NanoIntegris, Unidym execute global distribution agreement for HiPco carbon nanotubes

SUNNYVALE, USA: Unidym a majority owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research, has entered into a partnership with NanoIntegris Inc., an Illinois-based supplier of carbon nanotubes.

Effective October 27, 2010, NanoIntegris will distribute HiPco carbon nanotube products. HiPco nanotubes are valued by customers due to their small diameter range, ease of optical imaging, ease of chemical functionalization, compatibility with high frequency fiber optics research, and good batch to batch consistency.

NanoIntegris is best known for producing high purity, sorted metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes, as well as solution phase graphene nanoplatelets.

To date, NanoIntegris supplies CNTs and graphene to over 200 research universities and R&D companies around the world. Complementary to Unidym’s strategy, NanoIntegris intends to focus on manufacturing and supplying nanomaterials. Adding the broadly used HiPco carbon nanotube products into its product portfolio is well aligned with the company’s objectives.

Additionally, NanoIntegris plans to further improve the purities of HiPco CNTs and to create new electronically sorted HiPco products—99% enriched HiPco semiconducting (HiPco-S) and 99 percent enriched HiPco metallic carbon nanotubes (HiPco-M). Mono-chiral nanotube products such as 99% enriched (6,5) CNTs and 99% enriched (7,6) CNTs are also in the development pipeline.

Mark Tilley, president and CEO of Unidym, said: “In the last couple of years, NanoIntegris has made a big impact on the carbon nanotube community by offering high value semiconducting and metallic sorted single-walled carbon nanotubes. We are excited about the benefits for HiPco customers brought by NanoIntegris’ expertise in the purification, separation, and customization of nanomaterials for electronic applications.”

Dan Leven, CEO of NanoIntegris, said: “Unidym is a great company, doing great work, and HiPco single-walled carbon nanotubes have been the standard in nanotech research for years. We’re excited to be distributing HiPco nanotubes globally, and, more importantly, developing new semiconducting and metallic sorted products based on the HiPco raw material. We expect the broad availability of these materials to positively impact the development of carbon nanotube science and commercial applications.”