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Interesting articles involving quantum dots on Popsci's website
http://www.popsci.com/category/tags/quantum-dots
Soon folks hang on..
Thought I would post up this fun little video explaining qdots to someone completely new to the tech or in my case showing to my kids as they hear me mentioning qdots almost daily. In addition, Crunch has it correct. I'm picturing Solterra's panels constructed in 10,000 acre installations (Current installations are running around 2000-2500 acres per 250MW solar farm)located in area's with peak sunlight hrs feeding the North American or European grid. Hopefully with better efficiencies our 3rd generation panels will reduce costs and overall installation size. When SS mentions his ambitions to supply GW sized solar projects it's difficult to comprehend the size and scope that is involved. AIMHO
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Free, I don't consider that bad news at all, in fact it shows Squires as an upstanding businessman. If the IRS had any dirt on him they would have dug it up. Im not one for conspiracies but why would they be after a company that could change world energy generation?
Steve Squires vs the IRS and wins?!!
Interesting article about Stephen and his battle with the IRS.
http://usobserver.com/archive/july-11/minns-wins.html
I agree, wasn't expecting anything earth shattering. Next 2 10-Q's should hopefully give us more to chew on. I'll take this as a positive, as they will need to get their filings in order before significant news. One nice piece of info looks like Rice agreement is still in order until Aug 28 2011.
In December 2010 Rice agreed to an amendment to this agreement. As of the time of this filing, Rice had agreed to a temporary stay agreement, delaying the exercise of Rice's current termination rights through and including August 28, 2011. The Company and Rice are renegotiating as of the filing date of this Form 10-Q, Rice has agreed that we are not in default under said Agreement and that Rice is working with us on a revised Agreement with new milestones for us to achieve under said agreement. See "Risk Factors."
10-Q is out ! Yes!
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/110808/qtmm.pk10-q.html
Off to read up
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A interesting video on Nano tech for new investors. We will be involved in many of the applications they are discussing.
http://vimeo.com/9068558
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Very nice information on the ability of Flowids microreactors to scale up 1000 tonnes per year. All indications are QMC will be able to deliver on the 100kg per day target, a must read!! Also Doc I had the same issue loading that page on my office computer but it came up np on the iPhone. Maybe there is another way around it the publication came out in Speciality Chemicals Magazine.
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Congrats Free, and count me in.. I'm working towards 42 myself, early retirement may be in the cards here.
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Art twitter post today.
Quantum Materials Corp. Tetrapod Quantum Dots + Printed Electronics + Increased Functionality = Mass Demand + Mass Production = Lower Cost
web • 7/8/11 11:44 AM
IMHO the frequency of Art's posts and the Intersolar conference may be a indication they are coming out of "stealth"
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Another tweet from Art, they are coming fast and furious. Hope to see an official PR very soon now.
Solterra Renewable Technologies and KSA mentioned twice in two days here http://bit.ly/kVSIQU and by Bo Varga here http://bit.ly/nJLpOp
From the latest PR
We are now implementing one or more QMC owned mass production lines with the design of each pilot line to scale from the initial kilogram+ output of the line at least by an order of magnitude to 100 kilograms per day per microreactor in the second half of 2011. To put this in perspective, less than one month's quantum dot production at 100kg/day would equal the display industry's total consumption of quantum dots in 2010. The production lines can be replicated as necessary to increase output capacity as needed.
QMC is gonna be a game changer IMHO
It's gonna be fun watching this one fly
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Crunch, I couldn't recall the date mentioned for moving to Texas. This is what you must be refering to from page 25 of the 10k "The principal executive office of the Company will be moved in early 2011 to a new research facility to be opened in Austin, Texas. " I wonder where they are now in the process. Seems like a few more delays must have occurred. Still waiting on those PR's Dr. Bob mentioned.
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I do believe Solar is our primary focus, It has been from the beginning and that is what drew me to Solterra. When we deliver on GW sized projects they will need to revise that chart into the billions and the orange solar bar will be at the top. R2R printed solar panels is where Dr. J's expertise will pay dividends (literally). I'm predicting a large scale solar deal in Saudi will get done soon.
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QD vision has leased 60,000 sqft and their focus is qdot lighting and displays, they must be up to something in that building. Like I stated in my last post it does have some relevance.
