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Technology Transfer

The Value of Open Innovation and Technology Transfer At a recent event organized by the photonics cluster SECPhO and hosted by the photonics research organization ICFO, we shared our experience and know-how of technology transfer with leading companies and research organizations in the Catalan region. Our value proposition and the […]

Technology Transfer – three aspects of value creation

10/10/2016 in Technology Transfer tagged Benefits of Patenting / intellectual property / IP marketplace / Open Innovation / Patent licensing / Technology Transfer by Gunnar Thorsén

New technologies for water treatment In today´s world, the water treatment industry is an important one. Water plays an important role in many industries whether it is raw water, processed water or wastewater. Water needs to be treated to ensure that its properties and quality is supporting the industrial process […]

Water treatment

06/05/2016 in Technology Transfer / Technology Watch by Gunnar Thorsén

Light pollution and protecting the dark skies is currently a big issue and organizations such as the International Dark Sky Association (IDA) are taking steps in order to tackle this global problem. “Millions of children will never see the Milky Way” – International Dark Sky Association (IDA) Today the increasing […]

Light pollution

20/04/2016 in Technology Transfer / Technology Watch tagged dark skies / light pollution by Gunnar Thorsén

What are transparent conductors? Transparent conductors, by definition electrically conductive, are thin films prepared from several doped metal oxides. The main components in many items including portable and at home electronics are driven by transparent conductive films (TCF) used in optoelectronics, such as touch screens. What are Transparent Conductors used for? […]

Transparent conductors

30/03/2016 in Industry / Technology Transfer tagged graphene / Graphene advantages / Indium Tin Oxide / ito / tcf / tco / Transparent Conducting Oxides / transparent conductive films / transparent conductors by Gunnar Thorsén

“Graphene is going to change the world—or so we’ve been told”– Phys.org What is graphene? Graphene is a brand new material first isolated by scientists in 2004 formed by a single-atom thick layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice. It has high electron mobility and it is thought […]

Graphene

18/02/2016 in Technology Transfer / Technology Watch tagged Graphene advantages / Graphene applications / Graphene properties / Photonics applications by Ernesto Barrera

Laura M. Lechuga received PhotonTransfer in her office and ICN2 facility Laura M. Lechuga is one of the most recognized researchers in biosensors and Surface Plasmon Resonance in the world and received PhotonTransfer at her lab in the ICN2 facility. This is what we learned. Besides her scientific distinguished career […]

Laura M. Lechuga received PhotonTransfer

15/01/2016 in Technology Transfer tagged Laura Lechuga / PhotonTransfer / research and innovation / SPR / Surface Plasmon Resonance / Technology Transfer by abraham

First Speakers announced for International Year of Light Closing Ceremony The International Year of Light 2015 (IYL2015) has been a tremendously successful global initiative with thousands of events reaching millions of people in over a hundred countries. The International Year will be brought to an official close with a ceremony […]

International Year of light 2015

19/11/2015 in Technology Transfer tagged International Year of Light / Photonics / PhotonTransfer by Ernesto Barrera

Xphoton Open Innovation Challenge, where companies meet the best minds in Photonics to bridge the gap between science and market The United Nations (UN) General Assembly 68th Session has proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015 light2015.org), in order to gain awareness of how […]

Xphoton Open Innovation Challenge launches on the international year of ...

28/02/2015 in Technology Transfer by Ernesto Barrera

PhotonTransferTransaction — The Valorisation of technology is understood, in terms of technology transfer, as the process of value-creation out of knowledge, by making this knowledge suitable and available for economic or societal utilization and to translate this into high-potential products, services, processes and industrial activity. Valorisation is not just about ‘money’. In PhotonTransfer.com […]

Valorisation of Technology: transactions in the Marketplace

06/07/2014 in Technology Transfer tagged IP market / PhotonTransfer / Technology Marketplace / Valorisation of technology by Ernesto Barrera