Pixelligent announced a $1.8 million grant from the US Department of Energy – Advanced Manufacturing Office (DoE). Pixelligent, along with its partners at the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics and Argonne National Labs, will use the funding to accelerate the development of the company’s PixClear nanocomposite technology for advanced lubricants.
“This grant is a critical step in commercializing our self-assembling PixClear nanoparticles in next-generation lubricants,” said Serpil Gonen-Williams, CTO of Pixelligent. “We are honored to have partnered with the US Departments of Energy and Defense several times over the past eight years on over $4 million of funded programs, as we’ve worked towards a product that will enhance the durability and efficiency of mission-critical equipment. On this grant, we are again working with the renowned Carpick Research Group at the University of Pennsylvania and Argonne National Labs, and we are proud to have ExxonMobil and Lanxess, AG as commercial testing partners to accelerate the adoption of these lubricants.”
“This grant award should allow Pixelligent to complete the development of our next generation lubricant additives and will expand our PixClear Environmental and Sustainability Product (ESP) portfolio,” said Craig Bandes, president and CEO of Pixelligent Technologies. “Our PixClear ESP portfolio includes Designer Compounds for LED, MiniLED, MicroLED and OLED applications. We estimate that using our efficiency-enhancing PixClear materials can deliver terawatts of energy savings across display, solid-state lighting and industrial applications.”