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Electric drive vehicles have little impact on U.S. pollutant emissions

A new study from North Carolina State University indicates that even a sharp increase in the use of electric drive passenger vehicles (EDVs) by 2050 would not significantly reduce emissions of high-profile air pollutants carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxides.

Contract to advance fully printed transistor technology

Optomec has announced that the company was awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Lab to advance its Aerosol Jet technology for printed electronics.

Quest for inexpensive, durable electronics and solar cells

Electronic touch pads that cost just a few dollars and solar cells that cost the same as roof shingles are one step closer to reality today.

New alloy that converts heat into electricity

University of Minnesota engineering researchers in the College of Science and Engineering have recently discovered a new alloy material that converts heat directly into electricity.

Highly efficient solar cells could result from quantum dot research

Conventional solar cell efficiency could be increased from the current limit of 30 percent to more than 60 percent, suggests new research on semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots, led by chemist Xiaoyang Zhu at The University of Texas at Austin.

New approach for self-assembling electronics

Several organizations have demonstrated self assembling electronic devices but none have shown that high yield is possible over large areas. Now the University of Minnesota has developed a different self assembly approach to overcome that.

Ion-gel as dielectrics for printed electronics

Researchers at the University of Minnesota successfully demonstrated that ion-gel could be used as printable, high-capacitance gate insulator in organic thin-film transistors (OTFT).

Holst Research Centre moves further into e-packaging

The legendary Holst Research Centre in Eindhoven Netherlands organised a Smart Packaging Workshop on July 3 for invited participants.

High permittivity organic transistor gates by ionic drift - Finland/US

Gate dielectrics in printed electronics can make the transistors exhibit higher current and lower voltage and are a hot area of research.

Training the next generation of the printed electronics workforce

Several universities from around the world are sending the most promising academics to meet companies and explore markets for the technology at Printed Electronics Europe.