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Connecting the QTMM dots:
This is an article from LUX I received this morning. Notice the bullets and how they align with managements actions to date.
The sun never sets on emerging technology markets, and Lux Research’s Solar analysts covered a lot of ground at the annual Summit . Among the highlights: Senior Analyst Ted Sullivan gave a presentation entitled, "Taking Away the Punchbowl: Forecasting the Solar Industry in an Era of Declining Subsidies," which focused on the radical demand shift away from core markets like Germany and Italy and towards emerging markets elsewhere. Whereas Germany and Italy accounted for roughly 2/3 of the market last year, Lux Research expects 1/3 of the market demand for 2015 to come from new countries not yet on the solar map. India , South Africa , and even Brazil are leading contenders to become large solar markets as they introduce subsidies amidst a continuing fall in module prices.
Meanwhile, during networking sessions, Analyst Pallavi Madakasira noted a very active debate on whether corporate venture capital (VC) would work better than private VC for emerging technology providers in the PV space. As PV industry consolidations increase, many attendees seemed to favor corporate VC’s ability to support and position a company over the long term. The topic was addressed more directly by the panel "Crossfire: Can Corporate VC and Private VC Get Along?", which consisted of VCs on both sides. In general, Lux Research believes that corporate VC could work better for later-stage start-ups that are in the process of ramping up their production capacity, because:
•Later-stage start-ups are better positioned, with an established pilot production process, "de-risking" the investment for corporate types
•They have typically scoped out their targeted end market, and can clearly map to an existing business unit at a corporate investor
•Corporations bring significant expertise in scaling manufacturing facilities (Consider, Intel's recent consulting engagement with Miasolé, for example), and
•Most importantly, corporations often possess the balance sheet and access to finance required to scale manufacturing facilities costing into the billions of dollars
South Africa - did you catch reading one of the countries was South Africa? Take a look at our Middle East Business Development Rep Andrew Robinsons web page. Could just be a coincidence or another dot in the picture puzzle unfolding. http://www.exit-38.com/
Bill
Not sure what the link is or if there is a link but the coating statement is very interesting. This came from QDLED: http://www.oled-display.info/what-is-a-qdled
• Design: QD Vision's quantum dot inks can be applied to virtually any substrate using a wide range of well-known printing and coating techniques.
During the Technologies Innovations at SID 2011 several references were made to coatings. Could be applications for QD’s is expanding. If it is QD’s coatings then potential TQD uses is exploding. Being a cheap source of QD’s that can meet the demand of “Just in Time” manufacturing would be pretty significant.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/OLED-Display-News
Bill
They forgot to include Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. Not really, no one knows about it yet but a few faithful followers. http://www.solarfeeds.com/investment-u/16472-13-solar-stocks-ready-to-take-off
Take a look at some of the P/E's and stock prices. If this is any indication of the industry mean when Solterra hits the streets any piece of this pie is going to have been well worth the wait. Didn't see any stock price around .10 in the list and a lot of encouraging growth comments that I was almost sure they were talking about QTMM, like: valuable opportunity for investors with long-term aspirations, so watch for the explosive expansion to continue in the near future, an opportunity to pick up stock at a low cost before an industry upswing, The industry quality leader has a 13.1% average return on equity over the last three years and last but not least investors with long-term time horizons should take note of the current affordability of this stock.
It may be considered a mild case of hype now but looking back from the future the expectation for this company will be considered revered prophecy. All had a chance to participate. Whether you did or didn't was your choice. Just waiting now for some action, either way.
To all you Mothers in cyber land have a Happy Mothers Day.
Regards,
Bill
Dotting the i's and crossing the t's is probably the most important aspect of this startup companies current phase. If that isn't done up front there won't be time to complete the proofing after the cats out of the bag. Do I like the silence? Not particularly but I think I understand why. Steve undertook a project that is in my mind a monumental task, taking an idea to reality. At this point in time I'm sure there are going to be questions about brick and mortar. I know if I was going to research the company I would ask to see the facility and product. I did just that over two years ago before I invested my money, only it was a lab and prototype in progress and faith in their conviction to deliver. The difference now is its going to be to a whole different audience with a different agenda. Once the silence is broken and the cats out of the bag a lot changes the picture as you look at it. You have got to have addressed many of the details that you need time to think through, like what's the warranty on the product? What is the pro-rated return rate if it fails earlier than expected. My car battery just died had a 3 year free replacement warranty and 8 year pro-rated return the next 8 years. Luckily a cell went bad within the 3 years and it was a full replacement for free. Steve has to address about a thousand more of those type issues and have answers when asked. Think about being the buyer of the solar panels alone, will you take back older product if I upgrade to your new version that has a higher efficiency? How do I dispose of these panels safely at the end of their useful life. Is there even a safety concern associated with the product, if so what do I need to know about handling them? Where can I find the MSDS on your product? And on and on the questions have to have answers before you jump out of the birthday cake yelling surprise. The last thing you want to do is jump out and be in your birthday suit. Without having the answers would be a little embarrassing. Getting all those answers RIGHT the first time as best you can requires silence to be able to think through the thought process successfully. I don't see having the time to do that after news breaks with this company. I imagine Steve and company will be very busy taking phone calls from newspaper, magazine writers, news men and women, TV personnel all trying to get a scoop or more info about the company and seeing the brick and mortar. Being the sole developer without a complement of staff to do your research and work up the best solution or provide options to choose from has to be taxing on you and extremely time consuming. So if this takes a little longer than we think it should ask yourself how many documents did you generate today that will be the platform for the future growth of a company. Not to mention just creating a document like the 10Q or 10K and then reading through it to make sure before you sign it, it isn't misrepresenting or misleading. It all takes a lot of time and since he is only human and not a quantum computer generating instantaneous answers and documents, I'll wait till they think the time is right to publicize the progress of Quantum Materials Corp and Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. so others too can "SEE THE LIGHT" and buy the products or realize they too can invest in this company.
