OCSiAl Group Receives Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Based on its recent analysis of the carbon nanotubes market, Frost & Sullivan has recognized OCSiAl Group with the 2014 North American Award for Technology Innovation for its OCSiAl TUBALL™ products. The high purity and large-scale production of the OCSiAl TUBALL products are potential game changers, as commercialization of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has been a challenge.
Carbon nanotubes have the ability to change the characteristics of known materials — their structural strength, permeability, electrical conductivity and thermal transport — and even allow the creation of totally new products. SWNTs, in particular, have strong potential in advanced technologies, including high-performance composites, molecular electronics, and ultra-sensitive sensor devices. However, until now the uptake of SWNTs was slow due to high costs and greater processing difficulty when compared with multi-walled carbon nanotube production.