Press Releases

Lorad can now offer high quality, US manufactured, Tantalum oxide tablets for thin – film optical coating applications. Bulk manufacturing of Tantalum oxide Tablets by Lorad allows us to maintain a very competitive market position, and this is passed on to our customers.

As a result of increased demand, Lorad can now announce a scale-up in its manufacturing operation for its premium grade high purity optical coating silicon dioxide granules. Silicon dioxide is an important thin-film optical coating material.  It is a low refractive index material. It is hard, and chemically and environmentally durable.

Lorad has significant expertise in synthesizing fuel cell nano-powders and can now supply our growing catalog of materials in research and development quantities with the option to scale-up to commercial quantities on demand.

Lorad develops unique customized solutions to security issues through the synthesis of advanced phosphor materials. These luminescent materials can be interrogated and respond with unique spectral signatures created exclusively for each client.

Lorad scientists have developed a modified cerium doped YAG phosphor that is an excellent candidate for the conversion of a 465nm emitting Blue LED to emit white light. Shown below, is a typical emission spectrum of the modified YAG when excited by 465nm emitting Blue LED.

Vanadium oxides have been demonstrated to have many interesting and useful applications as battery cathode materials, (V₆0₁₃, Ag₂V₄O₁₁, LiV₃O₈ etc…all available from Lorad), in catalysis, sensors for gas detection, and in thin-film form in electro-optical devices.

The Lorad Chemical Corporation is pleased to annouce the availability of a custom Lanthanum Strontium Manganite product available for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, (SOFC) applications. The Lorad Lanthanum Strontium Manganite Powder process is designed to make available a premium quality, cost competitive material for industrial applications.

Silver vanadium oxide, (SVO) is used as a cathode material in high rate implantable cardiac defibrillator batteries. Typically, a ceramic process is used to manufacture this material. This involves grinding and blending either Silver oxide or Silver nitrate with a highly toxic Vanadium source, usually Vanadium pentoxide.