Another day closer.
Bill
This is my nickel contribution. Wouldn’t we all like to have some news. Unfortunately all the digging and scraping around isn’t going to open any door for us. In 2 years of waiting I’ve learned if they don’t want you to know what’s going on, you aren’t going to know. Just as Dr. Bob announced his position and the announcement came out several months later I think we may be in for another run with PV. I believe we’ll get news sooner than later at this point and that the Saudi plan is alive and well even with the developments over there, a little delay to the timing though. But that is not due to them. Ask yourself what hasn’t happened yet? For two years I’ve followed developments of this company. I have only words because I think, and it is me coming to this conclusion, it’s tied to one event that’s still dangling out there. Think about it, what’s not issued at this time. The Rice patent for Dr. Wongs Tetrapod Quantum Dots has not been issued. Would you hand over money, even though each of us has by investing in this company, that you’re not guaranteed you’ll get what is expected? Of course you wouldn’t, it would be a bad business decision. Only we aren’t talking hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands, we are talking millions for the brick and mortar build. Without the patent, I don’t think “patent pending” cuts it when trying to license and then sublicense the technology. Thus we sit and wait for that day. To be clear, this is my best guess as to the current state of silence. It’s the only justification I can come up with that makes sense to me. The good news is if I’m right the patent should be getting issued soon. But when, is any ones guess, they are backlogged with application reviews. Rice's application luckily is in the late stages of comment resolution of the review process. I’ve seen soon come and go a couple times, but it has always come.
Bill
You are very right, they don't have the capacity, they are talking 100KG per year. But I do like the CFQD. http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201101271501042118A Hope Dr. Wong has that figured out but I believe they are not as efficient. Have to research more on that.
It's exhibit 10.9 of the 10k http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403570/000101376211000356/ex109.htm
sorry, still have to wait.
"And it could also just be the newest stepping stone forward to more advanced research." I agree fully. I don't think we have even touched the tip of the ice berg on future nanotechnology applications.
Quantum Materials Corp going to www.qdotss.com? You'll notice the email address for Dr. Bob and Art are @qdotss.com Connecting the dots it adds up it could be coming in the future. On 1-21-11 the domain name was registered: #80037. www.qdotss.com scroll down on the page http://daily.domain-names-registered.com/2011-1-21-p81.html Old news but still shows varied interests are being pursued Dr. Bobs Government submittals: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=387324791d5e288df74fc98f07542b45&tab=ivl&tabmode=list
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=d58c1c0baff0a0e341a20b0d38a4971e&tab=ivl&tabmode=list
Welcome aboard Ragi. DDHawk's nmr and the post about PET has significance because it shows the potential that technology has for changing the future of medical applications and its impact on life as we currently know it. It's good to be part of a future process that will have so much positive and life changing influence that we will live through and benefit from.
Talk about benefiting. Congratulations PV19 for capitalizing on your skills and talent. It's a win win for all.
Now, if I can only get my hands on that carrot!
Bill
Helpfull the mood is positive in spite of the silence. I'm printing up several hundred of the following to hand out to a new crew ~1500 workers just coming to the site for the first time. I leave it in the break area and lunch rooms for them to read while killing time. Format wise it's messed up here but you'll get the point:
OPTIONAL EARLY RETIREMENT PLAN
OTC TICKER : QTMM
If there was any time you thought about investing and didn’t, this would be the time to rethink that decision. Take a hundred fifty dollars and buy a thousand shares, then forget about it. The company has been silent for the last six months during it's final startup phase. Soon, when the time is right they will be able to support growth to ensure client satisfaction. There will likely be a waterfall in the future of news about the company accomplishments that will only expand in the years to come. Industry advancements in Quantum Dot (QD) technologies that have been developing for the last 20 years are about to be unleashed due to QTMM/Solterra's revolutionary process for producing Quantum Dots and their flexible Solar Cells. Dr. Glass and CEO Stephen Squires are taking the adage, What the mind can conceive, man can achieve and making it a reality with this new Nanotechnology that will benefit our earth and mankind in general. In light of the recent Japanese issues Solar will now see a renewed interest. Consider owning a part of history in the making before it's another event in the history books you had a chance to capitalize on and didn’t.
Do your DD to make sure it’s environmentally, economically and personally right for you. Go to this link to learn the most important reasons WHY you should consider investing in the Nanotechnology field. http://bit.ly/5ElApo ? case sensitive
The last company release was a publication in Nature Photonics called the THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. http://solterrasolarcells.com/downloads/nphoton2010.pdf The last paragraph summed it up: "To make this vision a reality, Solterra is increasing its production of quantum dots to 100 kg per day and implementing a high speed production line for printing solar cells at a rate of 300 m2 per minute. We have also initiated plans to supply solar cells to a 1 GW solar farm in the Middle East that will supply both regional and European energy grids with a target date of 2015. Although the initial peak power rating for the completed modules will be lower than those of present inorganic photovoltaic technology, it is anticipated that due to their lower production costs, electricity generation will start at a near-typical grid pricing. Optimization of the cell layer design and introduction of improved materials is expected to provide further improvements in efficiency toward the theoretical maximum of 65%. This may ultimately lead to solar energy supplanting fossil fuel generation within 5–10 years."
