Plaid Technologies has launched a three-month assessment with Graphene Nanoworks to evaluate graphene-based water-shedding coatings, films and membranes for glass and metal applications, with a focus on commercialization pathways and manufacturing fit.
Aeluma said on April 21, 2026, that it received a NASA award to advance integrated quantum dot lasers for data communication and sensing, a funding step aimed at accelerating commercialization of silicon photonics components.
Graphene Manufacturing Group said on April 20, 2026, that its graphene-based engine-oil additive G LUBRICANT has secured a 20-year U.S. patent and approval in China, giving the product stronger protection as the company works to commercialize output from its methane-to-graphene process.
USA Rare Earth said on April 15, 2026, that it completed its first commercial yttrium metal production, adding a new industrial material to its expanding rare-earth platform.
Sparc Technologies and HydroGraph have signed a letter of intent to test HydroGraph’s Fractal Graphene in solvent-based protective coatings, after earlier water-based trials showed positive performance benefits. The move opens a path to a definitive commercial supply agreement if ISO 12944 corrosion testing delivers the expected results.
SWFT Labs says its first commercial cellulose nanomaterials product will launch on April 23, marking a key commercialization step for a Stony Brook-developed platform based on scalable cellulose nanofibers.
