Managing Technology from Laboratory to Marketplace

Managing Technology from Laboratory to Marketplace outlines the process of getting innovative research out of the laboratory and into the market.  It focuses on initiatives within the field of advanced materials, including products and process types such as:·         Bioelectronic Materials·         Quantum Dot Structures·         Nanotube Films·         Biofuels·         Smart Materials·         Liquid Glass Coatings·         Spintronic Materials·         Silicon-Germanium Alloys·         Light Emitting Polymers·         MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)·         Energy Storage Batteries·         Nanobiomaterials·         Genomic Mapping Technology·         Computational Materials·         Quantum Computing·         AI Chip Systems·         Graphene Manufacturing·         Nano architectural Lattices·         Nanoparticle Assembly The path from laboratory to market is fraught with challenges that scuttle even the best attempts by scientists and engineers to launch their ideas into the real world.  Many research projects meet their end as they attempt to cross this so-called "valley of death"--the period between the research phase of a project and the point when the new product or process emerging from that research becomes commercialized and enters the market.This book details the progress to date made by the most promising and eagerly awaited advanced materials initiatives that have recently been undertaken.  Using these projects as case studies, the book examines the journey that a new product or process must take across the valley separating the laboratory and the market.The goal of the book is two-fold. First, it aims to better understand how and why projects succeed in bridging the valley of death to enter the market while others falter. Second, it uses these insights to guide researchers to optimize their chances of successfully crossing that bridge and find their place in the market.  For the case studies that we find are succeeding and proceeding well, the book will suggest future paths that researchers should take in order to ensure continued success; for the cases we find are stalled, the book suggests future paths that the researchers should take in order to get their projects back on track and that give them the best chance of success.