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 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

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

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

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

Transition to Industry

Control Baths Power Supplies

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.)

Technological Approach

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

Dr. Youssef M Habib

1064 New Holland Ave.

Lancaster PA 17601

(717) 295-3746

joe.habib@illuminex.biz

www.illuminex.biz

Illuminex Corporation