Cientifica Share Discussion Threads

[encarter] 06/12/2013 09:29

SP will at least double on any investment news imho.

[29howard] 06/12/2013 09:27

Yes no quote to buy, 3p for any size.

[29howard] 06/12/2013 09:15

TDW do not let you buy for a ISA but other brokers do bit strange ?

[leebong] 06/12/2013 09:15

encarter- write the IP address starting with HTTP replacing http...then the link will work properly.

[encarter] 06/12/2013 09:10

From todays results

"Graphene is currently one of the hottest emerging technologies and is attracting large amounts of interest from scientists, companies and investors alike. Our strategy is not to manufacture graphene - there are plenty of companies doing that and they are all at the bottom end of the value chain - but to develop new applications which apply graphene to address major markets.

With the European Commission funding research to the tune of EUR1bn over the coming decade, and Cientifica's strong links to the academic community, we are confident that we can identify and develop high value added applications of graphene with commercial potential. This allows us to build a robust technology business rooted in our deep understanding of graphene, but focussing on revenue generating applications."

[encarter] 06/12/2013 09:03

If anyone knows about investing in graphene it's our CEO Tim Harper.

[leebong] 06/12/2013 08:58

It's very interesting to note that semi-conductor electronic components are going to be replaced with low power nano size graphene circuits; this development is set to revolutionise the electronics industry. Its going to be possible to etch the circuits directly onto printed circuit boards instead of having to mount integrated circuits.

[29howard] 06/12/2013 08:58

Somebody wants them this morning, is that market cap at 0.7 mil correct, think
it is as old Avia always had a tiny market cap, punters might go for this now
as plenty of similar stocks with 3-5 mil market caps.

[leebong] 06/12/2013 08:50

"These results are not relevant to the on-going business. Following the restructuring in October we believe we now have the platform in place to build a substantial business based on generating revenue and profits from applications of graphene.

"We have a number of acquisition targets, each of which would allow us to enter a different segment of the market, and discussions have commenced".

Therefore some more development news is on the way for this new business model.

[encarter] 06/12/2013 08:21

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[encarter] 06/12/2013 08:20

Results out.
"discussions have commenced"

[encarter] 05/12/2013 07:26

hxxp://www.thealmagest.com/rice-university-mix-graphene-nanoribbons-polymer-potential-cars-soda-beer/5822

[encarter] 04/12/2013 23:09

What true colours? They are a market maker just like any other and the best way to sell stock is to walk the share price up.

[encarter] 04/12/2013 08:56

hxxp://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/graphene-live-usa-2013-00006048.asp?sessionid=1

[leebong] 03/12/2013 17:25

Investment house Winterflood increased their stake to above 13%....that's a vote of confindence....perhaps they know some news in the offering soon. Time to watch the news RNS's for an upgrade.

[encarter] 03/12/2013 11:15

Slight tick up, news shortly hopefully.

[leebong] 02/12/2013 13:15

UC Santa Barbara researchers demonstrate seamless designing of an atomically thin circuit with transistors and interconnects etched on a monolayer of graphene

Researchers in electrical and computer engineering at University of California, Santa Barbara have introduced and modeled an integrated circuit design scheme in which transistors and interconnects are monolithically patterned seamlessly on a sheet of graphene, a 2-dimensional plane of carbon atoms. The demonstration offers possibilities for ultra energy-efficient, flexible, and transparent electronics.

Bulk materials commonly used to make CMOS transitors and interconnects pose fundamental challenges in continuous shrinking of their feature-sizes and suffer from increasing "contact resistance" between them, both of which lead to degrading performance and rising energy consumption. Graphene-based transistors and interconnects are a promising nanoscale technology that could potentially address issues of traditional silicon-based transistors and metal interconnects.

"In addition to its atomically thin and pristine surfaces, graphene has a tunable band gap, which can be adjusted by lithographic sketching of patterns - narrow graphene ribbons can be made semiconducting while wider ribbons are metallic. Hence, contiguous graphene ribbons can be envisioned from the same starting material to design both active and passive devices in a seamless fashion and lower interface/contact resistances," explained Kaustav Banerjee, professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Nanoelectronics Research Lab at UCSB. Banerjee's research team also includes UCSB researchers Jiahao Kang, Deblina Sarkar and Yasin Khatami. Their work was recently published in the journal Applied Physics Letters.

"Accurate evaluation of electrical transport through the various graphene nanoribbon based devices and interconnects and across their interfaces was key to our successful circuit design and optimization," explained Jiahao Kang, a PhD student in Banerjee's group and a co-author of the study. Banerjee's group pioneered a methodology using the Non-Equilibrium Green's Function (NEGF) technique to evaluate the performance of such complex circuit schemes involving many heterojunctions. This methodology was used in designing an "all-graphene" logic circuit reported in this study.

"This work has demonstrated a solution for the serious contact resistance problem encounterd in conventional semiconductor technology by providing an innovative idea of using an all-graphene device-interconnect scheme. This will significantly simplify the IC fabrication process of graphene based nanoelectronic devices." commented Philip Kim, professor of physics at Columbia University, and a renowned scientist in the graphene world.

As reported in their study, the proposed all-graphene circuits have achieved 1.7X higher noise margins and 1-2 decades lower static power consumption over current CMOS technology. According to Banerjee, with the ongoing worldwide efforts in patterning and doping of graphene, such circuits can be realized in the near future.

"We hope that this work will encourage and inspire other researchers to explore graphene and beyond-graphene emerging 2-dimensional crystals for designing such 'band-gap engineered' circuits in the near future," added Banerjee.

Source:

[encarter] 02/12/2013 10:51

hxxp://www.thealmagest.com/researchers-advance-scheme-design-seamless-integrated-circuits-etched-graphene/5331

[leebong] 01/12/2013 14:41

Excellent...the market is beginning to wake-up to the potential of this new era material.

[encarter] 01/12/2013 07:02

Tipped by This is Money so could see some interest next week.

"When it comes to investing in graphene, you can turn to AIM stocks like Cientifica and the newly-listed firm Applied Graphene Materials."

[encarter] 27/11/2013 23:20

Probably but not definitely.

[ih_318421] 27/11/2013 21:01

What I am saying is that nothing is going to happen until after they have got a significant placing away. Given Tim Baldwin's record and reputation in that department, that is the single most relevant factor to this cashless shell which can say whatever it likes about what it would like to be able to invest in but cannot invest without cash.

[leebong] 27/11/2013 11:26

interesting stuff.....

Chief Executive Officer and President, Cientifica


Graphene is a byproduct of gasses such as mephane also ethanol, palm oil and a host of other commodities including many other waste materials. Therefore it is renewable and sustainable. This is a speculative BUY that potentially has a lot of upside.