June 21, 2011...QDVision, a nanomaterials product company, has signed a lease for a 59,000-square-foot laboratory and office space at 29 Hartwell Ave. in Lexington, Massachusetts USA. QD Vision produces quantum dots and puts them into its Quantum Light platform for LCD displays, LEDs, and OLED
Ripster, I appreciate the info and if the answers to my questions were in the 10k I apologize. As far as SS going after qdot displays, I completely agree this is not an area that will see large sales in the near future. My feeling is Solar and lighting will be the first big contracts for us. In saying that I will continue posting articles that may hold future revenues for QMC, it still has possibilities.
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Free, seems like people are getting hip to the capabilities of Qdot screens, here is another article from PC magazine. Now only if we knew someone who could mass produce to make this viable....hmmmm
Six Amazing Phone Technologies We Want in iPhone 5
By Peter Pachal
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Quantum-Dot LED Screen
Lots of phones on the market today sport OLED screens, which boast sharpness, brightness as well as low power consumption. What could be better? How about a quantum-dot display, which has many of the same qualities, but doesn't exhibit the same degradation problems of OLEDs and is possibly cheaper to make. Quantum dots are inorganic nanoparticles that emit a specific color of light when excited by an electrical current or light beam. Although an early prototype of a quantum-dot light-emitting diode (QLED) screen looks promising, commericalization is said to be three years out at the earliest, unless a heavy hitter fast-tracks the tech for its flagship phone...
Could someone clairify, are these Squires own shares being sold to raise capital or is the share structure expanding?
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If I understand the form correctly it is $100k worth of shares sold to pay for daily operation, patent deadlines, and perhaps Art needed a paycheque lol..
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IMHO, we have proven up scalability and uniformity of dots. Funding to house and build the reactors is the final step in the process. Looking forward to Q filings bringing us up to date and contracts to follow. Also form D filed
http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403570/000146812811000004/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml
This is not a area of expertise for me, Ripster would you have a take on what that document entails?
Hi Free, good to see you posting. We're all in this together, it's been a long time coming. IMHO news is right around the corner.
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Thats a pretty bold statement, the ability to meet four times global demand? As far as I can see Solar is the only possible answer. We will be a big part of the answer IMHO.
Most of the world's energy resources are from the sun's rays hitting earth. Some of that energy has been preserved as fossil energy, some is directly or indirectly usable; for example, via wind, hydro- or wave power. The term solar constant is the amount of incoming solar electromagnetic radiation per unit area, measured on the outer surface of Earth's atmosphere, in a plane perpendicular to the rays. The solar constant includes all types of solar radiation, not just visible light. It is measured by satellite to be roughly 1366 watts per square meter, though it fluctuates by about 6.9% during a year—from 1412 W m-2 in early January to 1321 W m-2 in early July, due to the Earth's varying distance from the sun, and by a few parts per thousand from day to day. For the whole Earth, with a cross section of 127,400,000 km2, the total energy rate is 174 petawatts (1.740×1017
W), plus or minus 3.5%. This value is the total rate of solar energy received by the planet; about half, 89 PW, reaches the Earth's surface.[citation needed]
World energy consumption in 2010: over 5% growth [6] Energy markets have combined crisis recovery and strong industry dynamism . Energy consumption in the G20 soared by more than 5% in 2010, after the slight decrease of 2009. This strong increase is the result of two converging trends. On the one-hand, industrialized countries, which experienced sharp decreases in energy demand in 2009, recovered firmly in 2010, almost coming back to historical trends. Oil, gas, coal, and electricity markets followed the same trend. On the other hand, China and India, which showed no signs of slowing down in 2009, continued their intense demand for all forms of energy.
In 2009, world energy consumption decreased for the first time in 30 years (-1.1%) or 130 Mtoe (Megaton oil equivalent), as a result of the financial and economic crisis (GDP drop by 0.6% in 2009).[7] This evolution is the result of two contrasting trends. Energy consumption growth remained vigorous in several developing countries, specifically in Asia (+4%). Conversely, in OECD, consumption was severely cut by 4.7% in 2009 and was thus almost down to its 2000 levels. In North America, Europe and CIS, consumptions shrank by 4.5%, 5% and 8.5% respectively due to the slowdown in economic activity. China became the world's largest energy consumer (18% of the total) since its consumption surged by 8% during 2009 (from 4% in 2008). Oil remained the largest energy source (33%) despite the fact that its share has been decreasing over time. Coal posted a growing role in the world's energy consumption: in 2009, it accounted for 27% of the total.
