Graphene: The Route to Commercialisation

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Innovation Revolution: From Closed to Open Innovation
	1.1: Early Experience in Open Innovation
	1.2: The Wildcat Is Let Loose
	1.3: The Oxford Connection
	1.4: Bringing the Wildcat Experience to Manchester
	1.5: Working with SMEs
Chapter 2: Graphene: The New Kid on the Block
	2.1: The Accidental Pioneers
	2.2: Playfulness Rewarded with a Nobel Prize
	2.3: Graphene Becomes a Global Icon
Chapter 3: Graphene’s Great Expectations
	3.1: “Plastic Planes”: They Will Never Take Off !
	3.2: World’s First Graphene Plane
	3.3: Richard Branson Backs Graphene
	3.4: Graphene Drives Auto Innovation
	3.5: Better Batteries, Supercapacitors and Hybrids
	3.6: World’s First “Graphene-Bodied” Car
	3.7: The Covid-19 Catalyst
	3.8: Fast Lane and the Slow Lane
	3.9: In the Fast Lane: The Rubber Experience
	3.10: Keep on Running: The World’s First Graphene Shoes
	3.11: Need for a New Model Approach
Chapter 4: Overcoming the Challenge: A New Model Approach
	4.1: The Innovation Journey: The Long and Winding Road
	4.2: Getting Past the Hype
	4.3: Electronics Possibilities
	4.4: Technology Readiness versus System Readiness
	4.5: Creating the Manchester Model of Innovation
Chapter 5: Building the First Home for Graphene: the NGI
Chapter 6: Steal with Pride: Creating the GEIC
	6.1: The Missing Piece
	6.2: Football Opens Up Leftfield Funding Opportunities
	6.3: More Industrial than Academic
Chapter 7: Graphene City and Beyond: Building an Innovation Ecosystem
	7.1: Recognising the Size of the Prize
	7.2: Developing a City Centre Innovation Hub
	7.3: Creating an Out-of-Town Manufacture Hub
	7.4: Made in Manchester
	7.5: Winning Hearts and Minds
	7.6: Levelling up Graphene Opportunities
	7.7: Materials for “Sustainable Manufacture”
	7.8: Regional Leadership in 2D Materials
Chapter 8: Making It Happen: Industry Engagement
	8.1: From an Academic-Led to Industry-Led Culture
	8.2: A Full House
	8.3: Bridging the Gap—Supporting Start-Up and SMEs
	8.4: Setting a “Gold Standard” for Graphene
Chapter 9: Getting Graphene Ready: Adopting the Manchester Model of Innovation
	9.1: Meet the Graphenes
	9.2: Push or Pull
	9.3: Plugging the Graphene Skills Gap
	9.4: PhDs in Graphene
	9.5: Innovation against the Clock
	9.6: Enterprise Case Study: Hacking a Path to Innovation
	9.7: Innovation and Skills
	9.8: Enterprise Award Helps Kick-Start Innovation
Chapter 10: Creating an Icon: The Making of a Global Brand
	10.1: The One That Got Away
	10.2: Birth of “The Baby”
	10.3: Losing Out to the USA
	10.4: Reviving a Neglected Heritage
	10.5: A Manufacturing Retreat
	10.6: The Secret to Graphene’s Universal Appeal
	10.7: The Quest for a Story with Universal Appeal
	10.8: The Game-Changer—Winning the Nobel Prize
	10.9: PR: Vital Ingredient in the Commercialisation Mix
	10.10: Managing the Story, Creating a Unique Vision
	10.11: Sharing Graphene’s Alchemy: The Birth of the Beacons
	10.12: Graphene, “An Icon of UK Innovation”: Building a Global Reputation
	10.13: Flying the Flag for UK Innovation
	10.14: Graphene in China and India
		10.14.1: Graphene Goes to the USA
		10.14.2: Graphene’s Gravitas
Chapter 11: The New “Gold Rush”: Graphene’s Research Renaissance
	11.1: Living in the Graphene Age
	11.2: The Graphene Gold Rush
	11.3: Graphene’s Not Dead
	11.4: Let’s Do the Twist
	11.5: On the Wings of a Butterfly
	11.6: Graphene v the Graphenes
		11.6.1: Making the Intelligent Club Sandwich
	11.7: Once Lost, Now Found: Magnetic 2D Materials
	11.8: Rising Star in the Graphenes Family: Graphene Oxide
	11.9: Going for a Spin
	11.10: The Speed of Light
	11.11: Evolution, Not Revolution
	11.12: Graphene Goes Green: Responding to Climate Change
	11.13: Reinventing the Battery
	11.14: Building the Future: Graphene in Construction
	11.15: Responding to Covid-19
Chapter 12: Future Histories: Graphene Innovation after Covid-19
	12.1: Demand-Led Approach
	12.2: At the Tipping Point
	12.3: Future Histories
Index