Advanced Materials

The Battery Show is one of the largest events around the world on energy storage for electric vehicles, which is held annually in Novi, MI.

This two-part series will look at some of the materials opportunities emerging in electric vehicle for both batteries and other componentry. This information will be taking highlights from two recent trade shows: Foam Expo (Novi, USA) and The Battery Show co-located with Electric and hybrid vehicle technology expo.

Researchers have used computer power to automate the search for well-matched solar materials. In the future, this could lead to vastly more efficient devices.

Research led by scientists has shown the potential of liquid crystal shells as enabling material for a vast array of future applications, ranging from autonomous driving to anti-counterfeiting technology and a new class of sensors.

Poor air quality is a growing threat to the public health. It has caused more deaths annually than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. Recent data from UK government shows that air pollution diseases cost the NHS £20 billion a year. The problem of air pollution is becoming a growing concern for the public.

IDTechEx has attended SID Display Week 2018 and the following article will show you the latest products, technologies and activities at the show. This particular article focuses on fingerprint technologies, as well as micro-LED and transparent displays.

Ubiquitous Energy, spun out of MIT, has an established prototyping and pilot production facility for transparent PV devices in Silicon Valley. To date, it has raised roughly $25 million in private and venture funding, and formed partnerships with two of the largest global glass manufacturers.

Oxeon is the market leader in spread tow reinforcements for ultralightweight composite parts, the products are sold under the brand name TeXtreme. Andreas Martsman spoke with technology analyst Dr Richard Collins.

Graphene-oxide membranes have attracted considerable attention as promising candidates for new filtration technologies. Now the much sought-after development of making membranes capable of sieving common salts has been achieved.

IDTechEx will be hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 5 June titled Transparent conductive films and materials: Major trends shaping the industry's past, present and future.

NanoCnet announces the launch of its SilverStrandTM, a new generation of flexible, durable and stable silver nanomaterials for the use in the flexible electronics and related industries.

Silver Strands is a new generation of highly electrically flexible and stable silver nanomaterial. They are inherently more stable and durable than their nanowire counterparts, and will drive innovation in new conducve inks and applications in the flexible electronics industry.

Researchers have created a transparent hybrid film that combines natural clay minerals and dyes into a material that changes color in response to environmental humidity.

Born out of the research labs of TU Delft with over 20 years of experience in the synthesis of aerosols, the VSP-G1 nanoparticle generator provides researchers with the possibility to perform ground-breaking research within the field of nanomaterials without the limitations of common generation methods and materials.

A recent independent study by Imperial College London has evaluated the potential for new gravity-fed energy storage within the UK energy system. With tens of thousands of vertical mine shafts in the UK alone (UK Coal Authority), the potential initial market is sizeable.

This article provides an overview of graphene, 2D materials and CNTs.

Update from IDTechEx Show! Europe 2018.

Update from IDTechEx Show! Berlin 2018

Update from the IDTechEx Show! Berlin 2018

Update from the IDTechEx Show! Berlin 2018