QTMM (Quantum Materials Corp) is to the Nano technology field what Amazon.com is to the discount retail field and very few are aware of this.That is about to change in the next couple months. QTMM (Quantum Materials Corp) has developed a way to mass produce economically the Tetrapod Quantum Dots. This significant breakthrough allows what no other company has been able to do to date and that is provide commercialization of the QD’s to the various industries in kilogram quantities economically. The subsidiary Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. is bringing the solar phase of nanotechnology to the forefront. Solterra will be producing and distributing a Thin Film Quantum Dot PV Solar Cell which is differentiated from other PV cells by a unique technology that results in lower cost, higher efficiency, and broader spectral performance. Solterra's Quantum Dot Solar Cell achieves a dramatically lower manufacturing cost per watt because no vacuum equipment is required, no silicon is required and its' low-cost screen printing and/or inkjet techniques are used on inexpensive substrates. Secondly, the Solterra Thin Film Quantum Dot Solar Cell has the potential to generate multiple excitons from each photon providing the potential for exponential improvements in conversion efficiency. Third, Solterra's PV cell is not only more efficient in the early morning and late afternoon compared to crystalline silicon PV cells, but it also harvests light energy in the infrared and ultraviolet spectra. Solar power at night!
This QD technology is truly revolutionary with uses and applications still being explored that will open doors to advances in medical, aerospace, waste heat recovery, biotechnology & optoelectronics. Are you willing to risk loosing out on the next technology revolution that’s been in the making for some twenty years? At least put it on your radar screen to monitor. Investing in QTMM may make your chance to retire early a possibility or at least a little more luxurious! IMO QTMM is a global play that’s about to pay. Thanks for reading through. Bill
http://www.solterrasolarcells.com/product_innovations.php?ID=3 https://twitter.com/SOLTERRA
I was asked at work why I posted that Samsung article. It may be a stretch, but maybe not, here is my reason. QD Vision started at MIT, their purpose: "The company is partnering with government agencies and the military, material and display manufacturers, as well as manufacturing equipment makers to commercialize QLED technology, and offers high-quality electroluminescent-grade quantum dot materials, technology transfer and collaboration services to help its partners leap-frog the competition." Back in the beginning before QD Vision grew Dr. Seth Coe-Sullivan the Founder and Chief Technology Officer and Member of the Board of Directors and Dr. Ghassan Jabbour collaborated with the technology. see article dated December 5, 2008. http://merkabah.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/color-quantum-dot-displays-new-lcd-tech/ and before that this technology was previously discussed in post 5116 with LG:
Saw QD Vision mentioned here several times and a possible connection with QTMM after the LG announcement. Even Dr. Bob made mention in his quote on post 5010 “How do they think LG is planning to manufacture qdot displays?" Then this old news article (post 5083)Nov 28, 2008 at 9:47 am with Seth Coe-Sullivan and Jabbour surfaced. When I saw that, for me, it was the missing link to be able to make the jump from QTMM to LG. It still is speculation until an official announcement but once I saw Jabbour and Sullivan have had previous research encounters together it became very apparent that QTMM and QD Vision would be developing a business arrangement that is mutually beneficial to both. Each has an expertise in an area that allows the other to bring to market products via technology expeditiously. These two have a running history together that may have started here with their back to back presentations:
FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS AND MICRO ELECTRONICS
2007 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBIT PHOENIX, AZ, FEB 6-8
1:40-2:05 Contact Printing of Quantum Dot/Organic Hybrid Light Emitting Devices for Flexible Displays Seth Coe-Sullivan – QD Vision
2:05-2:30 Single Dopant White Phosphorescent OLED with 100% Internal Quantum Efficiency
Prof. Ghassan Jabbour – ASU
So is it possible Samsung, LG, QD Vision and QTMM are connected? Eventually we'll find out. Either way retirement is that much closer.
Bill
It all has to start somewhere. Samsung is as good as any: http://www.oled-info.com/samsung-developed-worlds-first-full-color-qled-display Their developmental knowledge will be instrumental bringing the technology forward and the beauty is they know the need for economical mass production.
Quantum Materials Corp article I guess you missed. They published the "Best Of Both Worlds" last year. Quantum Materials Corp/Solterra making plans to provide solar cells for a 1GW Solar Farm http://tinyurl.com/TQD-cells-for-1-GW-Solar-Farm. When the time is right you'll get your chance to rejoice, until then it is continue to hold, or not. Your call. I will admit after looking further it has been over 6 months since this article was issued. Only the 10K has been later, so I guess it is on to the 10Q soon. My bet is that's before news releases occur. I can wait until they are ready because with the latest events in Japan, and what we know of the technology QMC/Solterra has developed to date it will bring the industry to a new level of production. The solar industry is going to get a big boost in my opinion and all the investors are going to benefit. Hope you're around to reap the rewards.
An application that's a little over 8 years old. I believe I saw a similar prototype in the lobby on display at the ASU Flexible Display Center. I wonder where it is in the development stage now? One of the future spin off business applications as suggested in an earlier post? http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2002/10/55528
Energy LYNCHPIN – Quantum Materials Corp / Solterra Renewable Technologies
The price they pay for being in the wrong sector of the market. They jumped on the band wagon in the wrong sector (CPV instead of Thin Film) for the wrong reasons (Greed instead of helping environmentally) and used the wrong funding method (VC instead of private). http://solarfeeds.com/greentech-media/16091-soliant-suspending-goes-out-of-business?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+solarfeed+%28Solar+Feeds%29&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail
Solterra is positioned to be the LYNCHPIN for the PV market becoming a dominant energy source in generation of economical electricity! I don’t see the mistakes Soliant made being repeated here. It may not be moving as fast as we would like but speed isn’t the answer if the Sun sets on the company. On the other hand if the company makes a product that generates power even when the Sun sets how can it not shine in the future?
