UMI3, the commercialisation unit of the University of Manchester (UoM), has spun-out 2-D Tech, which will commercialise technology relating to “wonder material” graphene.
Graphene was first isolated at UoM in 2004, and is the world’s strongest, thinnest and most conductive material. The substance has potentially revolutionary applications in a number of tech sectors, including microchips, smartphones and drug delivery.
2-D Tech, which was founded using start-up capital from UoM, looks to offer new methods of producing graphene at significantly higher qualities than a number of other graphene-production companies.
Branson Bell, chief executive at 2-D Tech, said: “At 2-DTech, we provide graphene solutions to enable the graphene revolution to happen. Given that Manchester is the home of the industrial revolution, it is quite fitting that the graphene revolution began here.”
