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Our mission

Our mission

Dickinson Corporation is a private materials laboratory in the San Francisco Bay Area developing a new category of ultralight, high-strength metamaterials constructed from atomically thin base materials like graphene. Our work is premised upon extending the extraordinary mechanics and other capabilities of two-dimensional materials over l

Dickinson Corporation is a private materials laboratory in the San Francisco Bay Area developing a new category of ultralight, high-strength metamaterials constructed from atomically thin base materials like graphene. Our work is premised upon extending the extraordinary mechanics and other capabilities of two-dimensional materials over large, three-dimensional spaces. With over $25M in capital raised and a rapidly growing, global patent portfolio in place, our lab is developing new materials for a new civilization.

Our mission

Our mission

Our mission

From the cradle of extractive industries to the grave of landfilled and unsequestered waste, the mass required to sustain human civilization is a basic driver of the energy consumption, economic costs, and negative externalities associated with mass manufacturing. At Dickinson, our mission is to pioneer a paradigm shift away from bulk-pha

From the cradle of extractive industries to the grave of landfilled and unsequestered waste, the mass required to sustain human civilization is a basic driver of the energy consumption, economic costs, and negative externalities associated with mass manufacturing. At Dickinson, our mission is to pioneer a paradigm shift away from bulk-phase legacy materials toward radically lighter, stronger metamaterials that reduce our species' mass and energy requirements and augment what human engineering can achieve on earth and beyond.

Our work

Our mission

Our work

Dickinson's groundbreaking research is completely funded by impact-oriented family office investors in North America. Our lab's activities span basic research, application development, and pilot-scale process development and manufacturing at our R&D facility in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are actively collaborating with global, industr

Dickinson's groundbreaking research is completely funded by impact-oriented family office investors in North America. Our lab's activities span basic research, application development, and pilot-scale process development and manufacturing at our R&D facility in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are actively collaborating with global, industry-leading manufacturers in multiple application areas to incorporate Dickinson's next-generation "architected graphene" additives and composites in their products and systems.  




Applications

Weight & Density Reduction

Weight & Density Reduction

Weight & Density Reduction

Manufacturers can reduce the density and weight of their polymer products by introducing a dispersed phase of architected graphene microparticles. Compared to the hollow microspheres used in syntactic foams, architected graphenes offer a lighter, stronger, and tougher additive.

Reinforcement

Weight & Density Reduction

Weight & Density Reduction

We are developing novel reinforcement materials that increase the strength, stiffness, energy absorption, and toughness of polymers. We are particularly interested in architected graphenes with novel elastic mechanics as an innovative reinforcement strategy for elastomers and thermoplastics.

Thermal Conductivity

Weight & Density Reduction

Electrical Conductivity

We have developed thermally conductive fillers that combine the extraordinary thermal conductivity of monolayer graphene with an isotropic, three-dimensional particle morphology that enables these particles to be dispersed and flow at much higher loadings than nanotubes or nanosheets. 

Electrical Conductivity

Catalysis, Sensing, Etc.

Electrical Conductivity

Formulators accustomed to working with nanotubes or other carbon nanoparticles will appreciate our easily-dispersed, electrically conductive graphene microfibers, which are designed for maximum electrical conductivity at low percolation thresholds. 

Energy Storage

Catalysis, Sensing, Etc.

Catalysis, Sensing, Etc.

Manufacturers of next-generation battery electrodes and supercapacitors will benefit from a new category of mesoporous or macroporous architected graphene particles and films with exceptional design control over density, porosity, surface area, and morphology.

Catalysis, Sensing, Etc.

Catalysis, Sensing, Etc.

Catalysis, Sensing, Etc.

Many other applications can benefit from a category of three-dimensional graphene-based materials (both particles and films) characterized by exceptional, multiscale architectural control. Please contact us to find out what we can do for you!

Partnerships

Let's Collaborate!

Dickinson is collaborating with several industry-leading manufacturers to bring the benefits of architected graphene additives and films to their polymer products. We work closely with partners to design application-tailored architected graphenes that meet their criteria for value and performance and that are highly differentiated from their other alternatives.


Additionally, Dickinson is fostering collaborative relationships with university and government research groups to increase awareness of our materials in peer-reviewed journals. In particular, our team is interested in collaborating with experts in computational mechanics and multiscale modeling to build  the structure-property map of architected graphenes and associated composite materials. 

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