Bill
Solterra Renewable Technologies the current market player - as listed in the index under Chapter seven, market analysis. I stand corrected, it was not listed under Quantum Materials Corp.
http://www.electronics.ca/publications/products/Quantum-Dots%3A-Technologies-and-Global-Markets.html
Quantum Materials Corp is a current market player - Some of this reads like something Mr. Squires and Dr. Bob had some input to during the research phase. I'm sure one of "the current market players seeking to exploit QD behavior" includes a company named Quantum Materials Corp. http://www.electronics.ca/presscenter/articles/1382/1/Global-Market-for-Quantum-Dot-Technologies-to-Reach-670-Million-by-2015/Page1.html
Global Market for Quantum Dot Technologies to Reach $670 Million by 2015
By Electronics.ca Research NetworkPublished TodayNanotechnologyQuantum Dots: Technologies and Global Markets
ELECTRONICS.CA PUBLICATIONS, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "Quantum Dots: Technologies and Global Markets".
Among the many subsets of nanomaterials, quantum dots (QDs) are like no other. At dimensions typically below 10 nanometers (nm), nanocrystalline (nc) semiconductors (SC), metals, and magnetic materials can all exhibit extraordinary quantum confinement phenomenon. At these dimensions, QDs exhibit distinctly different behavior from their bulk form, which manifests itself, for example, in distinctly different optical, electronic, and magnetic properties.
Today, scientists can precisely synthesize nanocrystalline materials at these critical dimensions and thereby systematically tune their quantum confining behavior. As a result, there is currently enormous interest in exploiting and capitalizing on the unique properties exhibited by QD materials. As a harbinger for future business developments, colloidal QD-bioconjugates are among the first wave of commercial product applications stimulating market interest. Primarily, these have quickly established a niche market in the life sciences and biomedical communities, where they provide unrivalled cellular imaging and therapeutic detection capabilities. Other promising prototype developments of SC QDs now on the commercial-horizon include: a new generation of Flash memory devices; nanomaterial enhancements for improving the performance of flexible organic light-emitting diodes (LEDs), as well as solid-state white-LED lighting; and a core technology used in flexible solar panel coatings.
With these impending commercial developments and their enormous business potential, this report provides a timely assessment of quantum dot materials—where they currently are, and where they might be in the foreseeable future. The primary objective of this report is threefold: (1) to assess the current state-of-the-art in synthesizing QDs; (2) to identify the current market players seeking to exploit QD behavior; and (3) to evaluate actual or potential markets in terms of application, type, and projected market revenues.
The anticipated exponential growth in demand is practically consistent with both the scalability and current production economics of several QD producers. Within the next five years these developments will result in colloidal QDs initially priced at around $10,000 per kilogram eventually falling to as low as only $250 per kilogram. In addition to more economic production processes, it is also expected—based on the recent technical and business literature—that improved reaction methods, green chemistry, and the use of less toxic semiconductor or other nanocrystalline QD materials, will emerge.
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. This report probes in considerable depth the early pioneers and champions in this field both in industry, government, and academic laboratories. The most active organizations, promising technical applications, and developments realizable within the next 5 years, will all be highlighted.
This up-to-date technical assessment and business analysis should prove an especially valuable resource to individuals and organizations seeking more insight into the current status of QDs, their stand-alone capabilities within the spectrum of nanomaterials, and time-to-market commercial development. The report’s comprehensive technical and business assessment on the current status of the QD-based industry should prove informative to nanomaterials manufacturers, investors seeking near-term commercialization opportunities, technologists confronted with nanomaterial device integration issues, and companies specifically interested in exploiting QDs in biological, biomedical, electronics, energy, optics, optoelectronics, and security applications.
Based on a comprehensive technical and market assessment, this report reveals the onset of several impending QD-based product launches. 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, secondand third-generation solar panels, security deterrents, and several enhancements to portable devices.
Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' web site. View the report: Quantum Dots: Technologies and Global Markets
Big players shelling out the amount for this report they are asking will have an impact on this companies growth. That I am sure of.
Definitely a day closer.
Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. has 1-10 listed and Quantum Materials Corp./Solterra Renewable Technologies has 10-50 listed, but only two referenced. Dr. Bob and Toshi. They either stopped updating or they may have gotten additional help putting them in the new category. They were already at ten according to the executive summary last year.
The other company is QMC based in India. They may have 10-50 employees at this time but are unaffiliated with us.
A QTMM Navy contract in the future wouldn't hurt! Like the lottery, you can't win if you don't play. #14 on the list of 43 but then with it being in alphabetical order, position means nothing. https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=081d8c55bb48a346c8bbb02865789a15&tab=ivl&tabmode=list
Domain Names Registered on 2011-1-21
qdotss.com
Slowly coming into shape.
Some of the highlights I got from the 10K that I took away are printed below. I also know and have known for the last 2 years it could go south in a heart beat as they have to state in the 10k, but as Crunch mentions at this point in their development with all the time invested why bother filing the 10k if you haven’t already figured out a strategy for a path to success.
Ghasson Jabbour moving to KAUST I believe threw a wrench into the works. I think they planned to have a cell factory near ASU and Jabbour originally. They always had plans to have TQD’s made near Wong and where planning the production facility near Rice. With Jabbour gone it makes sense to use the facility near Rice now as the new headquarters. Thus,
New offices: The principal executive office of the Company will be moved in early 2011 to a new research facility to be opened in Austin, Texas.
