standard language in the legal documents to CYA.
I wonder if this gives them an advantage over other QD manufacturers processes. The patent closes with, "The cost of the synthesis is reduced by 200 times making it a favorable method for scaling up of the tetrapod production." AND to add insult to injury: "The quaternary ammonium compounds are biodegradable and safe thereby making this method green and environmental friendly." Rev up the engines, no wait, if we go electric there are no more noisy engines to rev. We'll get a soft whine maybe. Ahh, break out the wine, I think we have something to celebrate!!!
Bill
Over 15,000 terms available to tie to the XBRL Interactive Data File exhibits. I guess there is a difference of opinion between which ones to use. http://www.gibsondunn.com/Publications/Pages/SECAdoptsNewInteractiveDataFormat(XBRL)forFinancialReporting.aspx
Bill
Now that the election is over and we are on a renewable energy friendly course you may have more time on your hands. If you want look at patents with tetrapod quantum dots or whatever you want.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/search.html
Select patents and patent applications by checking both boxes
Fill in the search field with
ACLM/TETRAPOD QUANTUM DOT
GLA
Bill
Why buy the MECHANICAL ENGINEERING November 2012 issue?
It has this article on nanotechnology as it was intended on being seen, with pictures and formatted correctly.
Nano is not yet a multitrillion dollar market, but applications are bursting previous bounds.
By Alan B Brown
Some things sound just too good to be true. It is easy to place nanotechnology in that category. Like many breakthroughs, from superconductivity to the Internet,nanotechnology bulldozed its way into the limelight with a long list of promises. It promised affordable solar cells, green chemisty, quantum computing, and lightweight composite aircraft, to say nothing of cell-size robots to clean plaque from our arteries and cancerous growths from our organs.
The hype did not stop there. In 2001, the National Science Foundation released a report, Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, which casually mentioned a $1 trillion market sometime in the first half of this decade.
Market researchers, never shy about pumping the virtues of a hot technology, went further. In 2004, Lux Research projected the nanotech value chain would reach $2.6 trillion in 2014, almost as large as information technology or telecommunications. Three years later, Cientifica upped the ante to $2.95 trillion, about half in semiconductors.
A 2010 report by Global Industry Analysts, San Jose, Calif., predicted a slightly more modest $2.4 trillion market within five years.
Such eye-popping numbers inspired startups. Entrepre
neurs argued that if they captured just a small fraction of
the total market, they could become huge. After all, a 0.1
percent share of a $2 trillion market equals $2 billion in
sales. Wall Street jumped on the bandwagon.
Yet those numbers had a flaw, and it was not just unbridled
optimism. According Michael Berger, the founder of the
popular nanotech website, Nanowerk.com, the definition of
“nano-enabled” was suspect.
In 2007, he found that a recent market study based its
projections on the value of final products rather than their
nanotech components. So if a $100 drug used 0.1 gram of
nanomaterial costing $1, the study tallied the full $100 in
its totals. Similarly, the $100 worth of nanomaterials in a
scratch-resistant auto topcoat was rung up as a $40,000
Mercedes-Benz.
Even on Wall Street, that kind of accounting is a stretch.
So when milestones on the road to trillion dollar markets
failed to materialize, investors
backed off. The nanotechnology bubble
burst. Even businesses with promising technologies
and solid markets could not line up financing. Then came
the Great Recession.
Yet today, the nanotech scene is surprisingly upbeat.
“While Wall Street lost interest, researchers at companies
like IBM, DuPont, ExxonMobil, and Hewlett-Packard are
still working away,” said Steve Waite, a former Wall Street
nanotech analyst who co-founded Research 2.0, an invest
ment research service in Boston, Mass. He can point to
scores of nano startups with promising technologies.
“Over the last decade, everybody was asking, ‘Where is it?’
We’re just at the stage now where it’s going to start seeping
into everything. It is going to be part of the general technol
ogy landscape. The reason? It has taken a while to harness
nanotechnology and learn to create products,” Waite said.
One would expect Waite to be optimistic. His firm, after
all, makes money by touting nanotech investments. Yet
he can point to venture capitalist Harris & Harris, which
specializes in nanotech investments. Last year, it sold one
nano-enabled cancer drug maker, BioVex, to Amgen for
$425 million in cash and up to $575 million in additional
payments. It also launched two IPOs: NeoPhotonics, a
maker of photonic integrated circuits, for $82.5 million: and
Solazyme, which has modified algae to make oil and bioma
terials in fermenters, for $227 million.
He can also point to market studies that paint a more real
istic picture. Earlier this year, Global Industry Analysts Inc.,
which provides in-depth nanotech analysis, projected a $30
billion nanotech market by 2015, led by nanoscale thin films
used in electronics, solar cells, light-emitting diodes, pho
tonics, and wireless communications. Last year, the com
pany projected a $4.4 billion nanobiology industry in 2014,
chiefly for drugs to treat cancer, diabetes, heart disease,
neurological issues, orthopedic ailments, and other prob
lems. It also expects global demand for nanocomposites to
reach 1.3 billion pounds by 2015.
The Project on Emerging Nanotechologies, a joint project
of the Wilson Center, a Washington think tank, and the Pew
Charitable Trusts, runs a database where manufacturers
can list nanotechnology-enabled consumer products. Its
offerings range from non-stick cookware to self-cleaning
window treatments. It lists more than 1,300 products, up
from 212 when it started in 2006.
In fact, nanotechnology may wind up looking a lot like the
Internet. The dot.com bubble that burst in 2000 spawned
thousands of companies. Many attracted funding with little
more than a business plan and a promise, and collapsed vir
tually overnight when the air went out of the bubble.
Yet the Internet did not go away. Some companies, such as
Google, Amazon, and eBay, lived up to early promises. Oth
ers resized their ambitions and became profitable purveyors
of everything from hotel rooms and computers to shoes and
pet supplies. Nearly every established company developed a
web presence.
Moreover, the Internet continues to innovate. Google,
Facebook, and YouTube have created entirely new ways of
interacting. Smartphones have made those connections
mobile, in ways that would have been impossible to imagine
only 10 years ago.
Could nanotechnology trace a similar arc?
