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UltraWire (Ultra Conductive Copper-Carbon Nanotube Wire) is the European Commission 7^th Framework Programme (EC FP7) project (Grant Agreement No. 609057), with 14 partners from industry and academia that started on the 1st October 2013 and it was running until 30th September 2016. The aim of the project is to develop a copper nanocarbon composite with significantly improved overall properties, including electrical, thermal and mechanical performances over bulk copper using production process that will be scalable to large volume manufacture.

The most common traditional materials used in electrical energy distribution systems are copper and copper alloys. Modern applications show an increasing demand for better heat and electric current carrying capacity at the level beyond copper base materials. Nanocarbon materials, such as carbon nanotubes and graphene have attracted attention due to their high electrical, thermal conductivity and exceptional mechanical properties. It would appear that combining copper with high performance nanocarbons towards composite materials could offer immediate solution to problems encountered currently.

We are organising the UltraWire Workshop 2017 at Wolfson College in Cambridge on 12 & 13 July 2017 in order to support commercialisation of nano-carbon wire technology and development of nano-carbon materials and metal composites for a number of applications such as electrical energy transmission and transport, by bringing together technology development leaders and industrial end-users.

If you are interested in speaking, participating and/or exhibiting at the UltraWire Workshop 2017 you can get more information about the workshop including registration form and agenda by sending an email to Dr Bojan Boskovic on info@ultrawire.eu