Universal Matter
Universal Matter is a Nanomaterials & Carbon company founded in 2018 and based in Burlington, Canada.
Founded in 2018 and based in Burlington, Ontario, Universal Matter commercializes Flash Joule Heating (FJH), a process invented in James Tour's lab at Rice University that fires a rapid electrical pulse through cheap carbon sources to convert them into high-quality graphene. The company turns carbon waste streams and natural-gas byproducts into formulated graphene and graphitized carbon for concrete, batteries, coatings and other industrial markets. Led by founder and CEO John Van Leeuwen, Universal Matter has drawn grant support from Canadian programs and an equity investment of up to roughly $20 million led by NewTech Investment Holdings with participation from Westlake Innovations, a subsidiary of Westlake Corporation.
Flash Joule Heating is one of the few routes to make graphene cheaply and at bulk scale from waste, a precondition for graphene moving from lab curiosity into mass-market materials.
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