Rondo, I believe it will be months not years. The process will increase when QMC reveals it's mass production of uniform qdots and reel to reel printing.
NanoPhotonica develops new QLED display technology
Last month we reported about Samsung’s new 4? active-matrix QLED display prototype , and now we hear that NanoPhotonica has developed new QLED technology (which they call S-QLED). Compared to current available OLED displays, S-QLED use fewer layers, is solution-processable (and can be produced using inkjet printing) and uses inorganic materials. In fact NanoPhotonica claims that S-QLED displays will be 75% cheaper than current OLEDs, be more efficient (by 30%) and will have double the lifetime. NanoPhotonica is currently working with several display manufacturers to commercialize the displays. The company hopes to bring this to market “soon”.
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Any day now folks!
E Ink, the company that pioneered the electrophoretic displays used in gadgets like the Amazon Kindle, won't have a new fancy screen this year. But that doesn't mean they're taking it easy: They've got a host of projects, from color- and video-enabled displays to screens that can be printed on cloth and then crumpled.
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-05/video-e-ink-shows-rollable-scrunchable-and-video-screens
I'm curious to see the strength and coverage of our patents in regards to printed electronics and displays. How many companies are infringing on our IP's.
Just in case I wasn't clear on Solterra scaling up to 100kg vs Nanoco's idea of mass production the following is from Solterra's business plan (also found in the ibox information for those new the board)
The design of the pilot line is intended such that the initial target output of the line, at approximately one kilogram per day, can be further scaled at least by an order of magnitude to 100 Kilograms per day in 2011. The output of the tetrapod quantum dots manufacturing will be used for Solterra’s quantum dot solar cells as well as stand-alone sales into the biomedical research fields and to third party developers of quantum dot products such as displays, memory and computer and consumer electronics.
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Production of 1kg of Red CFQD
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Nanoco Achieves US$2m Milestone for Red Quantum Dots
01/04/2011 Manchester
Nanoco Group plc (AIM: NANO), a world leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots, announces that it has successfully produced the 1kg batch of red cadmium-free quantum dots (CFQD™) specified by a major Japanese corporation, which triggers a US$2 million payment to Nanoco by the corporation.
The production of cadmium-free quantum dots on this scale is a major technical achievement, hich underlines the scalability of Nanoco's patent-protected technology and the expertise of ts production and technical teams.
The 1kg of red CFQD™ was manufactured to specification at Nanoco's recently commissioned production facility in Runcorn, Cheshire.
Nanoco expects to be able to demonstrate that green CFQD™ meet the final technical milestones within the next few months, which will trigger a milestone payment of US$1 million. This will be followed by the production of 1kg of green CFQD™ for delivery to the same customer in the second half of 2011. Once validated, the green CFQD™ will also attract a US$2 million milestone payment.
Michael Edelman, Nanoco's Chief Executive Officer, said: "We are delighted to have produced this 1kg quantity of red quantum dots to the customer's specifications. The production of our first 1kg of quantum dots is a significant achievement, and a further endorsement of our recently commissioned manufacturing facility. We now look forward to completing the green technical milestones and producing 1kg of green quantum dots."
Nanoco is a world leader in the development and manufacture of commercial quantities of quantum dots for use in multiple applications including lighting, solar cells and biological imaging. Nanoco's quantum dots, which are free of heavy metals and comply with RoHS legislation, can be combined into a wide range of materials including liquids, polymers and glass. Nanoco forms strategic partnerships with major end users across a range of applications.
Nanoco was founded in 2001 and is based in Manchester, UK. Nanoco began trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in May 2009 under the ticker symbol NANO.
And we have the ability to produce 100kg per day x 2mil per kg !!
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Wow, big congratulations to Art. He has been a long time poster up until a few months ago obviously he made a connection with Steve. This is a great sign IMO.
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Dr Jabbour on Panel for Saudi Water and Power Forum
Jeddah City Dec 4-7 Dec 2011
5: RENEWABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES & SOLUTIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA
• Managing change and the move towards a long-term strategy beyond oil
• In what ways can Saudi Arabia benefit from renewable energies?
• Latest on the regulatory framework for investment in renewable energy
• How do you make renewables competitive? What are the incentives? How can a tariff mechanism for renewables be deployed?
• What is the outlook for solar in the Kingdom’s sustainable energy mix? Does Saudi Arabia have the potential to be a solar energy hub?
