National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

DoMicro

DoMicro is a Dutch company that develops innovative micro-assembly technology for flexible hybrid electronics. It primarily provides private R&D services, although some solutions/technologies are developed without a specific request. IDTechEx caught up with Business Development Manager Dr AJ Hoeven at LOPEC 2023.

Still Waiting on a Commercial Need for Take-off: SWCNTs

Commercializing a new material is not easy. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are the higher-performance variants of the carbon nanotube family, but unlike their multi-walled counterpart, they are still hunting for their killer application.

Zeon

ZEON is a large chemical company with a division for SWCNTs. IDTechEx spoke with several members of their team including Mitsugu Uejima and Taichi Yatsuzuka.

Miraisens, Inc.

IDTechEx interviewed Hiroyuki Ikushima, Masatoshi Miyakawa and Norio Nakamura from Miraisens. They are a haptics company based in Japan which was acquired by Murata in December 2019. IDTechEx spoke to them about their 3DHaptics technology and business objectives.

SIJ Technology

SIJ Technology make super fine inkjet printers, capable of feature sizes as small as 1 um. They also produce a spray-coater for coating 3D surfaces.

Efficiently turning light into electricity

Perovskites form a group of crystals that have many promising properties for applications in nano-technology. However, one useful property that so far was unobserved in perovskites is so-called carrier multiplication - an effect that makes materials much more efficient in converting light into electricity.

Cell membrane inspires new ultrathin electronic film

Japanese researchers have developed a new method to build large areas of semiconductive material that is just two molecules thick and a total of 4.4 nanometers tall. The films function as thin film transistors, and have potential future applications in flexible electronics or chemical detectors.

World record thin-film solar cell efficiency of 22.9%

Solar Frontier KK claims it has set a new world record for thin-film solar cell efficiency.

ITO alternatives: printed metal mesh is on the rise?

The transparent conductive film (TCF) industry has witnessed upheaval in recent years.

Tiny drones as artificial pollinators

As bees slip onto the endangered species list in the United States, researchers in Japan are pollinating lilies with insect-sized drones.

New class of fuel cells offer increased flexibility, lower cost

A new class of fuel cells based on a newly discovered polymer-based material could bridge the gap between the operating temperature ranges of two existing types of polymer fuel cells, a breakthrough with the potential to accelerate the commercialization of low-cost fuel cells for automotive and stationary applications.

Turnable, twistable robots

Forget steel and aluminum. The robots of tomorrow may be able to squish, stretch and squeeze.

Boosting efficiency of CIGS solar cells

CIGS solar cells are compound thin-film solar cells and the most established alternative to silicon solar cells. Solar conversion efficiencies of over 20% have recently been achieved in CIGS solar cells.

Meeting of Japan Energy Harvesting Consortium September 25 2015

As energy harvesting becomes a different and much more noticed subject, IDTechEx monitors the situation by intensive visits to many events, companies and universities. The meeting of the Japan Energy Harvesting Consortium September 2015 was certainly revealing.

IDTechEx Presents Printed Electronics Insight Forums. Tokyo 28 Sept.

Two guest speakers from Japan will present at the IDTechEx insight forums in Tokyo on 28 September, providing in-depth analysis into printed electronics. www.IDTechEx.com/PEAsia