We have confirmation something is about to happen as the company didn’t need to make this filing and obtain American Marketing Complex to do public relations. They just as easily could have stayed on the pinks.
After the filing of this Form 10-K and any quarterly reports that are past due in filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company believes that one or more broker/dealers will seek to file a 15c-211 application to have trading commence on the Bulletin Board at the earliest practicable date. It is anticipated that at that time the proposed private financing will be completed or that the Company will ask for and receive the return of the 1,700,000 shares which have not been paid for as of the filing date of this Form 10-K.
KEY MARKETS = North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
The two reasons this company will be very successful building growth with their products: Our initial sales strategy for both quantum dots and solar cells will be to develop and execute a value added reseller’s channel strategy and pursuing strategic alliances with companies that have established sales, marketing and distribution networks..
We perceive an opportunity to acquire a significant amount of both quantum dot and solar photovoltaic market share.
Our objective is to become the first bulk manufacture of high quality tetrapod quantum dots
The first solar cell manufacturer to be able to offer a solar electricity solution that competes on a non-subsidized basis.
The following is an outline of the business accomplishments of the Company since July 2009.
•?? Negotiated development agreement with Access2Flow with focus on adapting continuous flow microreactor process technology for the high volume production of tetrapod quantum dots.
•?? Validated first terapod quantum dot production based on Rice chemistry and micro-reactor process technology.
•?? Discovered electron collection advantages directly related to tetrapod quantum dot arm length, width aspect ratios.
•?? We have developed a method to manipulate tetrapod quantum dot arm lengths and arm widths, both separately and simultaneously.
•?? Developed method to produce tetrapod dimensions accurately and uniformly using micro reactor technology.
•?? Developed Middle East sales and marketing strategy and established office in Saudi Arabia.
•?? Developed Asian sales and marketing strategy and have begun targeted effort to established business relationships there.
•?? Developed business plan for the establishment of a Saudi Arabian based solar cell plant and began registration for the establishment of such plant.
•?? Developed proprietary process that we can file patent applications for when we raise additional financing to pay the costs of same.
As Solterra approaches this "grid parity," we believe the decision for Solterra Solar Cells will be quickly made.
Current and future applications of quantum dots impact a broad range of industrial markets.
We believe that Solterra’s licensed and proprietary technologies provide us with a number of competitive strengths that position us to become a leader in the solar energy industry and compete in the broader electric power industry:
Cost-per-Watt advantage. Our proprietary thin film technology should allow us to achieve an average manufacturing cost per watt less than $.90 and position Solterra’s cells as one of the lowest priced in the world and significantly less than the per watt manufacturing cost of crystalline silicon solar modules.
Continuous and scalable production process. We intend to manufacture our solar cells on high-throughput production lines that complete all manufacturing steps, from semiconductor printing to final assembly and testing, in an automated, proprietary, continuous process.
Replicable production facilities. We anticipate using a systematic replication process to build new production lines with operating metrics that are comparable to the performance of best of bread production lines. By expanding production, we believe we can take advantage of economies of scale, accelerate development cycles and leverage our operations, enabling further reductions in the manufacturing cost per watt of our solar cells.
Stable supply of raw materials. We will not be constrained by shortages of semiconductor material, as we will be positioned to produce our own quantum dot materials.
Pre-sold capacity through Long Term Supply Contracts. We expect to pursue Long Term Supply Contracts which, if successfully entered into, would provide us with predictable net sales and enable us to realize economies of scale from capacity expansions quickly. By pre-selling the solar cells to be produced on future production lines, we intend to minimize the customer demand risk of our expansion plans.
Favorable system performance. Under real-world conditions, including variation in ambient temperature and intensity of sunlight, we believe systems incorporating our solar cells will generate more kilowatt hours of electricity per watt of rated power than systems incorporating crystalline silicon solar modules, increasing our end-users’ return on investment. Solterra solar cells successfully blend the needs for efficiency, low cost, and time to recoup investment. Furthermore, the solar panels will be easy to install due to their flexibility and low weight.
This is the first mention from the company about residential use:
Classic PV installed cost is approximately $0.50/kWh, and today’s least expensive residential PV systems still cost approximately $0.38/kWh, the cells produced by Solterra are expected to provide electricity in the $0.08 - $0.14/kWh range. This translates into a cost saving of 66% under the cost of the current least expensive residential PV systems.
On the flip side are utilities:
The grid-tied Photovoltaic systems has become the largest growing segment. An appealing aspect of the potential large projects is that a large project can represent the sales volume in one transaction that might require hundreds of individual transactions for residential Photovoltaic solar applications and successfully obtaining these contracts can help us obtain other customer contracts.
Thus the reason for the following:
Our initial target in the Middle East will be large solar power generation facilities to provide production economies of scale, marketing efficiencies, and rapid penetration into the broader market for photovoltaic production.
After it’s all said and done I think we are in for some eye opening developments. I still support a buy and hold approach on this company. This isn’t the stock for the day trader because once he takes his short term total profits if he looks back several years from now he might just say, what was I thinking, for the pittance I had invested that would now be……..
Do your DD for those new.
Having a Bermudaful day on vacation!
Bill
Remember me mentioning right or wrong, well I need lessons on the meaning of following and followers. Leenico was kind enough to let me know I was wrong. He checked out Dr. Bobs twitter page and even though I saw one thing in the wee hours of the morning and my mind said it was something else Leenico was able to tell the error of my ways. President Obama is not following Dr. Bob., Dr. Bob is following President Obama. Who needs the life line now?
