Chennai:
IIT Madras Research Park could soon help design flexible smart devices using which can be worn or experimented using Graphene, the thinnest, lightest, most transparent and heat and electricity conductive material known to scientists.
Addressing reporters after Tata Steel signed a memorandum of understanding with Indian Institute of Technology, Madras to set up Tata Steel Advanced Materials Research centre (TSAMRC) here on Tuesday, Bhaskar Ramamurthi, IIT Madras director and Dr Gopichand Katragadda, group chief technology officer Tata Sons said that Centre would focus on developing green energy and light weight technologies using graphene.
IIT research park and Tata Steel researchers will innovate and come up with graphene applications and products which will be introduced in the market.
The Centre, to come up at Phase II of research park which is nearing completion, is being set up at a cost of Rs 35 to rs 40 crore as per the long term agreement. The numbers can go up as it depends on how much value we can create, said Ramamurthi.
Interestingly, Graphene can also make the cellphones thin as piece of paper, which is unbreakable when folded into the pocket. It could also play an important role in making current lithium-ion batteries last longer
IIT Madras Research Park could soon help design flexible smart devices using which can be worn or experimented using Graphene, the thinnest, lightest, most transparent and heat and electricity conductive material known to scientists.
Addressing reporters after Tata Steel signed a memorandum of understanding with Indian Institute of Technology, Madras to set up Tata Steel Advanced Materials Research centre (TSAMRC) here on Tuesday, Bhaskar Ramamurthi, IIT Madras director and Dr Gopichand Katragadda, group chief technology officer Tata Sons said that Centre would focus on developing green energy and light weight technologies using graphene.
IIT research park and Tata Steel researchers will innovate and come up with graphene applications and products which will be introduced in the market.
The Centre, to come up at Phase II of research park which is nearing completion, is being set up at a cost of Rs 35 to rs 40 crore as per the long term agreement. The numbers can go up as it depends on how much value we can create, said Ramamurthi.
Interestingly, Graphene can also make the cellphones thin as piece of paper, which is unbreakable when folded into the pocket. It could also play an important role in making current lithium-ion batteries last longer
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