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ILLUMINEX CORPORATION

ILLUMINEX CORPORATION. Enabling Energy Solutions with Nanotechnology Functional Nanomaterials Manufacturing Devices for Sustainable Energy Generation and Storage. The Illuminex Beginning: Starting a High Tech Company with Zero Resources or Capital and Succeeding!. Corporate Overview.

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ILLUMINEX CORPORATION

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  1. ILLUMINEX CORPORATION Enabling Energy Solutions with Nanotechnology • Functional Nanomaterials Manufacturing • Devices for Sustainable Energy Generation and Storage The Illuminex Beginning: Starting a High Tech Company with Zero Resources or Capital and Succeeding!

  2. Corporate Overview • Founded in 2003 by Dr. Joe Habib, an MIT Fellow active in Nanotechnology Ventures since 1999 • -Over $5M in Federal and State R & D Grant Support • Headquartered in Lancaster, PA, 10 Employees+ University and Industry Consultants, other Professionals ~6000 sq. ft. of fully equipped laboratory space. New Silicon Process Facility Opened August 2010 • Platform Nanowire Array Process: Patented (US 7713849) - Nano-structured materials enable innovative new product designs with unprecedented performance • Illuminex is developing low-cost, high-volume, “Bottom Up” Nanowire Fabrication Techniques - World-leading materials breadth, methods, and capabilities - Nanowires made in diverse geometries, on numerous substrates Ag on Glass Si on Al GaSb on Sapphire Ni on ITO Nanowire Arrays

  3. Business and Educational Collaborative Opportunities • Illuminex Began in 2003 on the Millersville University Campus in a Storage Closet • M.U .Provided a “LaunchPad” for Business Opportunities, Collaborations • Helped Attract Federal Grant Funding (SBIR, STTR) • Faculty Interactions were/are Very Useful, Win-Win • ITN Funding Facilitated Research Programs (BioSensor, Solar Cells, Heat Pipe) Illuminex Nanowire Solar Cell Design

  4. Business and Educational Collaborative Challenges • Culture Clash-University Bureaucracy vs. Agile Small Business • Misconception of Ownership, Value etc. • Intellectual Property • Priorities • Misperception from Outsiders about Nature of Relationship • Everyone is on a Learning Curve

  5. Transition to Industry • Illuminex Expanded from University to Industrial R & D Facility after 3+ Years • Maintained Facility at MU through 2008 • Relationship is Ongoing and Provides Access to a Well Qualified Labor Pool • Local Training Programs Properly Targeted for Technology ex. PSU NMT program • Internships Useful, Cost Effective, Employee Resource, Chance to Screen Candidates

  6. Technological Approach • Illuminex developed/refined processes to produce high aspect, vertically-aligned, Free-Standing, uniform Nanowire Arrays on a variety of substrate materials using reliable, low-cost methods • Products Targeting Energy Verticals based on Nanowire Array Platform: -Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Photovoltaics (PV) - Copper-Silicon Nano-Composite Lithium Ion Battery Anodes • Potentially Disruptive Production Method for Photovoltaic (PV) Materials and Devices • Lithium Ion Batteries are Projected to be a $100 Billion Market near term • Significant IP and Aggressive Patent program- 11 Patents Filed, 1 Issued- All IP Developed In-House -IP Covers material production processes, manufacturing methods, and device applications • Company has Commercial Traction with Large Partners (Ford Motors, Raytheon Company, AltairNano, • A123, Johnson Controls, MaxPower, Burle Ind., Thermacore Inc.) - Generating revenue from nanowire material sales, Multiple Corporate R & D projects (P.O.’s in-hand) • Strong University-Research Alliances and Collaborations (Millersville University, Penn. State, MIT, Drexel, Boston College, Thaddeus Stevens College, Etc.)

  7. Useful Business Resources Available • ITN • KIZ • James Street Improvement District • Innovation Partnership • Ben Franklin Technology Partners • Transformations • DCED • Chamber of Commerce • All Universities • PA-Nanomaterials Commercialization Center • Nanotechnology Institute

  8. Dr. Youssef M Habib 1064 New Holland Ave. Lancaster PA 17601 (717) 295-3746 joe.habib@illuminex.biz www.illuminex.biz Illuminex Corporation

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