TyroMotion GmbH (AT)

Change in the Executive Board of AIXTRON SE

AIXTRON SE has announced that Paul Hyland, AIXTRON SE's President and CEO will leave the Company by mutual agreement with effect as of February 28, 2013, for personal reasons.

Large-scale production of edge-functionalized graphene nanoplatelets

The electrocatalytic activity of heteroatom-doped carbon-based nanomaterials has become a growing interest in the past few years due to their potential applications for fuel cells and metal-air batteries.

New batteries hold three times as much energy

Researchers at USC have developed a new lithium-ion battery design that uses porous silicon nanoparticles in place of the traditional graphite anodes to provide superior performance.

Cheap, strong lithium-ion battery developed at USC

Researchers at USC have developed a new lithium-ion battery design that uses porous silicon nanoparticles in place of the traditional graphite anodes to provide superior performance.

Cellergy

Cellergy is a developer of small supercapacitors for electronic applications. The company is currently under change of management given bad financial situation.

FUJIFILM

Fujifilm Dimatix has very high market penetration of inkjet printers and print heads for printed electronics. Its activity is profitable. However, inkjet printing has not been adopted so far for much commercial production of printed electronics, with other printing options being preferred but the company is also using its PZT technology in other applications.

Laird Technologies acquires Nextreme Thermal Solutions technology

Laird Technologies, Inc. has announced the acquisition of Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc. the US based developer of thin-film thermoelectric technologies.

Flisom raises funding to ramp up 15 MW flexible CIGS production plant

Flisom has raised a substantially large investment to further develop its technology and build a production plant with an annual capacity of 15MW in Switzerland.

Solar cells use a spray painting process

Solar cells made using a process like spray painting have been developed by a research collaboration between scientists.

Evonik and Holst Centre partner to extend thin-film electronics

Holst Centre and Evonik Industries AG announce a partnership to extend the range and performance of thin-film electronics applications.

Outboard for boats developed by ReGen Nautic

UQM Technologies' electric motors and controllers are at the heart of the new ReGen Nautic E180 all-electric outboard motor introduced this week at the Dusseldorf Boat Show. This is in addition to series-hybrid electric systems that ReGen Nautic has developed for yachts, trawlers, and sailboats over 50 feet using UQM® components.

Sharp Technology Ventures (STV)

Sharp Laboratories of America is the US R&D center of Sharp Corporation. In its early years, Sharp Labs started providing fabrication services to some of their key partners. This activity evolved into contract research and the launch of a new entity: Sharp Technology Ventures (STV).

Outlook for smart packaging: $75 million to $1.45 billion in ten years

It has been a slow path to commercialize smart packaging. Despite strong needs such as the aging population, tougher legislation, huge waste, more demanding consumers and concerns about safety and crime; commercial success has been mixed.

Optimizing lighting in buildings: Efficiency, sustainability, control

As sensing becomes wireless and energy harvesting technologies start to provide reliable sources of power that allows networking hundreds or even thousands of them lighting becomes even more sustainable and cost-efficient.

All eyes on Supercapacitors

Supercapacitors (ultracapacitors) are now center stage for designers of electronics and particularly power circuits. This is because they are improving faster than the batteries and electrolytic capacitors they increasingly replace. More subtly, they reduce the need for and danger from lithium-ion batteries. For example, when placed across a rechargeable battery, they protect it from fast charging and discharging and allow more of the energy in the battery to be utilised. Learn more ...

Energy harvesting comes to market

Energy harvesting - harvesting abundant energy from the environment to power small devices or assist larger devices - has secured a sure foot-hold in building and industrial markets, powering wireless sensors to improve efficiency, reduce costs and increase automation.

FLEX 2013

The FLEX 2013 conference and exhibition took place in Phoenix, Arizona between the 30th of January and the 1st of February 2013.

Nemesis project to explore energy harvesting

The University of Bath has received funds for a project titled 'NEMESIS', which will allow it to set up a new world-leading Centre for energy harvesting and generation.

New programme to make hydrogen powered travel in the UK a reality

A ground breaking project to ensure the UK is well positioned for the commercial roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles has been launched.

Easy laboratory automation with Aerotech's Ensemble LAB

Aerotech's new Ensemble® LAB control platform makes it easier than ever to automate laboratory and light industrial manufacturing applications.