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NASDAQ UPLISTING COMPLETE
As of a few minutes ago EXPI is UP 486% since last October and 247% Year to Date. This is a solid company with a BILLION $ market cap.
The eXp Shareholder Summit just ended. The number of agents at eXp Realty has grown from 6511 at the end of 2017 to about 9300 now. In the first quarter of 2018 the eXp volume of transaction sides is about 47% higher (about 10,000) than it was on average per quarter in 2017 (about 6325). Real estate transaction volume is a direct measure of revenue, so that is very positive. In addition it was just announced that EXP World Holdings has submitted an application to Uplist to NASDAQ, which should encourage institutional ownership once it occurs.
Tiny Quantum Dots May Spell Doom For Deadly Superbug Infections
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/quantum-dots-treat-superbug-infections_us_569eb601e4b00f3e98634e5b
Good Math
From what I read "Quantum Dot Concentrate" is a mixture of quantum dots suspended in a matrix. The weight of the matrix is many times the weight of the quantum dots.
I agree the responsibilities overlap. I think 23,825,000 shares total
Solar Express said this on 11/04/10 in
Post #4542
MKM Investment David Skriloff's Background:
http://www.mkmcap.com/press.html
David Skriloff and his investments via MKM SP1, LLC date back to 2008. He was identified in the HGUE 8-K filed Nov 10, 2008.
MKM is a major investor
I think they own 23,825,000 shares.....they break down how they hold them so it is easy to double count (20,725,000 +3,100,000 = 23,825,000)
EXPLOSIVE TECHNOLOGY INDEED!!!
How Nanotechnology Is Gaining Momentum In Manufacturing
From www.forbes.com 8/25/2014
www.forbes.com/sites/ptc/2014/08/25/how-nanotechnology-is-gaining-momentum-in-manufacturing/
It is hard to imagine the size of a nanometer. At one-billionth of a meter, a nanometer has been compared to 1/80,000th the diameter of a human hair, a million times smaller than the length of an ant, or the amount a man’s beard grows in the time it takes him to lift a razor to his face.
Yet, nanotechnology—the ability to control matter at the nanoscale (approximately 1 to 100 nanometers)—is having a huge impact on science, engineering, and technology because matter behaves differently at that size.
The impact of nanotechnology on society has been compared to the invention of electricity or plastic—it is transformative to nearly everything we use today. Uses of nanotechnology range from applications for stronger golf clubs and stain-resistant pants to future visions of transforming manufacturing and treating cancer.
What’s so special about nanotechnology?
Nanotechnology and nanoscience involve the ability to see and to control individual atoms and molecules. At nanoscale, matter has unique physical, chemical, and biological properties that enable new applications. Some nanostructured materials are stronger or have different magnetic properties; some are better at conducting heat or electricity, or may become more chemically reactive, reflect light better, or change color as their size or structure is altered.
According to an article in ASME.org, nanotechnology “will leave virtually no aspect of life untouched and is expected to be in widespread use by 2020.” In addition, a policy paper by the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) describes nanotechnology as modern history’s “sixth revolutionary technology,” following the industrial revolution in the mid-1700s, nuclear energy revolution in the 1940s, green revolution in the 1960s, information technology revolution in the 1980s, and biotechnology revolution in the 1990s.
The U.S. federal government is backing nanotech, and the 2015 Federal Budget provides more than $1.5 billion for the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), a continued investment which supports the President’s technology innovation strategy.
Recent investments in nanotech
Major investments in nanotech are being made at the state level and in the private sector as well. New York State recently partnered with General Electric and other New York-based companies on a $500 million initiative that will focus on the development of new, smaller semiconductors for computers and technology. These semiconductors are made possible by nanotechnology and are used in industries such as solar power, health care, and aviation.
The public-private partnership, known as the New York Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium, will be based at the SUNY College of Nanoscale and Engineering in Albany but will involve companies and universities from around New York and is expected to create thousands of jobs. The use of the nanotech facility is also expected to attract researchers and private companies to create a high-tech cluster in New York State.
