Carbon Age program
Legacy materials like silicon are reaching their limits across industries and timeframes. The Carbon Age Veturi program has been launched to accelerate industry transformation with advanced carbon nanotubes, Canatu CNT, enabling heightened performance with greater energy-efficiency.
Setting the next leap in technology with nano carbon
The Carbon Age follows the Silicon Age as advanced carbon nanomaterials replace legacy materials at the forefront of technological progress. The Carbon Age program has been launched to accelerate the transformation with advanced carbon nanotubes, Canatu CNT, enabling heightened performance with greater energy-efficiency.
Canatu has been selected as a Business Finland Leading Company (Veturi) to drive the Carbon Age program.
The program focuses on three main objectives:
- Develop novel CNT applications: accelerate new business opportunities by developing scalable prototypes and processes.
- Establish CNT foundry and design rules: create a foundry for CNT, together with design and manufacturing rules for seamless integration into production processes.
- Create a dynamic ecosystem: the ecosystem will bring together world-leading OEMs, technology suppliers, and research institutions.
Nano Carbon takes us to the next tech era
Carbon Age roadmap is a blueprint of how advanced carbon nanomaterials enable step changes in future electronics and further deepen digitalisation in our society and daily lives – from AI and IoT to quantum computing – taking us to the next tech era.
The Carbon Age program combines business-driven development, strategic research, and extensive collaboration. Early-stage activities are supported by public funding to expedite the progress.
Ilkka Varjos, CTO, Canatu
Carbon nanotubes as a platform for progress
Carbon nanotubes have taken a key role in the transition from the Silicon Age to the Carbon Age — a prime example being CNT membranes used in EUV pellicles. The ideal building block for high performing and less energy consuming products, Canatu CNT is a platform for next technology breakthroughs.
High-impact innovation themes powered by CNTs
The Carbon Age program advances the transition to nano carbon across three themes:
– Microsystems
– Electrochemical sensing
– Emerging frontiers
Carbon Age ecosystem
Canatu is building an ecosystem of OEMs, technology suppliers and academic partners to co-innovate novel applications and new business opportunities. By joining the ecosystem, partners gain access to Canatu’s know-how in industrial scale CNT solutions across verticals. This is a unique opportunity to be a step ahead, exploring what nano carbon makes possible. Together in the ecosystem we are building, we will be among the forerunners, pushing forward for better tomorrows.
Partner benefits
For OEMs
• Get an early access to advanced CNT technologies
• Co-develop application-specific innovations
• Influence industry roadmaps
For technology suppliers
• Catalyze market demand for next-level innovations
• Push the performance of existing solutions
• Integrate into a pioneering nanocarbon value chain
For research partners
• Advance frontier research
• Leverage high-impact publications potential
• Boost institutional reputation.
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Carbon Age news & related content
Canatu received a positive funding decision from Business Finland granting it a maximum of EUR 10 million of funding to launch its Carbon Age program as part of Business Finland’s challenge competition for leading companies. See press release →
Carbon nanotubes are the most versatile material in the universe. At Canatu, our vision is to create the most advanced carbon nanotubes for industry-transforming products. See product →
EUV pellicles are membranes used to protect the photomask from contamination while permitting high EUV transmission. EUV pellicles made of Canatu CNT offer unique benefits unparalleled by other materials. See product →
The inherently large surface area, high conductivity and tailorable surface chemistry makes Canatu CNTs an ideal electrode material for electrochemical biosensors. See the product →