Materials

There are huge opportunities for companies providing inorganic chemicals to printed and potentially printed electronics. Here, Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx, summarises some of the findings from the new IDTechEx report "Inorganic and Composite Printed Electronics 2009-2019."

Researchers at the University of Chicago and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed an "electronic glue" that could accelerate advances in semiconductor-based technologies, including solar cells and thermoelectric devices that convert sun light and waste heat, respectively, into useful electrical energy.

H.C. Starck Clevios GmbH, Leverkusen, today announced the milestone of 1000 S/cm conductivity or 100 Ohm/sq level of resistivity has been reached using their optimized PEDOT:PSS conductive polymer called Clevios™.

To support new developments in the rapidly emerging field of printed electronics, RAHN has developed a product flash to summarize the products and support that they can offer to companies considering energy curing as an option for fabricating printed electronics products.

Kodak has developed a fast, printing-like process to fabricate high-performance zinc oxide (ZnO) transistors in open atmospheric conditions.

IDTechEx has just released a new report "Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene for Electronics Applications: Technologies, Players & Opportunities". Here the report author, Cathleen Macher, summarises some of the findings.

As long as printed RFID is struggling to overcome serious technical and economic difficulties, other alternatives to identify objects stay in focus with several research groups and companies.

NanoGram's CEO Dr Kieran Drain speaks to IDTechEx, about the company's focus on its 35µm multi-crystalline silicon technology (mc-Si), called SilFoil™.

Marketed products affirm cost abatement, increased serviceability and environmental advancements.

IDTechEx looks at progress at E ink at S.I.D. held in San Antonio

In the last year, the burgeoning printed and thin film electronics industry has greatly enhanced its repertoire and changed its priorities, encompassing such things as rapid commercialisation of disposable and invisible electronics.

Liquavista, the developer of break-through display manufacturing technologies, today announced the closing of its Series C funding round of €5 million euro.

Creative Materials, Inc., works in close collaboration with the medical industry to develop specific products for medical delivery applications.

EPSRC, the UK Government's leading funding agency for research and training in engineering and the physical sciences has announced a new six-year program on nanostructured photonic metamaterials, to be established at the University of Southampton in England.

An emerging technology investment and operating company announced that it is commercialising a new form of nanotechnology based infectious disease detection system with the capability to distinguish between different flu strains within seconds.

Researchers at UCLA have developed a new method for producing a hybrid graphene-carbon nanotube, or G-CNT, for potential use as a transparent conductor in solar cells and consumer electronic devices.

Using the same rubbery CNT-based conductor they developed a few months ago, researchers at the University of Tokyo made a stretchable display.

IDTechEx previews Art Technology's new brand of phosphor watches which incorporate an E-paper display from E-ink.

E-readers portable reading devices using electrophoretic displays and their reliable functioning and service life depend on the display being protected against temperature and humidity by suitable adhesive products.

Imprint Lithography at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems in Dresden: Engineering and Volume Production of Nanometer Scale Devices and Systems

Dr Peter Harrop of IDTechEx continues his report from Hong Kong on just a few examples of printed electronics and energy harvesting developments in this vibrant city.

ImageXpert's JetXpert system combines state of the art, proprietary strobing technology with customized optics and powerful ImageXpert software to provide a flexible platform for analyzing the performance of any print head through drop-in-flight analysis and visualization.

Dr Peter Harrop, IDTechEx meets a few of the people working on printed electronics and allied matters at the historic University of Hong Kong.

"Conductive materials for printed electronics were one of the interesting topics on the morning of the second day of the IDTechEx conference Printed Electronics Europe 2009" reports Cathleen Macher.

Inktec and Thin Film Electronics wins prestigious award for roll-to-roll high volume manufacturing of printed memories

A lightweight, flexible loudspeaker that looks like a thick sheet of foil could signal the beginning of the end for conventional speakers in some applications.

Vitex Systems, Inc., a leading technology developer, licensor and engineering service provider for thin-film encapsulation and moisture barrier films, today announced that it has appointed Chyi-Shan Suen President and Chief Operating Officer.

A "transparent super high barrier film" that offers the world's highest level of moisture barrier property with transparency has been developed by Fujifilm, state the company in a recent announcement.

Nextreme has recently developed a thin-film thermoelectric generator (eTEG™) that converts heat directly into electricity delivering power generation densities greater than 3W/cm2.

Creative Materials, Inc, a leading manufacturer of electrically conductive inks, coatings and adhesives, has introduced a fine line screen printable, electrically conductive silver ink, 125-13.

Thermoplastic Polyurethane films (TPU films) from Epurex Films GmbH & Co. KG allow sensitive electronic items to be directly embedded by means of efficient roll-to-roll or roll-to-sheet production technology.

The Polymer Chemistry Research Group at the University of Helsinki, Finland, has succeeded in producing nano-sized metallic copper particles that when reduced to nano-scale, the properties of the material undergo substantial changes.

In the second part of this two part article Cathleen Macher, Technical Analyst at IDTechEx, looks at the very latest progress with carbon nanotubes (CNT) in East Asia.

Cathleen Macher, Technical Analyst at IDTechEx, looks at the global progress of carbon nanotubes (CNT).

Researchers discover a potential on-off switch for nanoelectronics which scientists believe is the first step in developing new and improved electronic devices.

Lighter, cheaper, safer — a team of researchers at the University of Cincinnati, known for their world record-breaking carbon nanotubes, has discovered new applications of use to both military and consumer audiences.

IDTechEx finds that the market for printed and potentially printed electronics, including organics, inorganics and composites, will rise from $1.92 billion in 2009 to $57.16 billion in 2019.

Business results reflect National Starch acquisition and Ecolab sale

With SLM™ technology, OEMs can manufacture the environmentally cleanest, coolest operating, and most efficient UV-based UV curing solutions commercially available.

Creative Materials has developed an economical silver conductive ink, 125-10, with typical sheet resistivity of 15 milliohm/square/mil.

State enhances commitment to Konarka with financing from the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust.

Evonik is developing new n-type inorganic oxides as high performing semiconductor materials that can be processed by several printing technologies.

Omnidirectional printing overcomes some of the design constraints that have limited the potential of printed electronics

Johnson Matthey Silver & Coating Technologies have a new range of inks for use in the manufacture of printed circuits.

InkSure Technologies Inc. a provider of covert machine-readable security solutions for the prevention of counterfeiting, fraud and diversion, and a developer of a unique new chipless RFID technology announced that Mr. David Wallace has joined InkSure as Director of Sales for the Americas.

There were many users and potential users at the Energy Harvesting Workshop and they were far from being hooked on any one technology - Read part II of Dr Peter's Harrop's report.

The 4th Annual Energy Harvesting Workshop organised on 28-29 January by Virginia Tech in Blacksberg Virginia was largely academic and biased toward piezoelectrics which are moving up to rival photovoltaics in potential energy harvesting applications.

It has been found that certain nanoparticles can be dispersed through a material and migrate to cracks so efficiently that self-healing composites, that repair themselves when damaged, can be envisaged.

Creative Materials' translucent conductive ink and coating features excellent adhesion to a wide variety of substrates without prior surface treatments.

Pacothane Technologies LLC has introduced a technologically advanced, totally new Conformable Release Film that is specifically engineered to dramatically improve production yields and to simplify and standardize the process of laminating Cover-Layers to Flexible Printed Circuit Boards.