In Parts One and Two of this three-part Stockhouse investor series on GrapheneCA readers learned about:
- Graphene’s potential to revolutionize a wide array of industries.
- Cutting edge technology that produces unoxidized graphene cleanly and at a greatly reduced unit cost (
Graphene has been dubbed a Miracle Material. In a conference call with Stockhouse Editorial, GrapheneCA’s management team explained why graphene is so important. In Part Two, investors were introduced to some of the industrial applications for graphene that support this view. Applications that GrapheneCA is already seeking to commercialize:
- Cement admixes
- Paints
- Epoxies, resins, and polymers
- Filtration technology
- Hi-tech sensors
- Power storage and generation
- Microelectronics
- Pharmaceuticals
- Cosmeceuticals
- And many other areas
This final installment expands upon these commercial possibilities.
GrapheneCA’s unique approach to the concrete industry
Original Graphene Concrete Admix is a unique graphene-based product that improves cement by making it stronger, lighter, and more resistant.
OG Concrete admix improves flexural strength, crack resistance, water and chemical resistance, and makes stronger lighter cement for equal load capacity. OG Admix also improves tension and flexibility.
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High-value product opportunities
As previously mentioned, pharmaceutical applications for graphene could play an important role in alleviating the Opioid Crisis. This is connected to some of the high-value product applications that GrapheneCA is engineering from its oxidized graphene.
The incorporation of graphene paste into existing transdermal-patch technology permits a more controlled and gradual release of its active substance. Not only does this extend the therapeutic life of these medicated transdermal patches – in the case of opioid-based patches for pain relief – but it also reduces the quantity of opioid required in the patch by roughly 20 percent. A reduction in the potential for opioid abuse.
This technology can be combined with another graphene-based application: hi-tech sensors. In Part Two, investors already read about the GrapheneCA “e-tattoo.” This is a printed sensor that can be attached to the skin surface via a plastic film, not unlike children’s tattoos. The difference is that this e-tattoo holds graphene-based microelectronics aside from ordinary ink.
As an e-tattoo, this graphene-based application replaces wearable fitness and medical devices that measure and report biometric data to the user. Embedded into a transdermal patch, the graphene sensor can collect and upload medical data from the patient even as the transdermal patch meters out the medication.
Given the potential of graphene to enhance the delivery of pharmaceutical compounds, it shouldn’t be surprising that GrapheneCA is seeking to make the best of this same, superior property to improve a broad array of cosmetic products:
- Superior, chemical-free UV coverage
- Controlled moisture release
- Nano-scale delivery of nutraceuticals, anti-wrinkle creams, nail treatments, nail polishes, and exfoliants
Going further, GrapheneCA is designing “smart masks.” This device yields detailed patient skin data when applied to the facial skin surface, facilitating diagnoses of health issues and helping to optimize treatment of problem areas.
The controlled release of pharmaceuticals and cosmeceuticals is not the only application that graphene can be engineered to do. It can also be adapted into superior filtration technology. Again, the potential here is not a single application but a wide range of commercial contexts that require different forms of filtration:
- Fish farming
- Portable personal water filtration and decontamination for developing nations and disaster relief efforts
- Water remediation
- Single-stage desalinization
- Consumer-oriented “reverse osmosis”
One extremely dynamic material. Numerous industrial applications. And within those industrial applications, multiple commercial contexts into which GrapheneCA’s oxidized graphene can be deployed – efficiently and cost-effectively.
These high-value products feature graphene as an input and in some cases represent entirely new commercial applications. At the same time, like previous Miracle Materials such as plastics, graphene has perhaps even greater potential to affect industrial economics as an additive: producing graphene-based coatings, composites, and hybrid materials.
David Robles, Head of Business Development for GrapheneCA expands upon the importance and potential of graphene in producing advanced inputs for the 21st-century economy, in both manufacturing and construction.
“We’re talking about an entirely new era of how we build things that are stronger, lighter, and more recyclable. All without any of the complex systems that were used to build things in the past. It’s going to be a turning point where we went from building things with steel or wood to using nano steel and fibers. There will be savings in the time and cost of installations. This is just a clear future that graphene presents.”
One material, infinite possibilities
As an industrial input, graphene will impact a much greater number of industries with its revolutionary potential. As noted in Part Two, a graphene-based cement admix has the potential to eliminate the need for steel rebar in the fabrication of “reinforced concrete” that is an essential material for all large-scale construction projects today. But that’s only one such application.
Consider how omnipresent plastic became in the 20th century and how it is still universally used. Graphene’s properties – ultra-lightweight, superior strength, superior flexibility, superior electrical and heat conductivity – open up a literal world of possibilities for the unoxidized graphene produced by GrapheneCA.
The company is working with a number of industrial and institutional partners to unlock the potential of graphene as a Miracle Input for the 21st-century economy.
David Robles prudently shared additional details.
“We really want to keep our partnerships secret. What will surprise people about them is the scale at which we are looking to supply. We’re facing questions about how we’re going to supply multiple megatons per month at different quantities, different grades, around the world, for high-value to low-value uses of graphene. We’re starting to see what these cases look like and how to supply for them. So, it’s going to be very exciting. People will count on all the graphene they need. After that, we can brag all we want.”
Maximum potential, minimum uncertainty
As a general proposition, tech investing involves substantial risk and speculation for investors, as emerging technology normally represents a series of question marks:
- Is the technology marketable?
- Can it be introduced cost-effectively?
- Can a business model be devised to efficiently commercialize the technology?
- Is the technology being adopted?
GrapheneCA already has these answers for shareholders and potential investors, substantially de-risking the company as an investment proposition. Its patented manufacturing process can produce graphene for a fraction of the cost of earlier technologies. More so, it is environmentally responsible.
Counting on business development and digital marketing expertise, GrapheneCA’s management has devised a plan to commercialize graphene in a way that addresses the principal technical and logistical issues for commercialization. Yes, an effective graphene-based business model can be devised.
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The company is going public soon, GrapheneCA has a number of strong partners to pursue commercialization opportunities, with a seemingly limitless number of potential applications on the horizon. Graphene adoption is already underway, and it appears to be at the tip of the iceberg.
FULL DISCLOSURE: This is a paid article of Stockhouse Publishing.