The New Nano
Vincent Caprio, executive director of the NanoBusi
ness Commercialization Association, is one of nano
V technology’s most ardent champions. Yet he avoids
calling it an industry.
Instead, like the Internet, he describes it as “a foundational
technology platform.” It is embedded in many industries, like
aerospace, electronics, transportation, and energy. I can’t
think of a major industry that it will not affect,” Caprio said.
He argues that businesses are using nanotechnology the
same way they use information technology to achieve com
petitive advantages across abroad range of business pro
cesses, from selling products and automating transactions
to optimizing production and managing logistics.
Nanotechnology has begun to cut an equally wide swath
in products. These range from downhole drilling and solar
energy to photonic circuits and drug delivery. Hewlett
Packard and Hynix Semiconductor plan to manufacture
the first computer memory to take advantage of nanoscale
phenomena.
“These companies all have different technologies that are
built around the science of nanotechnology” Caprio said.
“They all have different products, and they are all absorbed
into different industries.”
Nanotechnology’s successes are underreported because
successful startups rarely mention their nano roots, Caprio
added, sounding defensive. He points to Metabolon in Dur
ham, N.C, as an example.
Metabolon makes diagnostics to analyze cellular traces of
metabolic processes. The analysis can determine how drugs
and disease affect a specific patient, so physicians can optimize treatment for each individual. When Metabolon started out, it proclaimed its unique nanotechnolog Today, the word has vanished from its website.
Why? If Metabolon goes public, Caprio said, it will have to compete in a crowded financial marketplace. That means creating a simple story—it’s a medical diagnostics company with break
through technology—that it can sell to potential investors. Adding “nano” only makes the story more complex.
Besides, nanotechnology is not so easy to define. According to the
definition ased for the National Science Foundation R&D pro
gram, it involves working at the atomic, molecular, and supramolecular levels. That takes in scales of 1 to 100 nanometers. Often, such small structures have fundamentally different properties from larger structures of the same material.
By restructuring matter at the nanoscale, researchers can
take advantage of these unique effects, according to Mihail
Roco, NSF’s senior advisor for nanotechnology. The out
come could range from using the high surface activity of
nanoscale titanium dioxide to break down dirt on windows
catalytically to developing extremely small memory devices
based on atomic spin.
According to Roco, researchers created the interdisciplinary foundation for nanoscience during 2001 to 2010. They
learned to make indirect measurements, uncover empirical
correlations, understand individual scale-related phenom
ena, and create nanocomponents by empirical design.
This produced a flowering in the field. Roco estimates that
between 2000 and the end of 2010, the field’s primary work
force grew more than sixfold to 400,000 people. Scientific
papers quadrupled to 65,000. Patent applications rose an
order of magnitude to nearly 13,000. So did R&D funding, to
$14 billion. Venture capital investments rose sevenfold to
$1.4 billion.
Roco believes the next step in development will involve
designing integrated nanosystems scientifically, rather than
by trial and error. Such systems could leverage new discov
eries in fields such as spintronics, plasmonics, metamateri
als, nanoelectronics, and nanobiomedicine.
Transitions
The future may sound grand, but producing usable forms of the most basic commercial products such as nanoscale particles, has proven a long, hard slog. Take,for example, the experience of nanotube producer Southwest Nanotechnologies of Norman, Okia.
Carbon nanotubes have been the poster child for the promise of nanotechnology since they burstuponthe scene in the early 1990s. They have remarkable properties. They are from one to several orders of magnitude stronger and stiffer than steel or even Kevlar reinforcing fiber.
Nanotubes can range from semiconducting to superconducting. They are ten times more thermally conductive than copper, and have
1,000 times greater electrical current density They absorb microwaves, making them invisible to radar, and emit and detect light Researchers hope to use them to make electronic, photonic, and electro optical devices.
Yet progress in nanotubes has not come easily. They are difficult to produce. A two-story-high reactor typically produces hundreds of grams—not tons or even kilo grams—per day. They are often difficult to purify. While prices have dropped sharply from thousands of dollars, they still cost tens of dollars per gram today.
Southwest Nanotechnologies demonstrates how difficult
incremental progress has been. The company was spun out of
the University of Oklahoma 10 years ago to make single-wall
nanotubes. These are cylinders whose walls consist of highly
structured, one-atom-thick carbon arrays. They have far
better physical and electrooptical properties than more common multiwall nanotubes, but they are also more difficult to
manufacture.
Southwest started with a cobalt-molybdenum catalyst that
grows single wall nanotubes from carbon dioxide. Over the
years, it has boosted reaction speeds and lifted purity levels to
more than 90 percent. Equally important, it has shown it can
scale up to large reactors to drive down costs.
“In 2005, we were making 1 gram per day. Since we moved
into our new facility in the fall of 2008, we’ve become one of
the largest single-wall carbon nanotube manufacturers, mak
ing 800 to 1,000 grams per day:’ CEO David Arthur said.
Once Southwest scaled up production, Arthur discovered
another pressing reality: “Customers want solutions and convenience. They want something that is easy and safe to use:"
he said.
Safety has become a major hurdle for all nanomaterials.
Because they are so small, nanoparticles could easily go air
borne and slip through protective clothing, skin, and tissue
membranes, or interact with animals and plants in the environment. Southwest needed to show its products met evolving environmental, health, and safety standards.
The obvious solution is to disperse nanotubes in water or a
solvent so they cannot get into the air. Also, large manufacturers prefer to buy liquids because they are easy to disperse into the mixers and reactors they use to make their products.
Unfortunately, nanotubes have a strong attraction for
one another and not the water or solvent. They form large
clumps, which makes them difficult if not impossible to
use. Several companies that sell nanotubes for composite
reinforcements have resolved this problem by chemically
modifying nanotube surfaces to make them soluble. Others
use surfactants.
Such solutions pose problems that Southwest tries to solve. Its V2V Ink was developed to print nanotube based circuits, including wires and electronic and photonic devices, using the same equipment used to print flexible electronic circuits on plastic
substrates. In these applications, a little nanotube goes a
long way. In fact, it takes 15 milligrams of nanotubes to coat a
square meter of surface. The coating is so thin, it is transpar
ent, Rick Jansen, Southwest’s vice president of sales, said.
