UNLV ingenuity is addressing that hazard, with a polymer invented on campus playing an important role in developing battery cases that reduce fire risk. The state’s Battle Born Venture program provided pre-seed funding to Quantum Copper, a Las Vegas startup based in the UNLV Black Fire building that makes use of the battery-safety technology invented by Pradip Bhowmik, a longtime UNLV organic and polymer chemistry professor. Bhowmik’s 2016 discovery makes polymers more fire resistant without the use of halogenated compounds such as chlorine and bromine, which retard fires but can be harmful to theRead More