I still encourage others to send in their comments on how American innovation is affecting your community and what we can do to help remove the obstacles to innovation.
RT @whitehouse: "Advise the Advisor": New series explains what the President’s up to, asks for your ideas. Plouffe up 1st: http://wh.gov/xcY
Looks like I need that day to be sooner rather than later.
Bill
Speaking of life lines to Twitter - guess who is following Dr. Bob Glass! You can draw your own conclusions - President Barack Obama. Thought that was interesting out of millions of people to follow Dr. Bob is selected to be one of the ones the president follows.
So I clicked on the presidents link and his latest retweet was they were looking for feedback:
RT @whitehouse: "Advise the Advisor": New series explains what the President’s up to, asks for your ideas. Plouffe up 1st: http://wh.gov/xcY
So I wrote to Advise the Advisor:
I’m glad you asked!!! Quantum Material Corp/Solterra Renewable Technologies has to go overseas to Saudi Arabia to get funding. We lost one of America’s best researchers and published authors on solar energy from ASU, Dr. Jabbour, to KAUST University. WHY ARE WE LETTING OUR BRAINS and TECHNOLOGY go and have to go overseas in order to develop and grow. KAUST has the vision of being the MIT of the world, AND THEY ARE SUCCEEDING! Saudi Arabia has the vision to be to the solar industry what they are currently to the oil industry. Why would we let that happen? Where is our vision? Charity starts at home and investing in the disruptive & innovative technologies such as QMC/Solterra has developed so it can be developed in other countries where THEY will put THEIR people to work making and building solar farms and electrical grids (euro-supergrid) does nothing to support our economy or future. All that is needed now is the political will and the right framework of incentives. Why can’t the US undertake building a whole new energy efficient city from the ground up to be the ENERGY CAPITAL of the south?
And the nanotechnology industry that has been in the making for 20 years has to wait longer even though commercially the product (Tetrapod Quantum Dots) are now able to be manufactured to support commercial applications because funding isn’t available unless you want to give your business away to the VC’s. QMC/Solterra had to go to JAPAN and use JETRO for introduction to other companies for product development that are doing research on QDLED’s, next generation TV’s, Lasers, Solar cells, waste heat recovery systems, etc… Why are Japanese companies so hospital to innovation?
Instead of giving away billions in foreign aid how about investing in education, new companies that have proven innovative technology and technology development at the universities where product development will create jobs and increase the tax base in the future.
That's my take on it right or wrong.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/Advise
Feel free to jump on the band wagon and give your two cents, you never know what may come of it and they asked.
Michael Wong on the conference commitee to help set up SPIE Photonics West 5 day event on Colloidal Quantum Dots/Nanocrystals for Biomedical Applications VI 22 - 27 January 2011, San Francisco, California, USA
http://spie.org/app/program/index.cfm?fuseaction=conferencedetail&conference_id=927532&event_id=894270&list=1
Another foot in the door setting the tone and direction of the future.
It's also good to see others looking at Tetrapods from the scientific end. The more the merrier:
Exciton states in quantum tetrapods
Paper 7947-13 of Conference 7947
Date: Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Author(s): Kazuaki Sakoda, National Institute for Materials Science (Japan) and Univ. of Tsukuba (Japan)
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Calculation on confined exciton states of quantum tetrapods is given based on single-band effective-mass approximation for both conduction and valence bands and rigorous diagonalization of configuration interaction Hamiltonian taking into consideration the Coulomb interaction between electron and hole. The selection rule of optical transition is examined by both group-theoretical consideration and numerical calculation of transition dipole moments. Numerical results on absorption and emission spectra are also given. Numerical calculation is mainly performed for the CdTe quantum tetrapod that consists of a zinc-blende core and four symmetric wurtzite arms. Quantum tetrapods of core/shell type are discussed briefly.
Not too shabby to have a small piece of this pie, from http://www.luxresearchinc.com/blog/
"Quantum-dot-enhanced lighting will have the greatest impact as the U.S. phases out incandescent light bulbs under government mandate. Highly efficient at downconverting light from blue LED sources, quantum dots (QDs) will ease the transition towards LEDs as an efficient source of warm light. The U.S. commercial, industrial, and residential sectors spend approximately 23%, 1.3%, and 7.0% of their energy on lighting, and at 25% adoption in 2020, QD-enhanced bulbs will reduce country-wide FEC by 394 trillion BTU, translating into a reduction of $12.7 billion in annual spending for electricity, assuming $0.11/kWh retail price."
Bill
Thanks Free for setting it straight that the content didn't change. I didn't know where an old copy of the content of the web site would be to compare it to. Thanks again.
I would like to see this guy involved again. Not sure if he will be but his interests are right in line with managements and he has the connections. http://www.isaachorton.com/horton.shtml
Besides Isaac is extremely intelligent, down to earth kind of guy.
Interesting find with director/key employees for the companies. Dr. Bob heading Solterra isn't out of the question by any means imo.
Checked Solterra web site and noticed the following: "This new Q.D. production technique, developed by Dr. Michael Wong of Rice University has been acquired by Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc." I don't remember if this has always been there or not. My first inclination is it has been updated because in the past they only had a license agreement as stated in the 10Q's posted below. Does any one remember this being as currently stated "has been acquired" being there in the past or am I just reading more into it than there really is?
Mentioned once here, http://www.solterrasolarcells.com/corporate_profile.php?ID=51
and here http://www.solterrasolarcells.com/
an exclusive license agreement with William Marsh Rice University (“Rice University” or “Rice”).