Unfortunately, typical strategies used to disperse nano
tubes, such as modifying their surface or using surfactants,
also alter their electrical properties and introduce impurities.
While Jansen won’t discuss the combination of techniques
Southwest uses to disperse nanotubes, he does note that using high-viscosity molecules constrains the nanotubes and
keeps them apart.
Possible applications include solar cells, batteries, lighting,
and the electronic backplanes used in touch screen displays.
In fact, Southwest CEO David Arthur argues that printing
touch screen backplanes would cost 80 percent less than
producing them by conventional semiconductor deposition
methods. Companies are already buying V2V Ink, and Jansen
said that at least one company plans to incorporate it in its
next product.
Nanocomp Technologies of Concord, N.H., found a different
way to package nanotubes. It produces continuous strands of
multiwall nanotubes with lengths in the millimeters, orders
of magnitude longer than usual. The greater length improves
their physical and electrical properties. It also makes it pos
sible to spin them into strong, lightweight, electrically and
thermally conductive yarns, tapes, and sheets.
The U.S. Department of Defense recently contracted Nanocomp to expand output. It hopes to test Nanocomp’s yarns
and weaves in multifunctional composites, such as conduc
tive aircraft wings that can withstand directed energy weap
ons and stiff satellite structures that act as heat sinks.
Nanomaterials have achieved a degree of commercial suc
cess in coatings. Some coatings, like the ones used to protect
vehicles from scratching and pitting, contain dispersed ultrahard
nanoparticles.
Others rely on formation of nanoscale grains. Ordinarily,
any coating (or bulk metal or ceramic) will consist of pure
grains separated by channels of less pure material. These
interstices are usually more brittle and prone to corrosion
than the surrounding grains. As those grains shrink to the
nanoscale, though, the interstices become less significant and
the materials grow stronger, tougher, and more corrosion
resistant.
Creating nanoscale grains throughout an ingot or other
bulk material is difficult. Forming them in thin coatings is far
easier. Many of these coatings consist of conventional metals
and ceramics, and are relatively economical to produce.
The results can be profound, explained Andy Sherman,
chief technology officer of Abakan. His Miami, Fla., firm
produces nanostructured metal and ceramic coatings.
“When it comes to wear and corrosion protection, you can
add nanotech into metals and make products that last a life
time,” he said.
That might be true for some applications, but not for the
components Abakan manufactures for its key markets, off
shore oil and gas wells, and tar sands refineries. These envi
ronments are highly corrosive. In the past, companies relied
on expensive exotic alloys or laser cladding, coupled with
conservative designs, to prevent failure.
Abakan uses a high-speed infrared fusing process licensed
from Oak Ridge National Laboratoryto produce nanocoat
ings. In tests with Brazilian oil company Petrobras, Ahakan’s
nanocoatings showed one-sixth as much corrosion an com
peting conventional coatings. The company coats pipe up
to 40 times faster than conventional laser cladding, and its
products cost significantly less than pipes of exotic alloys.
Other nanocoatings companies have taken similar paths to
commercialization. NanoSteel of Maitland, Fla., for example,
uses a process developed by Idaho National Engineering and
Environmental Laboratory to thermal spray hard, iron-based
coatings and weld overlays. Australia’s Alexium uses a cold
microwave process developed by the U.S. Air Force Research
Laboratory to protect textiles against flame, oil, water, acid,
and chemical and biological agents.
The Future
Nanomaterials have already begun to penetrate the
market. In addition to oil and gas components, nano
I structured coatings find application in industrial wear
parts. Several sporting goods companies use nanotubes as
composite reinforcements. Inorganic nanoparticles have been
used to prevent scratches in automotive coatings, block UV
radiation in suntan lotion, kill bacteria on surfaces and socks,
and catalyze reactions that break down grime on self-cleaning
windows. These are essentially evolutionary advances. They
simply make the coatings, lotions, and windows better.
Nanotech is also living up to at least some of its early hype,
creating entirely new products. Take, for example, drugs.
In 2005, the FDA approved the first nanodrug, Abraxane by
Abraxis BioScience, for metastatic breast cancer. Abraxane is
based on Taxol (paclitaxel), a well known breast cancer drug.
Because it is so difficult to dissolve, Taxol requires solvents
that have toxic side-effects.
Abraxis took a different route. It encapsulated Taxol in a
130 nanometer shell of the protein albumin. Not only is al
bumin water-soluble, but breast cancer activates a metabolic
pathway that absorbs albumin. The coating essentially tricks
the tumor into swallowing the medicine.
Since then, according to Roco at NSF, more than 50 cancer
targeting drugs based on nanotechnology have reached the
market. Meanwhile, other companies are investigating even
more sophisticated medical strategies.
NanoViricides of New Haven, Conn., shows what may be
coming next. It uses nanotechnology to bait a trap for viruses
ranging from seasonal flu to herpes and HIV. It does this by
creating molecules that mimic the receptors that viruses attach to on cell surfaces. The nanoviricide then wraps around
the virus, so it can no longer bond to cells, and eventually rips
it apart. The company is closing in on human testing for its
first new drug, which targets influenza.
Similar advances abound in the semiconductor world.
Intel, ADM, IBM, and other large computer processor and
memory manufacturers are already producing products with
32 nanometer features. This is evolutionary, producing faster
and more powerful PCs.
The revolution will be driven by entirely new types of devices that would be impossible with out nanoscale engineering. One is the memristor, short for “memory resistor.” it is a fundamentally new type of electrical circuitry that stores data through changes in electrical resistance. According to Hewlett-Packard senior fellow Stan Williams, running a voltage through a memristor moves a few atoms a fraction of a nanometer—and changes electrical
resistance by three orders of magnitude. This is difficult to
determine in large devices, but obvious at the nanoscale.
“This is a fundamental property of matter,” Williams said.
“It just doesn’t become useful until we’ve shrunk the device
down to the nanoscale.”