Current and future applications in engineering and manufacturing
With nanotechnology, individual atoms and molecules can be manipulated and rearranged to create useful materials, devices, and systems. With this manipulation, products can be made with fewer imperfections and more durability, drugs can be more efficient and have fewer side effects, and energy sources can be cleaner and more cost-effective.
Current applications of nanotechnology include:
• Nanocomposites: car parts, golf clubs
• Nanocrystals: antimicrobial dressing
• Nanoparticles: stain resistant khakis, sunscreen and skin creams to absorb light, rocket propellants, synthetic bone
• Nanostructured materials: tungsten-carbide-cobalt composite powder to make a sintered alloy as hard as a diamond for cutting tools, drill bits, jet engine parts
• Nanoclays and nanocomposites: packaging – thinner material, lighter weight, greater shelf life
• Nanocomposite coatings: tennis balls, longer lasting
• Nanotubes: nanotube based screens for TVs and computers
• Nanocatalysts: liquefy coal and turn it into gas
• Nanofilters: filter capable of filtering out the smallest particles – water or sterilization of medical serums
There is also a subset of nanotechnology that focuses specifically on manufacturing. Nanomanufacturing leads to the production of improved materials and new products, and there are two basic approaches to nanomanufacturing: top-down or bottom-up.
Top-down fabrication reduces large pieces of materials down to the nanoscale, like someone carving a figure out of a block of wood, but this can result in waste. The bottom-up approach to nanomanufacturing creates products by building them up from atomic and molecular-scale components. Although less wasteful than the top-down method, this can be time-consuming. Scientists are also exploring the concept of placing certain molecular-scale components together that will spontaneously “self-assemble,” from the bottom-up into ordered structures.
Within the top-down and bottom-up categories of nanomanufacturing, there are a growing number of new processes that enable nanomanufacturing, including:
• Chemical vapor deposition: a process in which chemicals react to produce very pure, high-performance films
• Molecular beam epitaxy: a method for depositing highly controlled thin films
• Atomic layer epitaxy: a process for depositing one-atom-thick layers on a surface
• Dip pen lithography: a process in which the tip of an atomic force microscope is “dipped” into a chemical fluid and then used to “write” on a surface, like an old-fashioned ink pen onto paper
• Nanoimprint lithography: a process for creating nanoscale features by “stamping” or “printing” them onto a surface
• Roll-to-roll processing: a high-volume process to produce nanoscale devices on a roll of ultrathin plastic or metal
• Self-assembly: the process in which a group of components come together to form an ordered structure without outside direction
Are there risks to nanotechnology?
As with any new technology, there are risks that need to be considered along with the rewards. The fibers and particles produced by nanotech can become airborne, and some research has shown that inhaling airborne nanoparticles and nanofibers could be as harmful as inhaling asbestos and may lead to a number of pulmonary diseases.
Other seemingly benign uses of nanotechnology may also have long-term effects. For instance, the bacteriostatic silver nanoparticles used in socks to reduce foot odor are released in the wash and enter the waste water stream. This may destroy the beneficial bacteria that are critical to natural ecosystems, farms, and waste treatment processes.
Studies on risks continue and the scientific community calls for handling nanomaterials very carefully, but regulations have not been imposed on nanotechnology due to the fears of stifling innovation.
Preparing for opportunity
Engineers with expertise in nanotechnology are becoming increasingly valuable, and universities are starting to offer programs focused on nanotech for engineering students.
Boston University, Rice University, Florida Polytechnic University, and Villanova are just some of the schools that have programs focused on nanotech, which promises to be a growing field. A listing of Nanotechnology Degree Programs shows the various bachelors, masters, and doctorate programs available in countries around the world which will prepare engineers for future jobs in nanotechnology. According to the National Nanotechnology Initiative, more than 150,000 people in the U.S. held jobs in nanotechnology in 2008, and by 2015 that number is expected to grow to 800,000.
As nanotechnology gains momentum and starts to touch many facets of our lives, countries around the globe are investing in this technology which has relatively low barriers to entry. The promise of nanotechnology is being realized by the many companies who want to be gain a share of the market for nanotech-based products, which Global Industry Analysts estimates will be $3.3 trillion by 2018.