License Agreement - Work-Study Arrangements
From FORM 10-Q December 2009
Solterra has a License agreement with William Marsh Rice University whereby minimum royalty payments which are calculated based on sales volume must be made starting in August 2010. This agreement can be terminated by Rice if certain financial and other conditions are not fulfilled by Solterra. As of the filing date of this Form 10-Q, Solterra has an insolvency issue under said Agreement and is in arrears in the payment of certain monies due to Rice, which if not resolved to the satisfaction of Rice could lead to the immediate termination of the Agreement by Rice. Solterra also has a work-study arrangement with Rice which began in January 2009 for a period of twelve months and was recently extended for an additional six months. Solterra is in arrears in the payment of its obligations under its work-study arrangement.
From FORM 10-Q March 2010
License Agreement - Work-Study Arrangements
Solterra has a License agreement with William Marsh Rice University whereby minimum royalty payments which are calculated based on sales volume must be made starting in August 2010. This agreement can be terminated by Rice if certain financial and other conditions are not fulfilled by Solterra. As of the filing date of this Form 10-Q, Solterra has an insolvency issue under said Agreement and is in arrears in the payment of certain monies due to Rice, which if not resolved to the satisfaction of Rice could lead to the immediate termination of the Agreement by Rice. Solterra also has a work-study arrangement with Rice which began in January 2009 for a period of twelve months and was recently extended for an additional six months. Solterra is in arrears in the payment of its obligations under to Rice by $111,562.
ADDs more than he sold - NICE
http://www.otcbb.com/asp/Info_Center.asp
It's a sales pitch but he hits some of what QTMM/Solterra is all about in his presentation, finding a breakthrough technology or industry. Luckily we did and we are already in it. I'm pretty sure he is talking about First Solar in the China scenario, another possible market when Solterra gets rolling. I found the rest was interesting too.
When "resume presentation" comes up just close it or answer NO.
http://video.streetauthority.com/egc03/player.html
Another day closer.
Bill
Saw QD Vision mentioned here several times and a possible connection with QTMM after the LG announcement. Even Dr. Bob made mention in his quote on post 5010 “How do they think LG is planning to manufacture qdot displays?" Then this old news article (post 5083)Nov 28, 2008 at 9:47 am with Seth Coe-Sullivan and Jabbour surfaced. When I saw that, for me, it was the missing link to be able to make the jump from QTMM to LG. It still is speculation until an official announcement but once I saw Jabbour and Sullivan have had previous research encounters together it became very apparent that QTMM and QD Vision would be developing a business arrangement that is mutually beneficial to both. Each has an expertise in an area that allows the other to bring to market products via technology expeditiously. These two have a running history together that may have started here with their back to back presentations:
FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS AND MICRO ELECTRONICS
2007 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBIT PHOENIX, AZ, FEB 6-8
1:40-2:05 Contact Printing of Quantum Dot/Organic Hybrid Light Emitting Devices for Flexible Displays Seth Coe-Sullivan – QD Vision
2:05-2:30 Single Dopant White Phosphorescent OLED with 100% Internal Quantum Efficiency
Prof. Ghassan Jabbour – ASU
News like this makes retirement that much closer.
Bill
Quick light reading: 5 Energy Predictions for 2011: Solar Soars As Fossil Fuel Costs Grow. The energy system is in for big changes during 2011. Investment in efficiency and renewables will pay off for early adopters as cleantech moves from niche market to more mainstream source.
http://www.solarfeeds.com/set-energy/15469-5-energy-predictions-for-2011-solar-soars-as-fossil-fuel-costs-grow?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+solarfeed+%28Solar+Feeds%29&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail
On another note QDLED or QLED is starting to be recognized as a viable alternative in the future from the simple fact it is part of the sub title for this site.
http://www.oled-display.info/
http://www.oled-display.info/what-is-a-qdled
Hope everyone has a healthy and safe New Year.
Bill
Nice digging DD. QD Vision isn't out of the question by any means. From their site: "QD Vision is currently working with multiple development partners around the world to incorporate QLED technology into full-color displays and lighting devices to improve color, power efficiency, form factor and manufacturing costs for consumer electronics and solid-state lighting products. The company is partnering with government agencies and the military, material and display manufacturers, as well as manufacturing equipment makers to commercialize QLED technology, and offers high-quality electroluminescent-grade quantum dot materials, technology transfer and collaboration services to help its partners leap-frog the competition."
QMC being able to license the technology or make them for them cheaper than any one else at the commercial quantities they need is as good as it gets.
On that note, MERRY CHRISTMAS to all and to all a good night!
Bill
Quantum Materials Corp future keeps getting brighter every day I find another research article on Quantum Dots. Around the 1 minute 46 second mark of this video you'll understand why.
Thanks for that post Dave. This is one of those subtle references Dr. Bob made to being on the web site. "Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. will produce high volume hybrid solar cells using revolutionary low cost Quantum Dot synthesis technology and a proprietary conjugated polymer technology that can and will deliver unmatched efficiency and production economy." There was no mention of Solterra using a hybrid that I can remember until Dr. Jabbour discussed it at the Nature Photonic presentation he did last month. I would love to hear what he has to say on Dec 2nd., but I understand it is a bit pricey to sit in on the conference, not to mention a distance gap of 3000 miles between here and there.
Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving.
Bill
Hmmmmmm is probably an under statement. I've posted a few comments to articles here and there, just tonight I got an inquiry from a gent in Jamacia that is looking for more info on the business, even as a possible agent. There could be something to it or it could be a dead lead. Don't know. The point is I'm a nobody and have managed to interest someone on the business end. Now what do you think Toshi, Robinson, Glass and people in the know that do this for a living are going to do, will do or have done? I can only imagine. PV's $20 may not be so far fetched in the future after they execute their business plan after all. Maybe a few more m's? HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Nothing to do with the 10K, Dr. Jabbour will be representing Solterra at the conference in Santa Clara then, see post 3501.