Memristors have many desirable attributes. They are simpler than transistors, and retain memory even without an electrical current. They work better as they grow smaller, and can be stacked in dense layers because they do not require constant electricity (which generates heat) to operate. Equally important, manufacturers can make them from conventional materials and integrate them with existing semiconductor technology
Last September, HP announced plans to team with South
Korea’s Hynix Semiconductor to manufacture memristor
memory. Williams expects Hynix to launch the first commercial memristors at the end of 2013. He also projects that they will ultimately cost significantly less than conventional transistor-based memory.
There are more nanotech innovations coming. Neophotonics, for example, is selling integrated photonic circuits on silicon chips.
They route and transmit data at the speed of light, much faster than conventional wired electronics. In the past, optical circuitry floundered because mirrors and gratings used to
manipulate light had to be at least as large as the wavelength of the light.
Neophotonics’ optical chips are among the first that use nanoscale devices that are smaller than these wavelengths to split and route light on a chip.
Bridgelux is manufacturing inexpensive LEDs that produce white light that rivals conventional incandescent light bulbs and last for years.
Stion and Alta Devices, two solar cell manufacturers that
lined up major funding in 2011, are using nanostructured
thin films to boost photovoltaic performance and slash costs.
This past March, Stion began shipping panels from its new
Hattiesburg, Miss., plant, which has capacity for 100 mega
watts of panels. Alta, which demonstrated a 23.5 percent
efficient solar panel at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, operates a 2 megawatt pilot line. Its flexible solar cells have drawn attention from the military, company president
Christopher Norris said.
Meanwhile, Siluria Technologies has raised $33 million to
commercialize a nanocatalyst that converts methane from
natural gas into fuels and chemicals ordinarily made from
oil, and does so at lower cost with fewer emissions.
These applications—many already commercialized, some
on the way—create new types of products and methodologies
that did not exist before. Just as Roco predicted, researchers
are applying their understanding of nanotechnology to create systems that are likely to have greater impacts.
Moreover, many manufacturers appear to have embraced
nanoscience. Two years ago, the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences surveyed 270 manufacturers about their nanotech commercialization plans. One quarter had already commercialized products that used nanotechnology. Nearly four out often expected to have nano-based products by 2010, and seven out often by 2013.
This is exactly the type of growth Roco envisioned. Waite
agreed. “We’re at the beginning stages of exponential growth of nano-enabled product innovation,” he said. “It’s becoming the mainstream. The Fortune 500 and global companies—they’re going to have to use it. That’s where innovation is going to occur, at the molecular level.”
Waite ticked off some commercial possibilities, then paused after he mentioned more affordable solar cells. Then added: “We believe they’re going to become commonplace in 30 or 40 years. My children are going to grow up and ask,
"What’s a gas station?”.
November 2012 I MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 31
I would say things are looking up.
Bill
Put in the Captcha and then for applications enter 12/442,382
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Quantum Dot Industry Growth Potential (Nothing less than Explosive!)
Quantum Materials Corp – ticker QTMM the catalyst!
http://wp.me/pv7lc-5n
August 18, 2012 According to a new market research report, “Quantum Dots (QD) Market – Global Forecast & Analysis (2012 – 2022)” published by MarketsandMarkets (http://www.marketsandmarkets.com), the total market for Quantum dots is expected to reach $7480.25 million by 2022, at a CAGR of 55.2% from 2012 to 2022. This is in line with previous predictions: The global market for QDs, which in 2010 is estimated to generate $67 million in revenues, is projected to grow over the next 5 years at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 58.3%, reaching almost $670 million by 2015, representing a tenfold increase. Following the initially modest revenues generated by standalone colloidal QDs—primarily serving the life sciences, academic, and other industrial research and development (R&D) communities—within the next 2 years several significant product launches are expected with colloidal or in situ QD underpinnings. These will bolster market revenue considerably. The biggest growth sectors will be in optoelectronics, solar energy, optics, and electronics, adding to strong growth already established in the biomedical sector. Specific QDbased products include lasers, sensors, Flash memory, lighting and displays, second and third-generation solar panels, security deterrents, and several enhancements to portable devices.(1)
Katharine Sanderson wrote for the Nature Journal June 10, 2009:
There’s gold at the end of this rainbow. Nanocrystals called quantum dots have promised to revolutionize display technologies, solar power and biological imaging for more than a decade. Yet the quantum-dot market has remained small, with a handful of companies selling dots directly to researchers, using the particles to develop their own products or licensing their technologies to partners.
“Quantum dots have been around for quite a while, but they’re taking a really long time to mature,” says David Hwang of the market-analysis company Lux Research in New York. A key barrier is price: quantum dots can cost anywhere from US$3,000 to $10,000 per gram, restricting their use to highly specialized applications. (QMC has taken that significant barrier down.)
But industry analysts are now predicting extremely rapid growth for the market over the next few years, driven by demand for energy-efficient displays and lighting, and enabled by cheaper, more efficient manufacturing processes. In September 2008, market-research company BCC Research of Wellesley, Massachusetts, predicted that the market for products relying on quantum dots would grow from $28.6 million in 2008 to $721 million by 2013, with particularly rapid growth in the optoelectronics sector from 2010 (see graph).
Courtesy BCC Research
Michael Edelman, Nanoco’s chief executive, says “If this market is going to take off we’ll need a lot of material.”(2) The last couple years have found many new applications for Quantum Dot use. Current and future applications of QDs impact a broad range of industrial markets. These include, for example, biology and biomedicine; computing and memory; electronics and displays; optoelectronic devices such as LEDs, lighting, and lasers; optical components used in telecommunications; and security applications such as covert identification tagging or biowarfare detection sensors.(1)
Quantum Materials Corp. can now provide the low cost, high volume, high quality quantum dots that will fuel the growth in the various industries worldwide because of their continuous flow process. The numerous markets and the explosive growth potential leaves plenty of room for others to try and compete. Try they will and just as Enterprise, Avis, Hertz, Budget are all prosperous, the nanotechnology field for quantum dots will be no different as it matures. But it’s always better to be the market leader and number 1.
sources:
(1) Global Market for Quantum Dot Technologies to Reach $670 Million by 2015 By Electronics.ca Research NetworkPublished February 22, 2011Nanotechnology
(2) Quantum dots go large : Nature News by Katharine Sanderson June 10, 2009:
(3) “Quantum Dots (QD) Market – Global Forecast & Analysis (2012 – 2022)” published by MarketsandMarkets 8-18-2012
Hi John, Sorry to break the bubble but I'm not an employee of the company. What I post is available on the web or provided from the companies as CHI did. They sent a document that showed that QMC had a booth. It wasn't until I clicked on the link provided that I could verify it was for our QMC. Thanks for thinking that I was but can't tell anything that I don't know.
