 Nanotek Instruments , a Dayton area company , is a nanomaterial research and development company focused on bringing nanotechnology into consumer applications . Founded in 1997 , Nanotek Instruments currently holds some of the oldest intellectual property on the " wonder material " graphene . Nanotek 's current research focuses on using the properties of graphene in energy storage applications such as Li @-@ ion batteries and <unk> . Their research on graphene based <unk> was selected as one of the top five <unk> of 2010 . 
