This process dramatically reduces the material design cycle time as most of the material design and testing is accomplished computationally. Therefore, Nanostellar technology transforms the conventional make and test model of material design to design, selectively make and verify.
Nanostellar was founded in 2003 and, as its first commercial application, has been working with the automotive emissions control industry to develop highly efficient Nano-Composite Catalyst solutions. In this space, Nanostellar addresses a critical need in the marketplace: conventional technologies utilize precious group metals (PGMs, such as platinum, palladium, rhodium, etc.) as the main catalyst to control automobile emissions. However, the PGM demand has outstripped supply for eight straight years, resulting in platinum prices rising to a 26-year high in recent times. Moreover, the demand for PGMs is expected to continue increasing with increasing penetration of diesel cars in Europe, higher emission standards for heavy-duty trucks in North America and Japan, and increasing vehicle production and higher emission standards in China and India. Nanostellar technology allows cleaner automotive and heavy-duty truck emissions by using significant lower levels of PGMs in its patent-pending nano-composite catalyst. This breakthrough technology is based on a fundamental understanding of the catalytic process at the quantum chemistry level, versus competitors who rely on an empirical trial-and-error approach.