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Related Party Transaction, Payment for Retention Agreement in Connection with Sale, First Retention Payment

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Amount billed to customers under long-term contracts or programs but not paid. Excludes amounts due that have been withheld because of retainage provisions in a contract.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Minimum amount of purchase arrangement in which the entity has agreed to expend funds to procure goods or services from a supplier.

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Maximum number of units that may be acquired, in connection with an unconditional purchase obligation that has not been recognized for financial reporting purposes.

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Collaboration and License Agreement (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
Collaboration and License Agreement (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 16, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 11, 2016
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage						19.90%
Subsidiary, Ownership Interest by Parent	80.10%					80.10%
Proceeds From Licensing Agreements, Milestone Payments			$ (5,000,000)	$ 0
Hitachi Chemical Co., LTD [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage						21.00%
Recorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation				$ 20,500,000		$ 19,400,000
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Maximum Quantity						15,000,000
Proceeds From Licensing Agreements, Initial Payment	$ 5,000,000		5,000,000
Proceeds From Licensing Agreements, Milestone Payments	5,000,000		5,000,000
Cumulative Revenue Threshold for Receiving Milestone Payment			125,000,000
PCT Allendale, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contract Receivable						$ 5,600,000
PCT Allendale, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase Obligation						$ 4,400,000
PCT Allendale, LLC [Member] \| Hitachi Chemical Co., LTD [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds From Licensing Agreements	75,000,000		$ 75,000,000
Cumulative Revenue Threshold for Receiving Milestone Payment	$ 125,000,000
Minimum [Member] \| PCT Allendale, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Length of Contract for Royalty Payments from Revenue Generated in Asia					10 years
Scenario, Forecast [Member] \| Hitachi Chemical Co., LTD [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds From Licensing Agreements		$ 5,000,000
Proceeds From Licensing Agreements, Closing Payments		65,000,000
Director [Member] \| Scenario, Forecast [Member] \| Robert A. Preti [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Payment for Retention Agreement in Connection with Sale, First Retention Payment		1,375,000
Related Party Transaction, Payment for Retention Agreement in Connection with Sale, Second Retention Payment		$ 1,375,000
Related Party Transaction, Payment for Retention Agreement in Connection with Sale, Third Retention Payment, Percentage of Milestone Payment		5.00%