{"id":643,"date":"2020-01-09T08:43:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T08:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/graphene\/?p=643"},"modified":"2020-01-09T08:43:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T08:43:40","slug":"graphene-innovation-has-the-potential-to-make-a-big-impact-in-abu-dhabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sites.se.manchester.ac.uk\/graphene\/2020\/01\/09\/graphene-innovation-has-the-potential-to-make-a-big-impact-in-abu-dhabi\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphene innovation has the potential to make a big impact in Abu Dhabi"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Baker CEO Graphene@Manchester highlights the innovation partnership between Graphene@Manchester and Abu Dhabi in the run-up to the <\/em>World Future Energy Summit<\/a> (*based on an article being published in the Nixene Journal)<\/em><\/p>\n

Manchester is pioneering a model of innovation that has a global reach \u2013 and Abu Dhabi is set to be among the first to benefit as the emirate and the wider region looks to build an even more sustainable future.<\/p>\n

As the \u2018home of graphene,\u2019 the world \u2018s first two-dimensional material<\/a>, Manchester has built a unique ecosystem of world leading expertise, including Nobel-prizewinning scientists such as Andre Geim<\/a> plus another 350 colleagues dedicated to graphene\u2013related research and innovation.<\/p>\n

Thanks to our accelerated lab-to-market commitment we have now developed the \u2018Manchester model\u2019, an exemplar of how we can commercialise science through close collaboration with pioneering partners – such as those based in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n

We therefore value our partnership with Masdar and the Abu Dhabi-based Khalifa University of Science and Technology who are fully engaged with our own Manchester research and innovation community.<\/p>\n

Masdar, a leader in sustainable developments, had the foresight to invest in one of our flagship facilities, the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC)<\/a> which directly supports graphene commercialisation.<\/p>\n

The GEIC, which is housed in the purpose-built Masdar Building and based at The University of Manchester, has the capability to operate at the kilogram and square metre scale which allows us to rapidly develop and prototype industrial scale applications with a \u2018fail fast, learn fast\u2019<\/a> approach.<\/p>\n

And I believe we are now reaching a commercial \u2018tipping point\u2019 as we begin to see graphene and associated two dimensional materials become embedded into a wide range of products. People will talk less about graphene as a material in its own right and more about experiencing the benefits of graphene and how it is supporting, for example, a greener and more sustainable world.<\/p>\n

For communities in Abu Dhabi and the wider region I expect this will manifest in a number of ways, including:<\/p>\n