IP Commercialization in materials sciences

Inventions as in new metamaterials or aparatus as the first may interest distributors and second existing manufacturers to complement productlines. Pitching as a pure company requires a potential blockbuster like early years of nanotubes before get serious attention from people who are looking for high payoff for high risk ventures.

Hi Jennifer
A lot depends on your own set of skills and contacts, what stage your technology is at (proof of concept v prototype v test market sales etc), and whether you want a licence or an outright sale of the technology. Contacting companies directly is great if you can get to the right people, which is a large part of the battle. Understanding and being able to articulate how your technology fits within their business strategy is very important. Going to an industry trade fair is a very good starting place in most cases, even if you are not exhibiting, you can gather a lot of intelligence from the other exhibitors. Good luck!