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Future Semiconductor Business offers bandgap semiconductors commonly used in light-emitting diodes and offers two-dimensional material-based layer transfer that allows epitaxial growth on graphene and transfers to the host substrate, enabling clients to grow high-quality single-crystalline semiconductors on graphene.

NanoPattern Technologies, established in 2019 and based in Chicago, Illinois, specializes in the development of photopatternable quantum dot formulations aimed at advancing display technologies. The company focuses on creating nanoparticle inks specifically designed for Quantum Dot-MicroLED and quantum dot-organic light-emitting diode display systems. Their patented resin-free nanoparticle lithography technology facilitates the high-resolution patterning of quantum dot downconverter layers. This innovation is intended to enhance the performance of display systems used in a variety of applications, including televisions, smartphones, wearables, and augmented and virtual reality devices.

Lucendi is a developer of AI-enabled smart measurement platforms focused on micro-object detection and characterization. The company leverages advanced technologies such as computational microscopy and holographic imaging, combined with innovative image processing, big data analytics, and machine learning. This expertise allows Lucendi to provide clients with versatile applications that enhance efficiency and reduce costs. In addition to its measurement platforms, Lucendi also offers a range of products including lighting, electrical materials, solar energy systems, and electrical socket solutions.

Phosio specializes in the development of innovative chemicals and processes that facilitate the creation of metal oxide thin films using UV light at low temperatures. Their products are designed for the manufacturing of high aspect ratio nanostructures and high-refractive-index optical coatings that are transparent and robust. These materials have a wide range of applications across various industries, including semiconductors, batteries, and optoelectronic devices such as displays and solar cells. Phosio's technology supports the tech hardware sector, particularly in the production of advanced components for augmented reality and OLED and LED technologies.

NanoPattern Technologies, established in 2019 and based in Chicago, Illinois, specializes in the development of photopatternable quantum dot formulations aimed at advancing display technologies. The company focuses on creating nanoparticle inks specifically designed for Quantum Dot-MicroLED and quantum dot-organic light-emitting diode display systems. Their patented resin-free nanoparticle lithography technology facilitates the high-resolution patterning of quantum dot downconverter layers. This innovation is intended to enhance the performance of display systems used in a variety of applications, including televisions, smartphones, wearables, and augmented and virtual reality devices.

Lucendi is a developer of AI-enabled smart measurement platforms focused on micro-object detection and characterization. The company leverages advanced technologies such as computational microscopy and holographic imaging, combined with innovative image processing, big data analytics, and machine learning. This expertise allows Lucendi to provide clients with versatile applications that enhance efficiency and reduce costs. In addition to its measurement platforms, Lucendi also offers a range of products including lighting, electrical materials, solar energy systems, and electrical socket solutions.

Helux Technologies specializes in the development of advanced solid-state lighting systems that leverage optical microsystems technology. The company focuses on creating personalized illumination solutions that integrate controllable micro-mirrors with solid-state lighting. This innovative approach allows for electronic adjustments in light position, brightness, and illumination area, catering to a variety of environments, including homes and workplaces. By optimizing lighting conditions, Helux Technologies aims to enhance productivity, reduce energy consumption, and potentially improve the health and well-being of users.

UbiQD, LLC is a manufacturer of low-hazard semiconductor nanocrystals based in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Founded in 2014, the company specializes in producing low-toxicity quantum dots and polymer composites that are designed for a variety of applications, including agriculture, solar energy, and lighting. One of its key products, UbiGro, is a retrofit luminescent film that can be easily installed in greenhouses to enhance crop growth by optimizing sunlight. UbiQD's focus on creating inexpensive, cadmium-free quantum dots positions it to become a significant player in cleantech materials, facilitating collaborations with leading scientists in the region, particularly from Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories.

SelfArray is a company based in Troy, New York, founded in 2015, that specializes in directed self-assembly technology for LED displays. Its innovative approach leverages diamagnetic levitation to efficiently and cost-effectively assemble chip-on-board (CoB) LEDs into pixel arrays. This method allows for the rapid combination of millions of LEDs, facilitating their transfer to printed circuit boards (PCBs) for bonding in a parallel manner. By streamlining the assembly process, SelfArray helps direct-view LED display manufacturers reduce costs while adapting to the industry's shift towards more economical and unpackaged LED solutions.

Fluency Lighting Technologies, Inc. is working to create next-generation, low-étendue light sources for highly efficient and flexible design illumination, using laser technology and materials design. Their goal is to provide ultra-efficient light sources, surpassing the limitations of current lighting technologies, and ultimately leading to new functionalities from the traditional light bulb. Their speciality lies in designing light sources for applications that require high control of the output light and a small footprint. This includes tactical flashlights, automotive, aircraft, projector and display, medical device illumination, architectural spotlighting, entertainment spot lighting, and museum and retail downlighting. They enable their customers to implement innovative, cutting-edge technology in their products, driving up sales, and becoming leaders in their market.

Vidatronic is a fabless semiconductor and systems company that provides power management solutions for multiple market applications. The company energy-efficient solutions minimize overall system cost and number of external components while providing the best in class power efficiency and supply noise isolation. It helps customers by licensing our latest analog Intellectual Property (IP) designs, including power management unit (PMU), CMOS radio frequency (RF), and LED lighting solutions, for integration into customers’ application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and systems on a chip (SoCs). Vidatronic works with partners starting with the product definition and selection of an optimal architecture for the Power Management Unit (PMU) of the microchip, for example, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) or a System-on-a-Chip (SOC). Vidatronic delivers the PMU section of the ASIC or SOC and also helps partners ramp-up products into volume production.

