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Background, Principal Activities and Basis of Presentation (Details Textual) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 16, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Organization And Basis Of Presentation [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross		$ 1,780,000
Liqxtal Technology Inc. [Member]
Organization And Basis Of Presentation [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 1,780,000		$ 0
Ownership Percentage Acquired	64.00%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Investing Activities
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (b)
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