Bill
Molecular Med Tri-Con2013 Partnering Forum: Feb 11-12
Emerging Molecular Diagnostics is not the only shot of adrenaline that week. The floor plan of spaces SOLD for Exhibits Feb 13-14, 2013 shows that BOOTH 622 is registered to Quantum Materials Corp. That tells me they are on a road to visability that is a lot larger than to investors only. That road is paved for the potential of a lot of round trips in the future, IMO. It drives me nuts when they widen a road and no sooner get it completed and have to widen it agian. NO FORESIGHT. I think Steve has ensured that when they say they can provide the service that they can provide the service. Under promise and over deliver. It appears it's going to be show time soon, at least Dec. and Feb.
Expected # of attendees: 3000+
Marketing Campaign:
? Printed brochure: Mailed to 200,000
Bill
Sorry, I was unable to copy and paste the pdf file from the Manager, Business Development Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI) that showed the floor plan.
We are going somewhere! Optimistically up as we go down the road. Looks like positioning is more the shadow game now with the requested later filing for the 10K. Looks favorable in my opinion when the losses start decreasing and the CEO is ramping up the dog and pony show for the audiences. Steve has a December 5/6 IDTECHEX presentation to start the ball rolling and according to this, another presentation in February at TriCon in the Moscone North Convention Center • San Francisco, CA.
http://www.triconference.com/mmtc_content.aspx?id=118022
If you open the Tri-con 2013 Brochure on the right and search Squires you’ll get under the Feb 11th and 12th Emerging Molecular Diagnostics Partnering Forum on page 5 Confirmed Company Presentations (as of September 18, 2012)
Flow Chemistry Process Biocompatible Inorganic High Quantum
Yield Tetrapod Quantum Dots for the Next Generation of
Diagnostic Assays, Multiplexed Drug Delivery Platforms and POC
Devices
Stephen B. Squires, President, Quantum Materials Corporation
Attendee list is pretty significant so he should be able to grab a few influential ears:
http://www.triconference.com/mmtc_content.aspx?id=112687&libID=112642
I saw Quantum Materials listed and believe now they just forgot to add Corp. to the company name.
For those that don't know what POC Devices are you're not alone. I had to look it up. Point Of Care (POC)is medical testing at or near the site of patient care. NanoAxis is already working on developing their test kits but this will introduce others to the economical option now open to them also with TQD's.
It's always darkest before the dawn and I think I'm starting to see a faint twinkle of light.
Bill
Some day people will realize how big the impact of QD's is going to be in so many fields.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22396952
Quantum dot enabled detection of Escherichia coli using a cell-phone.Zhu H, Sikora U, Ozcan A.
SourceElectrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, 90095, USA.
Abstract
We report a cell-phone based Escherichia coli (E. coli) detection platform for screening of liquid samples. In this compact and cost-effective design attached to a cell-phone, we utilize anti-E. coli O157:H7 antibody functionalized glass capillaries as solid substrates to perform a quantum dot based sandwich assay for specific detection of E. coli O157:H7 in liquid samples. Using battery-powered inexpensive light-emitting-diodes (LEDs) we excite/pump these labelled E. coli particles captured on the capillary surface, where the emission from the quantum dots is then imaged using the cell-phone camera unit through an additional lens that is inserted between the capillary and the cell-phone. By quantifying the fluorescent light emission from each capillary tube, the concentration of E. coli in the sample is determined. We experimentally confirmed the detection limit of this cell-phone based fluorescent imaging and sensing platform as ~5 to 10 cfu mL(-1) in buffer solution. We also tested the specificity of this E. coli detection platform by spiking samples with different species (e.g., Salmonella) to confirm that non-specific binding/detection is negligible. We further demonstrated the proof-of-concept of our approach in a complex food matrix, e.g., fat-free milk, where a similar detection limit of ~5 to 10 cfu mL(-1) was achieved despite challenges associated with the density of proteins that exist in milk. Our results reveal the promising potential of this cell-phone enabled field-portable and cost-effective E. coli detection platform for e.g., screening of water and food samples even in resource limited environments. The presented platform can also be applicable to other pathogens of interest through the use of different antibodies.
Bill
Once it gets going -
August 18, 2012 According to a new market research report, “Quantum Dots (QD) Market - Global Forecast & Analysis (2012 - 2022)” published by MarketsandMarkets (http://www.marketsandmarkets.com), the total market for Quantum dots is expected to reach $7480.25 million by 2022, at a CAGR of 55.2% from 2012 to 2022. This is in line with previous predictions, see post 5678: The global market for QDs, which in 2010 is estimated to generate $67 million in revenues, is projected to grow over the next 5 years at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 58.3%, reaching almost $670 million by 2015, representing a tenfold increase. Following the initially modest revenues generated by standalone colloidal QDs—primarily serving the life sciences, academic, and other industrial research and development (R&D) communities—within the next 2 years several significant product launches are expected with colloidal or in situ QD underpinnings. These will bolster market revenue considerably. The biggest growth sectors will be in optoelectronics, solar energy, optics, and electronics, adding to strong growth already established in the biomedical sector. Specific QDbased products include lasers, sensors, Flash memory, lighting and displays, second and third-generation solar panels, security deterrents, and several enhancements to portable devices.
No doubt once this gets moving it will be really interesting.
