Cambrios Co-Founder Angela Belcher Wins Coveted Lemelson-MIT Prize

Cambrios Technologies Corporation announced that its co-founder, Dr. Angela Belcher, received the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize, which celebrates outstanding inventors. Dr. Belcher’s work in materials technology inspired Cambrios’ team to develop its ClearOhm transparent conductive material.

Dr.cBelcher co-founded Cambrios in 2004, and the company began producing transparent conductors based on her work in biotechnology. Today, Dr. Belcher is the W.M. Keck Professor of Energy in Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering at MIT, sits on Cambrios’ Board of Directors, and is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading materials scientists.

“I’ve devoted my career to studying and using the process by which nature makes materials to design novel hybrid organic-inorganic electronic and magnetic materials,” said Dr. Belcher. “I’m honored to be recognized as a Lemelson-MIT award winner and I’m excited to see Cambrios achieve significant market success with the commercialization of its silver nanowire technology.”

Cambrios’ ClearOhm coating material enables high-conductivity transparent film ranging from 10 to 300 Ohms/square with superior optical performance. Touch sensors based on ClearOhm Ink are more cost effective than existing technologies, thus allowing faster mass-market adoption of touch-enabled tablets, laptops, ultrabooks and All-in-One computers.

“Angela’s original work, combined with nearly a decade of development and refinement, has enabled Cambrios’ success in large-format touchscreens and other applications,” said John LeMoncheck, president and CEO of Cambrios. “Our ClearOhm material’s accelerating market penetration and commercial success validates Angela’s groundbreaking research and showcases silver nanowire technology as the best alternative to ITO.”