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Challenges and opportunities in graphene commercialization

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As technical knowledge, manufacturing methods and the development of applications mature, key factors will affect the pace of commercialization of graphene.

It is now 10 years since the Nobel Prize winners Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov published the first1 of a series of seminal papers that triggered a sharp rise in the level of graphene research efforts worldwide. Fuelled by public (for example, European Commission, UK and Korean governments) as well as private investments (for example, Samsung, IBM, Nokia), research on graphene has produced a substantial body of scientific knowledge, accompanied by a surge of publications and patent applications. The past 6–7 years have seen a steady, worldwide emergence of private ventures focused on the manufacturing and commercialization of graphene and graphene-based materials, with 44 companies currently active (Mark Rahn from MTI Venture, talk given at Graphene: Commercialisation and Applications, Univ. of Manchester, 12–13 June 2014) and a range of these materials commercially available.

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  1. Amaia Zurutuza is at Graphenea, Tolosa Hiribidea, 76, 20018 Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Spain,

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  2. Claudio Marinelli is at Applied Graphene Materials, The Wilton Centre, Redcar, Cleveland TS10 4RF, UK,

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