Chongqing 2D Materials Institute

Chongqing 2D Materials Institute (Chinese: 重庆诺奖二维材料研究院, also rendered as 诺奖（重庆）二维材料研究院) is a research institute and technology commercialization platform based in the Liangjiang New Area of Chongqing, China. It was initiated by Konstantin Novoselov, the 2010 Nobel Prize laureate in Physics, and formally signed and established in Liangjiang New Area in 2019. The institute focuses on core technology development and industrialization of two-dimensional materials, with graphene as its flagship material family, and positions itself as an international platform for converting 2D materials research into industrial outcomes that support the strategic emerging industries of Liangjiang New Area. The institute describes its mission around a "research + services + industrialization" model, combining frontier scientific research, testing and analysis services, and business incubation. Its stated strategic plan covers a new-materials industry, a new comprehensive public service platform, and an innovative full-industry-chain service system. It operates research platforms and testing platforms, including testing equipment and testing appointment services, and runs the "2D Labs" incubator together with a pilot production line (中试产线) and representative incubated enterprises. Scientific leadership is anchored by Novoselov as chief scientist and honorary dean, supported by a research team described as led by top scientists. The institute states that it is building six international frontier laboratories. It has developed cooperation with universities and research organizations including the University of Manchester, the University of Glasgow, the National University of Singapore, the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Green Intelligent Research Institute, Xiamen University, Chongqing University, and Zhejiang University. Beyond research, the institute provides professional materials testing and analysis services as value-added offerings, and builds a full-service system for industrial incubation. Its public activity includes participation in the 2022 China International Smart Industry Expo, where it exhibited technologies such as nano-modified lubricating oil for energy-saving and low-carbon automotive engines, multifunctional graphene cement, and graphene-modified anti-corrosion coatings. It also engages in international cooperation, including a 2026 visit to Kazakhstan for university-industry collaboration under the Belt and Road framework. The institute is a private, non-listed entity. Its Chinese operating name appears as 重庆诺奖二维材料研究院有限公司, indicating a company form. It has received recognition including being named a "China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Demonstration Enterprise" in 2022 and a Chongqing "introduced high-end R&D institution (cultivation)" in 2020, and it established a postdoctoral research workstation in 2020.

Chongqing 2D Materials Institute was initiated by Konstantin Novoselov, the 2010 Nobel Prize laureate in Physics, and was formally signed and established in Liangjiang New Area, Chongqing, in April 2019. Its founding mission was to focus on core technology development and industrialization of two-dimensional materials, with graphene as the representative material, and to build an international platform for commercializing 2D materials research to support the strategic emerging industries of Liangjiang New Area. In 2020, the institute expanded its institutional footprint. In April 2020 it established a joint training base with Chongqing University. In June 2020 it organized the Chongqing Graphene Industry Technology Innovation Alliance. In August 2020 it was recognized as a 2020 Chongqing Talent • Innovation and Entrepreneurship Demonstration Team, and Novoselov received Chongqing's "High-level Talent" Category 1 recognition. In September 2020 it was named an "introduced high-end R&D institution (cultivation)" by the Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau and was approved to establish a postdoctoral research workstation. In October 2020 it signed a scientific research cooperation agreement with the University of Manchester. In March 2021, the institute created an overseas site for the Chongqing Liangjiang New Area National Overseas Talent Offshore Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base in Glasgow, UK. In October 2021, Novoselov became a foreign expert receiving the Chinese Government Friendship Award for Chongqing for 2020 and 2021, recognizing his contributions to advancing domestic graphene technology and industry. In January 2022, the institute was named a "China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Demonstration Enterprise" and signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Soft Matter Materials Chemistry and Functional Manufacturing Chongqing Key Laboratory at Southwest University. In July 2022, Novoselov and then-president Ge Qi attended the 21st World Carbon Conference. In August 2022, Novoselov attended the 2022 China International Smart Industry Expo summit, and the institute exhibited hard technologies including nano-modified lubricating oil for energy-saving and low-carbon automotive engines, multifunctional graphene cement, and graphene-modified anti-corrosion coatings. The institute operates research and testing platforms, runs the 2D Labs incubator, and maintains a pilot production line. It states that it is building six international frontier laboratories. It has cooperation relationships with the University of Manchester, the University of Glasgow, the National University of Singapore, the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Green Intelligent Research Institute, Xiamen University, Chongqing University, and Zhejiang University. Its leadership includes Novoselov as chief scientist and honorary dean, and Jin Zhan as president; Ge Qi served as president as of 2022. The institute continues to engage in international cooperation, including a 2026 visit to Kazakhstan for university-industry collaboration under the Belt and Road framework.

• Institute established and settled in Liangjiang New Area, Chongqing.

• Established a joint training base with Chongqing University.

• Organized the Chongqing Graphene Industry Technology Innovation Alliance.

• Recognized as a 2020 Chongqing Talent • Innovation and Entrepreneurship Demonstration Team; Novoselov received Chongqing High-level Talent Category 1 recognition.

• Named an introduced high-end R&D institution (cultivation) by Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau; approved to establish a postdoctoral research workstation.

• Signed a scientific research cooperation agreement with the University of Manchester.

• Created the Chongqing Liangjiang New Area National Overseas Talent Offshore Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base (Glasgow, UK) overseas site.

• Novoselov became a foreign expert receiving the Chinese Government Friendship Award for Chongqing for 2020 and 2021.

• Named a China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Demonstration Enterprise; signed strategic cooperation agreement with Southwest University key laboratory.

• Novoselov and President Ge Qi attended the 21st World Carbon Conference.

• Novoselov attended the 2022 China International Smart Industry Expo summit; institute exhibited graphene-based hard technologies.

• Novoselov and President Jin Zhan visited Almaty Management University in Kazakhstan for university-industry cooperation.

International 2D materials industrialization and commercialization platform combining frontier research, testing services, and incubation.

• Nano-modified lubricating oil for energy-saving and low-carbon automotive engines

  Exhibited at the 2022 China International Smart Industry Expo.

• Multifunctional graphene cement

  Exhibited at the 2022 China International Smart Industry Expo.

• Graphene-modified anti-corrosion coatings

  Exhibited at the 2022 China International Smart Industry Expo.

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