Printed Electronics & Photovoltaics USA 2010
1 - 2 Dec 2010 Santa Clara, CA, USA
Show Info Here
Low Cost, Highly Efficient, Quantum Dot Based Solar Cells
Dr Ghassan Jabbour, Chief Science Officer
Solterra Renewable Technologies
United States
Killing time before the run: This was from April 2009 "The solar industry is counting down towards the moment government aid is no longer needed. The moment when this fledgling industry will have grown up and is standing on its own feet is closer than many people think,” says Koot. “It will mark the start of the Solar Future and will offer unprecedented market and growth potential”." http://www.solarfeeds.com/greentech-media/6590-usa-to-become-the-worlds-largest-solar-energy-market
So how come a year and a half later we have this?
Chinese Renewables Soar, U.S. Market Still Asleep at the Wheel. On the solar front, Chinese companies collectively control 40% of the global photovoltaic market.
http://www.solarfeeds.com/energy-boom/15043-chinese-renewables-soar-us-market-still-asleep-at-the-wheel
Are we waiting for the Solterra solar cell to be unwrapped December 2nd to kick start the US solar industry? I sure hope so, our economy needs the jobs and with the push for electric cars the utilities are going to need a clean source of additional generation. I personally would want a local solar power unit to replenish my car and use power from the utility as supplemental backup. The electric car market is going to be a huge drain on the current utility grids capacity. Each electric car per home is estimated to increase the load by an additional 20% per household. That's a lot of $$$ going somewhere and to help meet the demand I believe Solterra will play a significant role as the car market ramps up the next couple years. Watch for Solterra's solar cells market from large utilities increasing their stake in solar farms pick up in the future as grid parity becomes reality.
GLTA - With all intentions of retiring sooner rather then later.
A great loss and a great new beginning! Free you will have some big shoes to fill if you try to walk in the footsteps of PV. Since this is a new beginning in many more ways than just one I suggest you do it your way. Ihub has their rules and that's pretty easy to enforce consistently and fairly. There are many, 56 other minds we know of, to draw from their experiences to help you provide assistance and direction with QTMM. More will most likely step up and contribute now that PV has stepped down. Who could compete, no one could or could even find time to write a response. I know I was too busy reading his lengthy posts and by the time I finished it was too late and I was too tired to respond. HE WAS EXHAUSTING, a mini Jabbour, he never stopped! He was like the Eveready bunny, just kept going and going and going, hopped around from post to post. Out of over 4700 posts he had to have posted 4600. Kidding aside, PV did an outstanding job contributing to the quality of the board and setting the bar higher. He will be missed, that is when he is gone for vacation/Holiday with the rest of us that were fortunate enough to draw from each others research talents and shared knowledge. That will be after the masses discover QTMM and join in the party driving the PPS up based on potential earnings. In the mean time Christmas party for those QTMMers in the Philly area on December 18th at 7pm - 11pm, Email me at ih8aloss@yahoo.com for the address if you're interested, next year hopefully Steaks with Trevorbc, then on to Hawaii and Bora Bora the following year. I'm not sure how we would get a hold of Free on his boat, we'll have to slap paddles on the water to send him a message in morse code where to meet or I guess we could just post it here, since he will be spending a little more time here now. Good luck and congratulations Free and Solar. PV nice job and hopefully the work thing for a living is short lived and it's for fun after that.
GLTA - One more day closer!
There was a connection 4 years ago,
Dynamic Organic Light Appoints Ghassan E. Jabbour, PhD as Chairman of Its Technical Advisory Board
Market Wire, September, 2006
I'm sure some of those personnel connections still exist. Not sure how they would come into play now. Didn't see anything that was current for the company.
Capital IQ calculating the date of 11-17-10 to file is like me calculating the path of the squirrel in front of me as I'm driving down the road. Sometimes it's a hit and sometimes a miss. I'll believe it when I see it. But when I do see it I believe we will be on our way!
PV I was thinking more of a RALLY TOWEL not a rally thong! But as in strip poker if you're down to the thong everything will be exposed by then, no more guessing and piecing the puzzle together. We'll know what it looks like. If it's like I imagine, it's a beauty.
GLTA
So we make the TQD's to order for the frequency needed per the customer spec, possibly just pull the TQD's off the shelf, process the solar cell sheet requested and ship the finished product Fedex the next day. Is that something like it's going to go? I can handle that, so to make that happen the holdup for the 10K is? Infrastructure which is held up by funding? So the 10K/Q could knock our socks off if the holdup it to cross the T's and dot the I's associated with funding. If funding isn't a hold up it's infrastructure, if that's not a holdup then it's the manufacturing. I'm good with that. Did I just get ahead of myself and rush a meal from a slow cooker by trying to put the contents into the microwave? I don't think we want to rush this, as much as we would like to. Something half baked is never as good as the properly prepared product. I'll wait for the unrushed, fully baked product, whenever it's ready. Because it's a known fact the customer will pay for quality and return again. Starbucks any one? Just a few splits: http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/SBUX/charts?countryCode=US&submitted=true&intflavor=advanced&origurl=%2Ftools%2Fquotes%2Fintchart.asp&time=20&freq=1&comp=Enter%20Symbol(s)%3A&compidx=aaaaa~0&compind=aaaaa~0&uf=7168&ma=1&maval=50&lf=1&lf2=4&lf3=0&type=2&size=1&optstyle=1013