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Airline LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- UbiQD, Inc., the New Mexico-based leader in quantum dot (QD) technology and manufacturing, announced today that it was named winner in the What the Future (WTF) category of the prestigious 25th Annual SXSW Innovation Awards competition, where the company showcased its new UbiGro® Cover greenhouse film product for enhancing crop yield using fluorescence.
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- The South by Southwest ® (SXSW®) Innovation Awards recognize the most exciting creative developments in the connected world, celebrating a variety of technological advancements, achievements, and discoveries.
- From quantum physics to nanotech to bio-engineering moonshots, this category pulls together all the amazing endeavors that make us excited about tomorrow."
- Later in the week, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded UbiQD a Phase I Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) grant to develop a glass version of its award-winning UbiGro greenhouse technology.
- The $175,000 grant will also support plant trials for the new QD-glass product at University of California-Davis later this year.
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Chemistry LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UbiQD, Inc., the New Mexico-based leader in quantum dot (QD) technology and manufacturing, is today announcing a major step forward for sustainable agriculture. UbiGro Cover is the next evolution in optimizing greenhouse productivity. Expanding on the widely adopted UbiGro Inner—which has revolutionized hundreds of greenhouse spaces worldwide—UbiGro Cover is the latest addition to the greenhouse brand.
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- UbiGro Cover is the next evolution in optimizing greenhouse productivity.
- Expanding on the widely adopted UbiGro Inner—which has revolutionized hundreds of greenhouse spaces worldwide—UbiGro Cover is the latest addition to the greenhouse brand.
- UbiGro Cover integrates fluorescent QD technology into a first-of-its-kind extruded greenhouse cover film, which enables lower prices, wider formats, and higher performance.
- "Developing a fully extruded yet stable quantum dot greenhouse film was no small feat," said Matt Bergren, UbiQD Chief Product Officer.
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Chemistry LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Oct. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- UbiQD, Inc., the New Mexico-based leader in quantum dot (QD) manufacturing and technology, is today highlighting the important work of nanotechnology pioneers and 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awardees, Alexei Ekimov, Louis Brus, and Moungi Bawendi. UbiQD is exclusively licensing several patents co-authored by Professor Bawendi from M.I.T. and scaling up QD production to supply rapidly emerging markets primarily related to sustainability and energy efficiency.
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- "The Nobel Prize is the ultimate milestone for any technology, and we are proud to be part of the story."
- - UbiQD CEO
"Many people have contributed to the success of quantum dots," said Victor Klimov, Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow and QD innovator.
- "We are over the moon with the news this week, that the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded for the development of quantum dots," added Hunter McDaniel, UbiQD CEO.
- "This is an important milestone, maybe the ultimate milestone for any technology, and we are proud to be part of the story."
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Renewable energy LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based nanotechnology company, announced today that it has entered into a joint development agreement, with First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), to further collaborate on developing the potential to incorporate fluorescent quantum dot technology in advanced solar modules. The two companies have been conducting exploratory work since early 2022, and the initial results have supported the more formalized joint-development effort announced today.
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- LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UbiQD, Inc. , a New Mexico-based nanotechnology company, announced today that it has entered into a joint development agreement, with First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), to further collaborate on developing the potential to incorporate fluorescent quantum dot technology in advanced solar modules.
- Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanoparticles that exhibit high efficiency photoluminescence over a wide range of tunable colors, making them effective at optimizing light spectra.
- UbiQD has launched several greenhouse products under its UbiGro® brand that adjust the spectrum of sunlight to enhance crop growth.
- "If successful, this application in solar modules will be a perfect example of the broad applicability of our core technology.
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Renewable energy LOS ALAMOS, N.M., May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UbiQD, Inc., an advanced materials company, announced today that it was recognized as the 'Best Overall Venture' at the sold-out 2023 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Industry Growth Forum (IGF) in Denver. Widely recognized as one of the premier global events in cleantech, the company's unique business model and market traction resonated with the IGF judges.
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- LOS ALAMOS, N.M., May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UbiQD, Inc. , an advanced materials company, announced today that it was recognized as the 'Best Overall Venture' at the sold-out 2023 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Industry Growth Forum (IGF) in Denver.
- Widely recognized as one of the premier global events in cleantech, the company's unique business model and market traction resonated with the IGF judges.
- UbiQD tailors the light spectrum for each use case, for example, enhancing red light for plants or near-IR light for solar cells.
- The company is also advancing its growth in new markets beyond greenhouses, including utility-scale solar and building-integrated solar windows.