Bill
Here is one reason I'll take the silence any day over putting out PR's and paying companies to promote the stock. Here is a recent PUMP and Dump (money laundering?) by up to six penny stock sites that would appear to really be one. Look at the volume of interest they were able to attract for one month. Hype and Fluff to the end and who lost? The poor slob looking for that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow hoping to strike it rich. It's in each and everyone of us, that's why we are here, modern day miners looking to be part of the gold rush, only in this day and age it's through research instead of back breaking work. Thanks to many on this board each spec of info tossed into the collective pile has allowed a few flakes to turn into a nice nugget. QTMM is in the business of building an international company, one business deal at a time. As slow as it may be, this is what the company is not -
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It is still to be seen but QTMM appears to be the kind of company that dreams are made of and the fairytale comes true. I know no one is implying on this board that this is a P&D but with the continued silence and prolonged enthusiasm(of which I am guilty of by promoting the company) many expectations get set too high as Ripster notes. Other sites have taken up opinions that this isn't the best game in town. I do have to agree with them in one respect, dead money for so long. But you know what? When it comes alive and the TQD mother load opens the flood gates it'll be awfully hard to not say, I told you so. Until then - Still dreaming!
Bill
$QTMM - Put it on your radar.
http://solterra1.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/wall-street-wonder-in-the-making-qtmm/
When is a penny stock NOT a penny stock? When its growth is poised to dominate a mass market! http://www.qmcdots.com/ and http://www.solterrasolarcells.com/
I’m sure if you have been investing you have gotten many recommendations, next multi baggers and the biggest sure thing since Krispy Krème, MSFT, Dell ….and I’m sure you have seen some go by that you wish you hadn’t passed up. However “the secret to making a fortune in the stock market is to identify a unique growth business poised to dominate a mass market.” Don’t believe me, do your DD that the Quantum Dot (QD) Nanotechnology is in a significant number of industrial applications from Solar, Medical, Optoelectronics to MEMS and Quantum Computing. QD’s are the next generation of semiconductors. If that doesn’t qualify for a mass market then I don’t know what would.
Why hasn’t QD Technology taken off? PRICE, QUANTITY AND QUALITY. Up until Quantum Materials Corp (Ticker – QTMM) developed the means to mass produce QD’s economically with >95% uniformity the research studies and commercialization of products has been significantly restrained. So much so it has taken 20 years to get to this phase. That no longer is the case and you have a chance to see truly life changing technology develop before your eyes for those willing to investigate and learn about the story. When is a penny stock NOT a penny stock? When its future earnings are coming from many business applications.
Quantum Dot Based Technology Alliance Targets Major Diseases: Alzheimer’s, Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, Breast Cancer and Major Depression = http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/9/prweb8794822.htm
Quantum Dot Continuous Flow Processing Breakthrough Achieved = http://www.prweb.com/releases/quantum-dot/quantum-materials/prweb8599745.htm
http://www.qmcdots.com/ and their subsidiary http://www.solterrasolarcells.com/.
Find the value in the undervalued.
The views expressed about QMC are my own and not those of Quantum Materials Corp/Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. or of any person or organization affiliated or doing business with Quantum Materials Corp/Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.
Bill
QTMM currently between chart points 13 and 14. Put it on your radar.
http://solterra1.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/wall-street-wonder-in-the-making-qtmm/
When is a penny stock NOT a penny stock? When its growth is poised to dominate a mass market! http://www.qmcdots.com/ and http://www.solterrasolarcells.com/
I’m sure if you have been investing you have gotten many recommendations, next multi baggers and the biggest sure thing since Krispy Krème, MSFT, Dell ….and I’m sure you have seen some go by that you wish you hadn’t passed up. However “the secret to making a fortune in the stock market is to identify a unique growth business poised to dominate a mass market.” Don’t believe me, do your DD that the Quantum Dot (QD) Nanotechnology is in a significant number of industrial applications from Solar, Medical, Optoelectronics to MEMS and Quantum Computing. QD’s are the next generation of semiconductors. If that doesn’t qualify for a mass market then I don’t know what would.
Why hasn’t QD Technology taken off? PRICE, QUANTITY AND QUALITY. Up until Quantum Materials Corp (Ticker – QTMM) developed the means to mass produce QD’s economically with >95% uniformity the research studies and commercialization of products has been significantly restrained. So much so it has taken 20 years to get to this phase. That no longer is the case and you have a chance to see truly life changing technology develop before your eyes for those willing to investigate and learn about the story. When is a penny stock NOT a penny stock? When its future earnings are coming from many business applications.
Quantum Dot Based Technology Alliance Targets Major Diseases: Alzheimer’s, Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, Breast Cancer and Major Depression = http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/9/prweb8794822.htm
Quantum Dot Continuous Flow Processing Breakthrough Achieved = http://www.prweb.com/releases/quantum-dot/quantum-materials/prweb8599745.htm
http://www.qmcdots.com/ and their subsidiary http://www.solterrasolarcells.com/.
Find the value in the undervalued.
The views expressed above are my own and not those of Quantum Materials Corp/Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. or of any person or organization affiliated or doing business with Quantum Materials Corp/Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.
Bill
APPLICATION IS ALLOWED FOR ISSUANCE AS A PATENT! One major hurdle overcome! It may be only one patent but it's a very important patent.
TITLE OF INVENTION SYNTHESIS OF UNIFORM NANOPARTICLE SHAPES WITH HIGH SELECTIVITY
Notice of Allowance and Fees Due (PTOL-85) <--<< This is located under the Image File Wrapper tab under application 12/442,382
http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hff1NDc1NLYwN3SzcDA08PwyD_YF8zINcYKB-JW97AiCLdBgR0h4Nci992vPIGEHkDHMDRQN_PIz83VT9SP8ocpylGZvqROanpicmV-gW5oREGmQEZgY6KigBnIW_S/dl3/d3/L0lJSklna21DU1EhIS9JRGpBQU15QUJFUkNKRXFnLzRGR2dzbzBWdnphOUlBOW9JQSEhLzdfTU81MTc1OTMwRzlGMDBJSDFST1NNNjMwMjYvd1pjTU8yOTg0MDA2OC9zYS5nZXRCaWI!/#
THE APPLICATION IDENTIFIED ABOVE HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND IS ALLOWED FOR ISSUANCE AS A PATENT
One small step for Steve, one giant morale boost for the investors.
Bill
If you control the technology, you control the industry…. Nick Hodge said it not me.
I wonder where they will get their quantum dots from for their STACKED PANEL DESIGN shown about 2/3 to ¾ the way through the presentation in the video: http://www.angelnexus.com/o/web/37123 The video shows an ordinary silicon cell with 17% efficiency and then their 30% efficient cell with the Ordinary Silicon Cell, the Middle Silicon Quantum Dot Cell and Top Silicon Quantum Dot Cell.
