SAN MARCOS, Texas, June 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum
Materials Corporation (OTCQB:QTMM) announces securing 3D printing
and additive manufacturing anti-counterfeiting quantum dot
detection technology developed at the Institute for Critical
Technology and Applied Science and the Design, Research, and
Education for Additive Manufacturing Systems (DREAMS) Laboratory at
Virginia Tech.
The technology embeds quantum dots within objects being 3D
printed to produce a unique, physically uncloneable signature known
only to the object's manufacturer. This new quantum dot security
method will help to ensure positive identity of any particular
object through a wide variety of application and detection
methods. Novel uses of embedded nanomaterials cover a wide
field of growing industries of encryption, secure key exchange, the
protection of hardware from tampering and other secure
identification needs.
David Doderer, QMC VP for
Research and Development, stated, "The remarkable number of
variations of semiconductor nanomaterials properties QMC can
manufacture, coupled with Virginia
Tech's anti-counterfeiting process design, combine to offer
corporations extreme flexibility in designing physical cryptography
systems to thwart counterfeiters. As 3D printing and additive
manufacturing technology advances, its ubiquity allows for the easy
pirating of protected designs. We are pleased to work with
Virginia Tech to develop this
technology's security potential in a way that minimizes threats and
maximizes 3D printing's future impact on product design and
delivery by protecting and insuring the integrity of manufactured
products."
Besides the inherent nature of the process technology from
Virginia Tech that enables unique
signatures, Quantum Materials offers unique semiconductor
nanomaterials that physically increase these security measures by
not only emitting different colors of the spectra from blue to red,
but by using tetrapod quantum dots with precise structural
characteristics, or dual emission tetrapods that can emit two
different colors. The combination of unique process and
nanomaterial dramatically improves the security strength, in a
similar way that moving from 128-bit to 256-bit encryption
increases confidence in a nearly-unbreakable key.
According to an industry report by Allied Market Research,
the "Global anti-counterfeit packaging market accounted for
$57.4 billion in 2013, which is
forecast to generate revenue of $142.7
billion by 2020 at 13.9% CAGR from 2013-2020." Other
new research from Global Industry Analysts says that the food and
pharmaceutical industries are currently the most vulnerable to the
actions of counterfeiters and the global market for
anti-counterfeiting technologies could reach $82.2B by 2015.
About Quantum Materials Corp.
Quantum Materials Corp.
develops and manufactures Tetrapod Quantum Dots for use in medical,
display, solar energy and lighting applications through its patent
pending volume production process. Quantum dot semiconductors
enable a new level of engineered performance in a wide array of
established consumer and industrial products. QMC's volume
manufacturing methods enable consistent QD quality and scalable
cost reductions to drive innovative discovery to commercial
success. QMC's wholly owned subsidiary, Solterra Renewable
Technologies is leading the development of sustainable and
cost-effective quantum dot based solar technology.
(http://www.QMCdots.com) (www.SolterraRenewable.com)
About ICTAS
ICTAS leverĀages Virginia Tech's existing research strengths to
position the university as an agent of discovery and problem
solving in the technological and scientific global environment.
(http://www.ictas.vt.edu)
About the DREAMS Laboratory
DREAMS Lab members have a
vision of the future wherein today's "rapid prototyping"
technologies are of a maturity to be considered as viable platforms
for the manufacture of end-use artifacts. Our mission is to
be a leader in the transition of rapid prototyping technologies to
the new paradigm of additive manufacturing.
(http://www.dreams.me.vt.edu/)
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Contact:
Art Lamstein
Director of Marketing
Quantum Materials Corp.
415.609.4969
artlamstein@QMCdots.com
Media:
Rich Schineller
941.780.8100
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