Smart Material Solutions specializes in advanced nanomanufacturing through its proprietary nanocoining technology. This innovative process facilitates the creation of seamless cylindrical molds for roll-to-roll nanoimprint lithography, enabling scalable production of nanopatterned materials. The company's patented approach enhances the functionality of advanced coatings by producing anti-reflective and self-cleaning films suitable for various applications, including displays, solar panels, solid-state lighting, and windows. By employing nanocoining, Smart Material Solutions allows clients to minimize glare on transparent surfaces, maximize light transmission through screens and solar panels, and maintain surface cleanliness by preventing water accumulation.

UbiQD, LLC is a manufacturer of low-hazard semiconductor nanocrystals based in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Founded in 2014, the company specializes in producing low-toxicity quantum dots and polymer composites that are designed for a variety of applications, including agriculture, solar energy, and lighting. One of its key products, UbiGro, is a retrofit luminescent film that can be easily installed in greenhouses to enhance crop growth by optimizing sunlight. UbiQD's focus on creating inexpensive, cadmium-free quantum dots positions it to become a significant player in cleantech materials, facilitating collaborations with leading scientists in the region, particularly from Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories.

Tivra Corporation operates in the electronics market focussing on microelectronics, semiconductor, and LED products. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Pleasant Hill, California.

EIE Materials specializes in nanotechnology and LED phosphors. EIE Materials was founded in 2013 by Jonathan Melman and Rob Nordsell.

VLNComm is a leading company in Visible Light Communication (VLC) or so called Li-Fi technology, which is an alternative data communication technique for wireless applications that uses optical energy to provide illumination and data transmission at the same time.

Smart Material Solutions specializes in advanced nanomanufacturing through its proprietary nanocoining technology. This innovative process facilitates the creation of seamless cylindrical molds for roll-to-roll nanoimprint lithography, enabling scalable production of nanopatterned materials. The company's patented approach enhances the functionality of advanced coatings by producing anti-reflective and self-cleaning films suitable for various applications, including displays, solar panels, solid-state lighting, and windows. By employing nanocoining, Smart Material Solutions allows clients to minimize glare on transparent surfaces, maximize light transmission through screens and solar panels, and maintain surface cleanliness by preventing water accumulation.

EGW Technologies offers technology development and product design in industries including medical devices, laboratory equipment, avionics, defense, robotics, consumer electronics, sports equipment, transportation, industrial controls, and lighting.

Nanophotonica Inc. specializes in developing nanomaterials and production techniques that enhance the performance of optoelectronic devices, including displays and solar panels. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Lake Mary, Florida, with a research lab in Gainesville, the company focuses on improving device characteristics by providing materials that serve as barriers to moisture and oxygen. This functionality helps prevent the premature degradation of organic layers, thereby extending the lifespan of electronic devices. Additionally, Nanophotonica produces QLED displays that deliver pure and vibrant colors using cost-effective manufacturing processes that reduce material waste, enabling affordable and high-quality display solutions for various industries.

EIE Materials specializes in nanotechnology and LED phosphors. EIE Materials was founded in 2013 by Jonathan Melman and Rob Nordsell.

EIE Materials specializes in nanotechnology and LED phosphors. EIE Materials was founded in 2013 by Jonathan Melman and Rob Nordsell.

Currently UV treatment of fluids is almost exclusively carried out using Low and Medium Pressure lamp technology that incorporate mercury as a generation source for UV photons. While UV treatment is replacing traditional chemical treatment in many applications, it still has a number of drawbacks. UV light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) provide solutions to most of these drawbacks.

Lightwave Photonics provides the commercially available conductive, reflective, and lattice-matched templates for subsequent epitaxial growth of gallium nitride-based LEDs.

Nanophotonica Inc. specializes in developing nanomaterials and production techniques that enhance the performance of optoelectronic devices, including displays and solar panels. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Lake Mary, Florida, with a research lab in Gainesville, the company focuses on improving device characteristics by providing materials that serve as barriers to moisture and oxygen. This functionality helps prevent the premature degradation of organic layers, thereby extending the lifespan of electronic devices. Additionally, Nanophotonica produces QLED displays that deliver pure and vibrant colors using cost-effective manufacturing processes that reduce material waste, enabling affordable and high-quality display solutions for various industries.

LuxVue Technology Corporation develops low-power, microLED-based displays for consumer electronics applications. LuxVue Technology Corporation was formerly known as Papierlos Corporation. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

LumiSands, Inc. is a U.S.-based manufacturer specializing in phosphors, specifically silicon nanoparticles. The company utilizes a process that involves etching nanoparticles from silicon wafers and embedding them in a super-thin membrane. LumiSands focuses on developing a cost-effective, non-toxic, and eco-friendly alternative to traditional rare-earth element phosphors through its patent-pending silicon quantum dot phosphor technology. This innovation aims to enhance the quality of LED lighting, offering improved performance and sustainability.

Nitride Solutions Inc. specializes in the development and manufacturing of aluminum nitride products tailored for the electronics market. The company produces aluminum nitride templates for deep-UV LEDs, bulk aluminum nitride substrates suitable for high-power switches, motor controls, and UV laser diodes, as well as aluminum nitride coatings on copper or aluminum that enhance electronic device designs while ensuring thermal conductivity and voltage resistance. These products address essential needs in areas such as water and air management, power generation and transmission, and high-speed communications. Founded in 2007 and based in Wichita, Kansas, Nitride Solutions plays a significant role in providing solutions to critical challenges in the electronics industry.