The script for the video doesn’t show the 3 panel sections labeled as the video does. Close out of the video using the top right X button when it starts and then select Cancel when the pop up displays.
http://www.angelnexus.com/o/web/37210
I thought it was interesting he talks about a startup company and his expectations for the type of profits. The parallels that can be drawn are uncanny and he is talking just solar:
Millions are Clueless about This Emerging Technology
MIT scientists, top stock analysts, and power companies agree: This technology is about to shake up America's energy future — launching one firm's share price several thousand percent in the process.
The only problem is it's been shrouded in secrecy for the past four years.So most investors won't know about it until the biggest gains are already made.
If you're looking for a potentially life-changing opportunity, you have to see this. (It’s the video)
http://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/solar-panels-investment/2296
Thought you might like to get another perspective of a piece of the industry as an investment director sees it. Just for info, nothing else. http://www.energyandcapital.com/editors/nick-hodge
Closer - before October 12th would be nice!
Bill
Intersolar NA on the agenda? I e-mailed that to Mr. Lamstein. Here is his response. ”I go to Intersolar/Semicon every year, TechConnect, Printed Electronics, as much as I can in the bay area and west coast. I am a moving booth. Rather than being stuck in one place, I go to who I want to see and meet. Much more time effective. Also went to the QD Conf in Santa Fe NM. I have made excellent contacts at these places.
Real good sessions this year at Intersolar but will spend lots of time at Semicon. http://semiconwest.org/SessionsEvents I will be there all 3 days while being on calls and responding to emails. Companies know about us now and of course we reach out too.”
Regards to All,
Art Lamstein
Director of Marketing
Quantum Materials Corporation
http://www.QMCdots.com
artlamstein@qmcdots.com
415-883-4556
OTCBB: QTMM
Subsidiary:
Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.
http://www.solterrasolarcells.com
I bolded the items that looked particularly interesting.
Good to see Art’s busy these days but when hasn’t he been? Even when he was the moderator on this board he was always working hard at it. So I don’t believe his work ethics would have changed. Glad he’s representing the company. It’s always better to have someone working for a company or on a project that has some skin in the game. Makes their personal efforts much more gratifying when they are successful. The potential of QMC’s game changing technology and knowing you helped contribute to something that REALLY WILL BENEFIT MANKIND has got to be the ultimate in satisfaction. I hope Art and the team meet and exceed their goals.
Bill
NO WAY! The MOON is made of Quantum Dots! Now that's really pushing it to the limits ... or is it?
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2117143,00.html?xid=gonewsedit
The Moon's Peculiar Dust Gets More Peculiar Still
Closer than the Moon!
Bill
I don't have time to waste between petty bickering of opinions. Take it to the Yahoo board and have at it all you want. Only deleted one and it was another Mod for personal info. I came here for the excellent due diligence by others that enlightened and expanded knowledge on developments associated with QTMM and in the field of nanotechnology possibly relating to QTMM. You want answers then you're going to have to wait, if you don't like it, leave and invest in another opportunity. I'm not your baby sitter. I didn't invest for tomorrow, I invested for the future.
Bill
Fear that airport scanners are unsafe becomes news without knowledge once again. Kind of old but still out there.
http://www.helium.com/items/2037343-tsa-terahertz-scanners-tear-apart-human-dna
THz radiation unzips the DNA molecule
In a breakthrough study conducted by Dr. Boian Alexandrov at the Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and a team of physicists, they discovered terrifying evidence that exposure to THz radiation builds cumulatively and affects human and animal tissue DNA. In essence, it tends to unzip the DNA molecule.
This would be worth looking into to know precisely the impact to DNA for long term effects. This is out of a report done 2004. There is a nice visual of the Electromagnetic Spectum on page 5
http://science.energy.gov/~/media/bes/pdf/reports/files/thz_rpt.pdf
Although THz radiation is non-ionizing, safety considerations for both medical imaging
and users should be investigated. No specific guidelines exist for THz radiation.
European studies have shown that THz radiation has no effect on cell growth or
differentiation. However, tissue damage thresholds, and potential impact on biologic
systems are not known. These issues should be addressed for both the imaging
applications and for investigators who may be exposed to THz radiation.
Well here is the answer in 2010 and guess from where it comes?
Short summary: “like being worried about the effects of sunlight on your brain tissue”
http://terahertztechnology.blogspot.com/2010/12/dr-mittleman-at-rice-university.html
Terahertz technology plays a significant role with Quantum Dots. Good to know the sky isn’t falling as some will profess!
Another day closer,
Bill
PV-Tech is a good source for solar industry updates for a variety of categories via e-mail. The lazy mans search.
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=262eef527f581e60bd4d1ac05&id=1b325d0b65&e=2510c67cbd
Bill
QTMM – Five Star Hotel, Two Star Price! That’s a good analogy if you’re in the business of manufacturing and need customized high quality quantum dots for your products at a price that will help add to your bottom line. If you’re an investor consider yourself very lucky today. You’ve come across a company manufacturing a product so new 95%+ of the world has no idea about it. The 5% (if that) are college students just being exposed over the past couple years and starting to get a grasp as to the potential uses these Quantum Dots have. The best analogy I heard was from a guy named Garry Williams. Quantum Dots (QD's) are like what sand is to cement. Sand is one of the three major building blocks in cement. That statement when you stop to think about it for a moment gives you a picture of the scope involved. You can’t go far without finding something that has been constructed with cement no matter where you go in the world. That gives you the feel for how many places worldwide that you will find Quantum dots used. Cement is in a multitude of products from construction site foundations, building of various shapes and sizes, roads, tunnels, bridges, pools, patios, figurines in the yard to yes even boats. Now lets break that down even further but before that’s done ask your self, what was the product Quantum Materials Corp is manufacturing? It’s Quantum Dots. To get the immensity of the companies growth potential put the fact that QD’s will be used world wide, along side the picture of the multitude of products they will be used in, remember that the Quantum Dot is equivalent to the grain of sand. It is pretty mind boggling to try and grasp the future when you think of it that way. The quantity of quantum dots that will be needed is astronomical. That leads to the uses in the future: Far fetched is SBSP - Space Based Solar Panels, Google it, there are two companies involved in this technology currently. A little more down to Earth, solar will be a major consumer of these quantum dots. QD hybrid silicon solar panels and the next generation photovoltaic QD cells will consume a few of those dots. Medical applications is the most promising for life changing applications next to solar. Products being developed from the advances in cancer research, Alzheimer’s, Diabetes, depression are already known for these quantum dots. A company called Nanoaxis has already proven the viability of their use in vitro and in vivo. They are currently developing medical diagnostic test kits for the rapid determination of the ailment instead of waiting days or weeks for lab test results. There will be a significant advance in medical prognosis for doctors as well as they will be able to deliver pharmaceutical products directly to the diseased cells.
