Several technologies, including C-MFEC and Gecko-foot mimetic dry adhesion, that Professor Dai and co-workers developed have been patented and attracted worldwide commercialization interests. This, together with new carbon materials and technologies to be developed in the Centre, will put A-CMC at a good position for rapid commercialisation, in partnership with industrial companies, universities, and private/government funding agencies. 

Selected relevant publications

  1. https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/hall-of-fame-highlight-liming-dai/
  2. https://www.chemistryworld.com/research/liming-dai-integrating-nanochemistry-into-the-macroscopic-world/7849.article
  3. http://aimbe.org/college-of-fellows/cof-1411/
  4. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161116102807.htm
  5. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150406121400.htm
  6. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150227144901.htm
  7. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cheap-fuel-cells-hold-the-platinum/
  8. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605111518.htm
  9. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130724133123.htm
  10. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081009143704.htm