2011年2月28日
Focus Metals Inc.（TSX Venture：FMS）的总裁兼首席执行官Gary Economo先生（“ Focus”或“ Corporation”）很高兴地宣布其打算组成一家美国 - 加拿大 - 亚洲 - 亚洲合资企业，以开发专利，专利并确保用于应用石墨烯技术应用的全球权利。
The new enterprise, to be based in New York City, will be a joint venture between Focus Metals Inc. and its U.S., Canadian and Asian partners. "Focus is bound by a non-disclosure agreement while it negotiates and settles the terms of the joint venture with its joint venture partners."
Mr. Economo also announced the appointment of Dr. Gordon Chiu who will act as the new venture's Chief Scientist and Managing Director. Dr. Chiu will be responsible for building the new company's portfolio of graphene-based applications, with a particular interest in the development and acquisition of aviation and defence applications.
Chiu博士在生物医学，化学，化妆品，医学和技术行业方面拥有15年的综合经验。他曾在辉瑞公司（Pfizer Inc.）和默克公司（Merck＆Co。）担任研究科学家，并在美国市场上具有杰出的知名度。
"This is a significant development for Focus Metals Inc.," Mr. Economo said. "Our global joint venture fits squarely and perfectly with our corporate vision to build commercial value from our graphite processing foundation.
“科学研究世界目前由石墨烯应用的开发主导 - 从用于医学诊断的电子微观成像到隐身军事应用到基于纳米技术的超级计算机，”
"We see no end to the future of graphene development, and, given our company's source, see a long-term benefit by moving now to capturing ownership of patent values," Mr. Economo said.
石墨烯是一种从石墨提取的碳同素同素。它的超导电气特征和超级强度有望基于化学和自然诱导的副产品的新技术产生一场革命。
Dr. Chiu comments, "Graphene is a form of carbon. As a material it is completely novel – not only is graphene the thinnest material known in science but it is also the strongest. As a conductor of heat, graphene outperforms all currently known materials. It is nearly transparent yet so dense that not even helium, the smallest gas atom, can pass through it. For the layperson, while diamonds are a coveted jewellery allotrope of carbon, graphene is very much the game-changing allotrope of carbon achieving recent accolades such as the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. As a combination, it is potentially more applicable than copper because when graphene is mixed into plastics, the resultant material turns into a conductor of electricity while being more heat resistant and mechanically robust."
"It is a tremendous opportunity and honour to be establishing strategic domestic and international relationships for a company with such a prized asset. I look forward to working with Focus Metals Inc. and Mr. Economo." states Dr. Chiu.
欧盟认为石墨是关键/战略矿物。中国控制了当前全球工业石墨供应的70％以上，并且是技术级天然片状石墨的净进口商。
美国商业技术部门和一些政府官员担心中国对石墨生产的统治地位。美国立法者对石墨的未来供应链，价格以及对供应的国家和工业安全的潜在影响感到担忧。
Source:http://www.focusmet.com/