By Xinyi Li, EDITOR

On April 20, the Signing Ceremony of Nobel Laureate (Chongqing) Two-Dimensional Materials Research Institute kicked off in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area. Professor Kostya Novoselov, the winner of 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics, will serve as the honorary president and will lead the team. The institute will engage in tackling key and core technologies and advancing industrialization.

The Signing Ceremony of Nobel Laureate (Chongqing) Two-Dimensional Materials Research Institute

Centered on graphene application, large-scale preparation, and micro-nano structure measurement and representation, it will focus on the services in three parts, including research and incubation, achievement transformation and capital, and high-end talents and industrialization. With the priority given to two-dimensional materials, this institute will pay much attention to building the related promotion and application center. Meanwhile, it also plans to set up key labs for the material preparation and representation, the application of graphene’s transport capacity, the graphene-based smart wearable application, energy materials and parts, as well as functional coating application.

Professor Kostya Novoselov, the winner of 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics

The industries of new strategic materials and advanced ones in Liangjiang New Area put their focus on the aspects of lightweight, functional and new-energy materials. Therefore, based on the local industries and markets, they have ushered in a high-speed development period.

ATG Glass, AST, FDG’s cathode materials, Chongqing Liangjiang Institute of Graphene Material Application, Jinshili aerospace titanium alloy, Zhongwang Aluminum Alloy Deep-Processed Base, such projects have settled down, covering fields including aerospace, rail traffic, automobiles, and electronic information.

Source: CQNEWS