• Customising solar technologies for the Saudi environment. What is the outlook for grid-connected PV? Opportunities in solar desalination
Keynote Presentation:
Dr Khalid Al Sulaiman, Vice President for Renewable Energy, King Abdullah City for Atomic & Renewable Energy (KA-CARE)
Moderator: Ahmad Al-Khowaiter, Director of New Business Evaluation Development, Saudi Aramco
Panel:
Dr Ghassan Jabbour, Head of Solar Development, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)
Roger M Othman, Facilities Planning Department, Saudi Aramco
Hani Zahran, Manager of the National Earthquake & Volcano Centre, Saudi Geological Survey (SGS)
Salman Al-Jishi, Vice Chairman of the Industrial Committee, Council of Saudi Chambers of Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Vahid Fotuhi, Director, BP Solar Middle East
Questions & Answers
Crunch I agree, the focus will be mass production revolutionizing the solar / display industry this company is poised to become a superstar I stand by my earlier thoughts this will be the stock of the year once the curtain comes down.
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Stanford Labs triple solar cell efficiencies using quantum dots
http://solarfeeds.com/cleanenergyauthoritycom/16036-stanford-lab-triples-solar-cell-efficiency-using-quantum-dots
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Nice to see the filing, hopefully this is the first step with PR's to follow with current state info regarding scale up at flowid and solar cell efficiencies. Also looks like they are moving the labs according to the 10k
This work to date has been accomplished on site at the Arizona State University labs but is being relocated better accommodate the logistic requirements of our Chief Science Officer, Professor Ghassan Jabbour, who is working at Kaust University in Saudi Araba.
Nature Photonics article mentioning Dr J and Kaust.
http://www.masdar.ac.ae/editor_files/nphoton_2011.pdf
Great post! It disturbs me seeing all our homegrown talent being welcomed with open arms in other countries, while being ignored in ours Obama seems to be saying the right things lets see those words in action. I'm hoping for change in the US, Canada will follow.
Lots of interesting info at Purvidas twitter site
http://mobile.twitter.com/solterrasolar
Yes! Commencing countdown systems on! 6,5,4.... This is ground control to Dr. Bob, looking good ready for lift off!
I hope I wasn't coming off as a disbeliever, IMO they will make it to 100kg per day and it will produce gross amounts of profit. I just believe we would have heard from QTMM and Flowid if the reactor technology and the efficiency of the panels were where they needed to be as this would be a huge achievement for both companies and there would be no reason for stealth. I have upmost faith in Steve and the team he has assembled in particular Professor Ghassan Jabbour, you don't become director of KAUST’s Solar and Alternative Energy Engineering Research Center by chance. The facility’s mission is to make solar energy low–cost and therefore commercially viable.
I hope I wasn't coming off as a disbeliever, IMO they will make it to 100kg per day and it will produce gross amounts of profit. I just believe we would have heard from QTMM and Flowid if the reactor technology and the efficiency of the panels were where they needed to be as this would be a huge achievement for both companies and there would be no reason for stealth. I have upmost faith in Steve and the team he has assembled in particular Professor Ghassan Jabbour, you don't become director of KAUST’s Solar and Alternative Energy Engineering Research Center by chance. The facility’s mission is to make solar energy low–cost and therefore commercially viable.
I think there will be a rude awakening if people think we are at or near 100kg per day in fact I would be expecting a beakerline at most. We would have heard something by now if the micro / macro reactor technology has been perfected. I'm hoping to hear that they have some sales and can at least sustain themselves finacially until 100kg per day can be attained.
AIMO
Good luck to all
I agree with DDhawk completely, there will be a rude awakening if people think we are at or near 100kg per day in fact I would be expecting a beakerline at most. We would have heard something by now if the micro / macro reactor technology has been perfected. I'm hoping to hear that they have some sales and can at least sustain themselves finacial until 100kg per day can be attained.
AIMO
Good luck to all
The potential of this company boggles the mind, FSLR is solar only, we will be in transistors, solar cells, LEDs, and diode lasers. They have also investigated quantum dots as agents for medical imaging and hope to use them as displays, medical, RFIDs these are multi billion dollar industries. When SS defines quantum dots as a disruptive technology he is correct as It will change everything. IMHO this is why we are in running in stealth mode until all is completely ready, there will be a lot of unhappy companies out there when we make their tech obsolete.