Product Demand to Skyrocket
Sometimes it is easy to gloss over the estimates that say:
"The Quantum Dots market is expected to grow from the $108.41 million that it accounts for, currently, in 2013 to $3,414.54 million in 2020, at a CAGR of 71.13% from 2014 to 2020. Optoelectronics application is expected to be the major market share holder, with an expected revenue generation of $2,458.47 million in 2020." or
"The global QD market is expected to grow from $316 million in 2013 to $5,040 million in 2020"
The estimates are all for explosive growth into a MULTI-BILLION dollar market.
Demand for QD's is set to skyrocket. IMO there will be alliances and JV's among those that can supply QD's for the many known and emerging applications.
I look forward to Quantum Materials Corporation either being wholly acquired by one of the "gorillas" in the industry or forming a strong JV alliance with someone.
That allows to company to demonstrate they can fill a major order, if a customer wants one. SOLID.
Second Reactor Funding
It would seem that the entity that funded the first reactor would be very motivated to fund the second reactor. If they are like any of the VC firms I am famil. r with, they would have required a sound business plan and a good reason for needing the first reactor prior to investing $400K.
I deduce that reason to be that there were customers that needed to be supplied with more QD's than Quantum Materials Corp. had on hand or could produce with the prior smaller reactor. Their first investment seems to have worked out well for them......I imagine they are eager to fund a second reactor. Greater production should be cost efficient.
Insider sales of QTMM stock are extremely rare. I can't get the historical Form 4data from here but I think it hasbeen a few years since an insider sold any.
So Many QD Uses
Qd's are disruptive technology in so many fields. I think 20 years from now we will be saying "Remember back before there were Quantum Dots?" We are long on QTTM.
Potential
I like the Non Disclosure Agreements. They mean lots of exposure for the TQD's. I believe that somebody somewhere is going to need to use QD's in their product to keep up in the evolving marketplace.
At Display Week, quantum dots were featured. According to A new report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Global Flat Panel Displays Market to Reach US$110 Billion by 2017. A small piece of that market is a big deal.
The June 19th words "Quantum Materials Corp. today announced the shipment of 20 grams of quantum dots to a major Asia-based global company. "sound sweet to me. Let's hope they next make a kilogram size or larger order from QMC.....or maybe better yet agree to a multi-year strategic alliance.
O/S and Float
Morningstar has:
Shares Outstanding 215.19 Million
Float 145.11 Million
Don't know if this is accurate....
How many shares are restricted? What is the float?
At Nanoco's market cap, QTMM would be $1.73 per share.
That's the point.
There are so many applications and so many companies that are already producing and will be producing products with quantum dots. Those companies and their competitors are all going to want a piece of this emerging SEMICONDUCTOR technology to use in their products
Who Will QMC Announce They Are Selling QD's To?
or
Who Will They Announce a Strategic Alliance With?
Apple
Ebioscience Inc.
Invisage Technologies Inc.
LG Display Co. Ltd.
Life Technologies Corporation
Nano Axis LLC
Nexxus Lighting
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd
Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC
Sony Corporation
Many possible candidates....here comes revenue
Additional Future Applications of Quantum Dots
QD-Based Camera
QD-Based Image Sensors
QD-Based Led for Aviation Lighting
QD-Based Biosensors
QD-Based Satellite Defense System
'Roll-up' television: coming soon to your living room
I wonder if this uses Quantum Dots?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10961724/Coming-soon-to-your-living-room-the-roll-up-television.html
Quantum Dots part of this research plan?
IBM to Spend $3 Billion on Chip Research Over Five Years
International Business Machines Corp. on Wednesday pledged to spend $3 billion over five years on semiconductor research, a move to reassure customers that the technology underlying IBM's hardware and software businesses will keep advancing.
The computer giant said the money will be directed toward two major tasks--tackling technical obstacles to the miniaturization of circuitry on conventional silicon chips and developing alternative materials and technologies to keeping boosting computing speed while consuming less energy.
IBM last year spent $6.2 billion on research and development. Its latest plans essentially maintain its current spending levels on chip research rather than increase them.
Still, the company said it is important to reinforce plans to keep up its spending in the wake of recent developments, particularly the pending sale to Lenovo Group Ltd. of a server business that uses chips from Intel Corp. The deal will leave IBM even more reliant on its other server and mainframe computer lines, which use internally designed chips.