Have you seen the car commercial where the cars driving down the road change color and display different designs? That is the kind of future you are about to enter with these quantum dots. Paints made from quantum dots will allow you to change the color of any item you’ve put them on or in to create vibrant colors that even nature would consider spectacular. The designs will only be limited by the creativity of ones own mind. Art will take on a whole new dimension never before considered. People who thought the lava lamps were cool will go into convulsions watching this history changing revolution happen before their eyes.
Applications keep expanding every day, Young minds keep getting more and more creative, it’s as if the youth of this world are getting focused on this new nanotechnology like a laser on a target. They do see uses in laser’s, with significant uses from military applications to tissue welding during surgery, LED lighting, monitors, displays, TV’s, the iphone, night vision equipment, security, equipment/personnel identification, preventing counterfeiting, quantum computing, designer clothing and fabrics, water purification and the list goes on and on. Quantum Dots from Quantum Materials Corp. will make some of these ideas a reality. That should start to give you an idea of the volume and expansive scope of this nanotechnology using quantum dots.
Remember that grain of sand in the concrete we were originally talking about? It is all related to the quantity of these quantum dots that will be needed to bring these products and ideas to fruition and into production. QMC being able to mass produce these QD’s economically for companies to profit will garner much attention in the future. QD nanotechnology – See The Light!
You asked what I think, I think we have a winner. If you haven’t noticed my ID, I created it for a reason. Making sure the company and its management was and is on the up and up was a personal priority for me. I’m in the ballpark with Crunch in that our DD includes background research on the individuals so a post like DC made had already been addressed. Live and learn. Now lets move onward and upward.
Bill
Hi Oakie,
You are correct, it was Feb. 2009 I met Dr. Jabbour at the ASU Flexible Display Facility on his way to class. They had just moved in two weeks before from the previous address of 14220 E CAVEDALE RD SCOTTSDALE AZ 85262. That was a trip in itself. People today that are worried about their investment would have run away kicking in the afterburners to get away faster at that time. But that is what DD is about. I was skeptical of this new company and it’s foresight, I wasn’t skeptical of the technology. I couldn’t get any phone calls answered and I wasn’t happy. I thought you could read some of the original posts from Yahoo where I was not supportive of the company but they were under the HGUE board that no longer is available. At least I couldn’t find it. Here #30 was my post Oakie refers to but under the original moderator ID of ddabetsmallwinbig for some reason. They still have the same problem today as then, investor relations. So for the old timers here we’ve grown accustom to it. In one of those old posts I discussed that I would rather have the company personnel spend their time working on building the company than answering questions. If they answered each request for info they would never get anything done. Their responses have been few and far between but appropriate for the need to answer. The only investor rep they had that was any good was Andrew from the Phoenix Alliance days, the two after that were completely useless. So not having one in my book is better than having a completely useless one that was getting paid to say “I don’t know”. I always believed this was a BUY and HOLD investment and still promote it as such today. The original business plan had an execution time frame of five years, we are still inside that period. As of today a few milestones have slipped by and that is OK with me personally because it’s not that they are embezzling the money from investors. They are building a business from the ground up and that takes time, money and perseverance. The setbacks that they have encountered along this growth period are just opportunities to improve in the future. It’s a developmental startup company with nanotechnology. No one on this board heard of nanotechnology or quantum dots three and four years ago. 95+% of the people today still haven’t heard of a quantum dot. If you want to make your fortune fast then you need to sign up for those penny stock advise services being paid to pump and dump the stock. Just make sure you know what you’re getting into first. Because that mentality is what I’m expecting to run this up when it does break out. All the people that don’t do their DD and buy because they were told its going to be big. I call it the “"Lemming Suicide Plunge" - where lemmings, apparently overcome by deep-rooted impulses, deliberately run over a cliff in their millions, to be dashed to their deaths on the rocks below, or to drown in the raging ocean. Indeed, this myth is now a metaphor for the behaviour of crowds of people who foolishly follow each other, lemming-like, regardless of the consequences.” The difference here will be some very happy investors that waited patiently for an idea to develop into a viable business.
Another day closer!
Bill
PS to all: If you think it’s bad because you haven’t been informed to your liking, be glad you aren’t a share holder of First Solar $160 last year to $21.73 today and dropping. They had plenty of PR along the way.
What QMC/Steve is going through with this novel QD market they have a name for - Blue Ocean.
Blue Ocean Strategy is when disruptive innovators create demand for products and services that customers don't yet know they need. The Innovator´s Dilemma is large companies tend to ignore disruptive innovations and focus on what they perceive as the demands of their current customers. They forget that real business value comes from creating new market opportunities. This is where it takes time for the larger companies to recognize, adapt and develop new products. However, once QD’s work their way into product infrastructure QMC should be analogous to those companies which started out small and innovative and grew into billion-dollar megacorporations.
JMO
Bill
The question is what application will require the most quantum dots to produce their product? We know Solar will consume a huge amount followed by the medical field. After that who's the next consumtion pig? Displays, batteries, lighting, lasers, paint, clothing or some other obscure use. Any thoughts?
Some of you silent readers may have some thought on this, I'm looking for your opinion, and if you want to still remain silent e-mail me at ih8aloss@yahoo.com
Bill
If you can't see it coming you're blind!
This helps put the nanotech future into a better light for applications. Quantum Dots is one part but will play a significant role. http://www.nano.gov/you/nanotechnology-benefits