http://www.idtechex.com/research/topics/materials_000227.asp IDTechEx provides independent analysis on the development and application of RFID, smart packaging and printed electronics en Copyright (C) IDTechEx Ltd 227 /research/topics/materials_000227.asp The success of today's digital electronics is based on the CMOS technology.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/novaled_achieves_break_through_in_organic_cmos_type_tec_00001048.asp?rsstopicid=227http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/novaled_achieves_break_through_in_organic_cmos_type_tec_00001048.asp?rsstopicid=22727 Aug 2008 Researcher claims to have made 3D metamaterial with a negative refractive index.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/3d_metamaterial_00001033.asp?rsstopicid=227http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/3d_metamaterial_00001033.asp?rsstopicid=22712 Aug 2008 The largest potential market for OLEDs is for mass produced, flexible, low cost versions, particularly wide area types with long life because they enable many exciting new product concepts to be realised rather than replace existing displays in familiar devices.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/oleds_to_be_rescued_by_inorganic_chemistry_00001028.asp?rsstopicid=227http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/oleds_to_be_rescued_by_inorganic_chemistry_00001028.asp?rsstopicid=22707 Aug 2008 DuPont Microcircuit Materials introduces new Solamet® PV159 for photovoltaic solar cells.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/new_generation_frontside_metallization_material_more_efficient_for_pv_00001029.asp?rsstopicid=227http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/new_generation_frontside_metallization_material_more_efficient_for_pv_00001029.asp?rsstopicid=22707 Aug 2008 The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a radio telescope currently under development by an international consortium who aim to probe fundamental physics, the origin and evolution of the Universe, the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy, and the formation and distribution of planets.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/the_square_kilometer_array_programme_launch_00001025.asp?rsstopicid=227http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/the_square_kilometer_array_programme_launch_00001025.asp?rsstopicid=22706 Aug 2008 Reinvestment supports next growth phase: Opening Dresden plant, establishing US headquarters, management team expansion.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/plastic_logic_receives_new_50_million_round_of_venture_capital_00001026.asp?rsstopicid=227http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/plastic_logic_receives_new_50_million_round_of_venture_capital_00001026.asp?rsstopicid=22706 Aug 2008 Utilizing the proven materials deposition techniques of stencil printing, screen printing and spin coating, Henkel's WBC solution allows packaging specialists to efficiently coat the back of wafers with die attach materials down to 20 microns in thickness.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/henkels_wafer_backside_coating_revolutionizes_die_attach_processes_00001027.asp?rsstopicid=227http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/henkels_wafer_backside_coating_revolutionizes_die_attach_processes_00001027.asp?rsstopicid=22706 Aug 2008 Things have now become really exciting with a huge range of new chemicals, nanotechnology and printing technology brought to bear and sophisticated thin film deposition techniques other than printing being tailored to play a part.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/the_new_chemistry_of_printed_electronics_00001024.asp?rsstopicid=227http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/the_new_chemistry_of_printed_electronics_00001024.asp?rsstopicid=22705 Aug 2008 Before the 1990s, silicon chip technology employed only six elements according to IBM but today we see a huge variety of compounds, alloys, solvents and dopants brought to bear.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/silicon_chip_chemicals_become_a_bridge_to_printing_00001023.asp?rsstopicid=227http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/silicon_chip_chemicals_become_a_bridge_to_printing_00001023.asp?rsstopicid=22704 Aug 2008 Printed Electronics Asia will display some of the latest manufacturing technologies from across the world.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/huge_growth_of_printed_electronics_asia_conference_00001022.asp?rsstopicid=227http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/huge_growth_of_printed_electronics_asia_conference_00001022.asp?rsstopicid=22701 Aug 2008 Chemical companies have huge opportunities in the new world of printed electronics.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/chemicals_for_printed_electronics_huge_new_market_00001021.asp?rsstopicid=227http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/chemicals_for_printed_electronics_huge_new_market_00001021.asp?rsstopicid=22731 Jul 2008 In the last few years there has been increasing work on printed Zinc Oxide (ZnO) inorganic semiconductors. However, the materials developed have been used to demonstrated n-type transistors, but p-type transistors have not been commercially available. There are now two organizations that IDTechEx is aware of, and many more working on the topic, claiming p-type ZnO transistors are possible with reproducible results.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/progress_towards_p_type_metal_oxide_semiconductors_00001017.asp?rsstopicid=227http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/progress_towards_p_type_metal_oxide_semiconductors_00001017.asp?rsstopicid=22730 Jul 2008 IDTechEx report on the SEMICON West event held in San Francisco in mid July - an event with over one thousand exhibitors covering the silicon supply chain.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/news_from_semicon_west_and_intersolar_north_america_00001012.asp?rsstopicid=227http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/news_from_semicon_west_and_intersolar_north_america_00001012.asp?rsstopicid=22728 Jul 2008 Creative Materials announces a series of unique single-component, electrically conductive, B-stageable epoxy adhesives.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/creative_materials_introduce_die_attach_adhesives_and_adhesive_films_00001013.asp?rsstopicid=227http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/creative_materials_introduce_die_attach_adhesives_and_adhesive_films_00001013.asp?rsstopicid=22728 Jul 2008 Researchers created a flexible circuit containing more than 100 transistors, the largest nanonet ever produced and the first demonstration of a working nanonet circuit.http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/nanonet_circuits_closer_to_making_flexible_electronics_reality_00001011.asp?rsstopicid=227http://www.idtechex.com/research/articles/nanonet_circuits_closer_to_making_flexible_electronics_reality_00001011.asp?rsstopicid=22725 Jul 2008