"We don't want anybody to be confused," said Steven Mills, a senior vice president in charge of IBM's software and systems businesses. "We need to reinforce our long-term commitment to the hardware platforms that we have."
Another issue is the fate of IBM's chip-manufacturing operations, which now produce products for its own systems and for other customers. People familiar with the situation this spring said Globalfoundries Inc. had been in talks to buy the IBM factory in East Fishkill, N.Y., but no deal has been announced. IBM and Globalfoundries spokesmen have declined to comment on that possibility.
Many other computer makers have shed chip-related investments to save money. Developing new semiconductor technology is extremely expensive, while operating chip factories--which now cost $5 billion or more to build--is even more costly.
Roger Kay, an analyst at Endpoint Technologies Associates, said IBM is likely to keep designing chips for its systems while turning to services such as Globalfoundries to manufacture them. Its underlying message is "we are still in that business but don't want to pay for it all," he said.
IBM's research agenda underscores the increasing difficulty of wringing more benefits from chips by shrinking the size of transistors and other components. The pace of innovation, with the number of transistors on a chip typically doubling approximately every two years, is often described as Moore's Law, after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore.
Intel, the world's largest chip maker by revenue, was forced recently to announce a rare delay in completing its latest production recipe. That technology shrinks the size of features on its microprocessors to 14 nanometers--billionths of a meter--from 22 nanometers on many current Intel products.
Intel and others have expressed confidence in plans for at least two future generations of chip production processes, which are expected to reduce circuit dimensions to seven nanometers. But the costs of that technology could be prohibitive, at least without productivity gains in what the industry calls extreme ultraviolet lithography, or EUV. The new technology departs from conventional optical techniques to define microscopic circuit patterns on chips.
IBM, one of many companies that has helped encourage EUV development, said part of its research efforts will seek to help overcome obstacles to shrinking circuitry on silicon chips to seven nanometers and possibly beyond.
At the same time, IBM described a series of more esoteric projects that include replacing silicon with graphene--a thin film of pure carbon--or structures called carbon nanotubes. Other research areas include "neurosynaptic" computing--a departure from conventional computer designs that is expected to work more like a human brain--and "quantum" computing, a long-discussed research field that exploits the behavior of subatomic particles.
Rick Doherty, an analyst at Envisioneering Group, said it makes sense for IBM to spread the risks associated with updating its computers beyond just silicon-based technology. Like a cautious roulette player, IBM is saying "we are going to bet on red and black now, not just red," he said.
IBM said most of the research will be conducted at facilities in Albany and Yorktown, New York, near San Jose, Calif., and in Zurich, Switzerland.
Laptop Using Quantum Dot Display Here Now
http://rog.asus.com/324762014/g-series-gaming-laptops/gx500-meet-the-coolest-ultra-thin-15-6-gaming-notebook/
Seems perfect for gaming. Hope it's a big hit.
Cadmium toxicity not a problem for quantum dots used in displays
http://www.nanosysinc.com/environment/
Quantum Dot Display Technology Set to Enter Mainstream Markets
10th July 2014
New report forecasts rising use of quantum dot displays for smartphones and tablet PCs
According to NPD DisplaySearch's latest market research on quantum dot displays, by 2015 3 percent of smartphone TFT LCDs will use quantum dots, growing to 26 percent in 2020. In tablet PCs, the figure will be nearly 2 percent in 2015, growing to 15 percent in 2020. For LCD TV, the company forecasts that less than 1 percent of LCD TV screens will use quantum dots in 2015, growing to 9 percent in 2020.
http://www.siliconsemiconductor.net/image/news/580533456988633.jpg
"Quantum dot solution prices remain high compared to other more entrenched technologies," said Yoonsung Chung, general manager, NPD DisplaySearch Korea. In 5in smartphone panels, the cost of panels using sheet-type on-surface quantum dots is 20 percent higher than typical TFT LCD smartphone panels. As the display size increases, so does the cost, with the premium for a 55 in TV panel estimated to be 35 percent.