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Renewable energy LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based advanced materials company, announced today that it was recently awarded a new small business contract by NASA, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for optimization and scale up of extruded UbiGro greenhouse films for boosting crop yield in both space and terrestrial applications. The new NASA contract leverages matching funds that were provided by private investors. Additionally, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted the company a key patent on its greenhouse technology.
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- The new NASA contract leverages matching funds that were provided by private investors.
- Additionally, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted the company a key patent on its greenhouse technology.
- Our first product, UbiGro, is a layer of light that uses fluorescence to create a more optimal greenhouse spectrum for crops.
- Headquartered in Los Alamos, New Mexico, the company is licensing technology developed at leading research institutions, including Los Alamos National Laboratory and MIT.
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Trust LOS ALAMOS, N.M. and LAUSANNE, Switzerland , Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based nanotechnology company, and SICPA SA, a Swiss technology company and market leader in security inks, as well as a leading provider of secured authentication, identification, traceability and supply chain solutions, announced today the expansion of their partnership in the development of anti-counterfeit security inks based on UbiQD's quantum dot technology.
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- Security features based on QDs are therefore inherently very difficult to reproduce and can be used to combat counterfeiting and strengthen security applications.
- "This partnership with UbiQD has enabled us to develop cutting-edge optical and machine-readable features that we will be able to add to our robust portfolio of security inks and solutions for our clients," explained Scott Haubrich, R&D Director of SICPA U.S.
- Having completed a number of technical milestones in a multi-phased joint-development effort, UbiQD and SICPA are now expanding their partnership to commercialize several security applications based on the novel characteristics of UbiQD's technology.
- UbiQD has been granted several patents specifically in the field of quantum dot utilization in security inks and authentication.
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Western Washington University LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based nanotechnology development company, announced today it was recently awarded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts by the United States Air Force (AFWERX Program). The current phase II contract provides funding for two installations totaling more than 20 windows, as well as continued scale-up and development of UbiQD's quantum dot-tinted photovoltaic window technology, called WENDOW™.
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- The current phase II contract provides funding for two installations totaling more than 20 windows, as well as continued scale-up and development of UbiQD's quantum dot-tinted photovoltaic window technology, called WENDOW.
- This project included two vibrant colors (orange and yellow) as well as UbiQD's color neutral (near-IR) tint, highlighting the color tunability inherent with quantum dots.
- "Our expanded contract with the U.S. Air Force couldn't come at a better time, right as we are scaling and ahead of the upgraded solar investment tax incentives."
- WENDOW, a new line of solar photovoltaic products, utilizes luminescent quantum dot tinting to concentrate solar energy and generate electricity while maintaining transparency.
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Western Washington University LOS ALAMOS, N.M. and SAULT STE. MARIE, ON, March 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UbiQD, Inc., a deep tech company specializing in nanomaterials innovation, and Heliene Inc., a customer-first provider of North American made solar modules, today announced the initiation of a joint development agreement to embed UbiGro® sunlight optimizing technology in Heliene's photovoltaic modules.
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- The development will combine UbiGro light optimizing technology to maximize crop yields with solar power generation for greenhouses.
- MARIE, ON, March 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --UbiQD, Inc., a deep tech company specializing in nanomaterials innovation, and Heliene Inc., a customer-first provider of North American made solar modules, today announced the initiation of a joint development agreement to embed UbiGro sunlight optimizing technology in Heliene's photovoltaic modules.
- "As energy costs continue to rise, the controlled environment agriculture industry will have to utilize energy sources more efficiently," said Martin Pochtaruk, CEO of Heliene.
- "Greenhouses and photovoltaics generate hundreds of billions of dollars of value from sunlight, and our plan is that with our agrivoltaic modules, the whole will be greater than the sum of the parts."
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Renewable energy UbiGro incorporates UbiQD's quantum dot technology to create a new layer of light in a greenhouse that enables growers to create a more optimal spectrum of light.
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- UbiGro incorporates UbiQD's quantum dot technology to create a new layer of light in a greenhouse that enables growers to create a more optimal spectrum of light.
- The new website allows customers to learn more about the technology, review the latest data, and connect with a team of experts: https://UbiGro.com .
- "UbiGro represents a revolution in the controlled environment agriculture industry, and is disruptive for energy-intensive horticultural lighting," said Dr. Hunter McDaniel, UbiQD CEO.
- UbiGro has been retrofitted into more than 30 unique greenhouse sites in seven U.S. states and seven foreign countries.
