Energising Innovation: A
multi-pronged approach to
facilitating scientific progress
With a huge range of catalogue products, a unique bespoke processing service and new
categories of materials inspired by nanotechnology and the need to protect natural resources,
Goodfellow continues to energise a new wave of scientifi c innovation. By Stephen Aldersley,
Chief Executive Offi cer, Goodfellow Cambridge.
Materials Science spans
virtually every scientifi c
discipline and industry,
sometimes improving the
function of existing applications,
sometimes revealing previously
inaccessible performance
characteristics – such as those
embodied in nanomaterials – that
power research into exciting new
applications.
As a global materials supplier,
Goodfellow is pleased to play a role
in such progress. Over the past year
we have accelerated the scope and
pace of new product introductions
as well as the development of
dedicated websites, apps and other
digital tools designed to energise
the innovation process. Enhanced
access to an expanded Goodfellow
Technical Team underpins all of
these activities, providing customers
with personalised consultations
aimed at selecting the right material
for each situation. Taken together,
it’s the best way we know to serve
as a catalyst in helping projects
and prototypes come to life while
solving innovation challenges for our
customers around the world.
New Materials: The
building blocks of
innovation
Synthetic compounds,
nanomaterials as well as other 2D
materials often have unique optical,
electronic, or mechanical
properties which are
proving critical in
the development of
technologies associated
with what is referred to as
the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Such technologies include artifi cial
intelligence, robotics, the Internet
of Things (IoT), 3D printing, quantum
computing, genetic engineering and
even the delivery of health care.
This year we have expanded our
offering of these “wonder materials”
to include not only graphene,
multiwalled carbon nanotubes and
boron nitride nanotubes, but also
Perovskites, a group of materials with
tremendous potential for some of
today’s most active areas of research.
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Green Materials:
Creative catalysts for
innovative applications
We understand it can be diffi cult for
researchers to fi nd the right balance
between product quality
and reducing the carbon
footprint of their product
or process, and so we have
developed a range of materials
that help to achieve that balance.
The Goodfellow Green Production
initiative promotes the use of
environmentally sound products
and processes to conserve energy
and natural resources, allowing
scientists and engineers to focus on
their research and design projects
without compromising quality. The
materials which are part of Green
Production include those which are
bio-based, biodegradable and/or
nontoxic as well as those which are
Perovskites: Ideal for Optoelectronic Applications
In recent months Goodfellow introduced a new range of Perovskites, a group of materials that demonstrates
great potential for exciting optoelectronic applications. Perovskites have a unique and versatile crystal
structure that consists of a variation in the chemical formula ABX3. Due to their structure, these materials
are characterised by special properties like superconductivity, magnetoresistance, piezoelectricity and
dielectric and pyroelectric behaviour. Perovskites are excellent candidates for multilayer capacitors like
fuel cells, solar cells, sensors, electric batteries and even next-generation display screens, LEDs, memory
devices (RAM) and high-temperature superconductors.
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