Quantum dot provides a colour gamut exceeding the National Television System Committee (NTSC) colour specifications; typical TFT LCDs achieve only up to 75 percent of NTSC. However quantum dot technology has several problems, including reduced durability, higher cost, and restrictions on the use of cadmium and other heavy metals in household products.
"Display makers have shown interest in adopting quantum dot technology, but they have been concerned about heavy metals and higher prices," Chung noted. "Recently, however, the European Union has offered a temporary exemption for the use of cadmium-containing quantum dots in displays. Cadmium-free quantum dot materials have also become available, so display manufacturers are taking a fresh look."
http://www.compoundsemiconductor.net/article/94475-quantum-dot-display-technology-set-to-enter-mainstream-markets.html
Your post says
"TQDs they can emit a unique signature of light frequencies, making them an uncrackable source of anti-counterfeiting materials for everything from currency...."
Prevention of counterfeit currency has immense value. I would like to see the US Treasury embrace this technology.
Quantum Dots and Breast Cancer
http://www.nanoconvergencejournal.com/content/1/1/23
Here in central California, I know several people with rooftop solar that also own electric cars, including Tesla's. Their solar goes into the grid during the day, and they charge their vehicles at night from the grid. They pay no electricity bill for their homes and pay no fuel bill for their car. They get a check at year end from the utility company. Thanks to tax credit subsidies, the economics of their setup is rewarding.
The advent of less and less expensive solar energy production has the potential to create a quantum shift (pun intended) in how America 'fuels' their energy needs.
Lets hope that QMC can partner with someone like Elon Musk to jump into contracted production of QD's as part of this revolution.
This is a month old but a good summary of QD applications with specific focus on QMC (QTMM)
http://genesisnanotech.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/got-quantum-dots-seeking-to-impact-our-lives-for-the-better-through-nanotechnology/
I agree. I suspect the information about what Samsung and LG are up to was leaked. I see some other online information saying the same thing noting news originated in China or Korea. I speculate it leaked from someone in manufacturing......
Me too.
QMC N2C quantum dot Production began in June 2014 at the rate of 25 grams/hour.
Conservatively at 8 hours a day and 20 days a month that would yield 4 KG a month. A ready supply of TQD's available for shipment will be an excellent. With regard to just one of many uses for quantum dots,the website below says:
http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-lg-quantum-dot-displays-391966/
says "New reports state Samsung and LG, two of the biggest leaders in smartphone/tablet display technology, will pioneer the Quantum Dot movement. The Korean giants are said to start mass producing mobile Quantum Dot LCD screens during the second half of this year, with the first devices sporting these panels as soon as 2015.
Can Quantum Dot finally take AMOLED’s crown? It seems so. The industry knows it, manufacturers know it and you know it."
Reportedly, LG has been collaborating with QD Vision. I am not sure who Samsung is collaborating with.
IMHO, once LG and Samsung bring products to market, as manufacturers rush to stay competitive, there will be many new LCD Smartphones, Tablets, and TVs with Quantum Dots.
The demand for QD's is poised to exponentially grow, and it seems QTMM is now in a position to take full advantage of that to the benefit of stockholders.
Exciting stuff.
I don't recall seeing this earlier......
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/02/06/apple-intensifies-research-into-quantum-dot-enhanced-displays
Thursday, February 06, 2014, 02:42 am PT (05:42 am ET)
Apple intensifies research into quantum dot-enhanced displays
By Mikey Campbell
A trio of patent applications published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday reveal Apple is conducting in-depth research into quantum dot-enhanced electronic device displays.
Taken together, Apple's three patent filings describe an advanced system in which quantum dots are disposed across a device display to offer richer colors, better off-axis viewing and overall better performance when compared to a conventional LCD screen.
Apple was first discovered to be working on quantum dot-enhanced displays when the USPTO published a patent application in December, which outlined the use of a dichroic filter to more accurately control luminance.
QD enhanced applications are currently under development or are in limited production (QD-LED lighting). The end user markets for QDs are potentially very lucrative. Lighting and displays each represent $100 billion plus markets and will continue to grow. QD materials and component therefore are potentially a multi-billion sub-market revenue opportunity just for these sectors. Additional markets in solar, security, thermoelectrics and magnetics could double this potential market.