Advanced Materials

Oakland, CA-based Albert Invent's R&D platform is designed to streamline the chemical/materials industry laboratory and expedite day-to-day R&D activities. Its cloud-based platform integrates features including inventory management, an electronic lab notebook and laboratory information management system, machine learning-powered predictive modelling, regulatory automation and more.

The development of the hydrogen economy and its associated technologies presents many opportunities for chemical companies. This premium article presents some key opportunities that IDTechEx identified from existing research.

Innovation map for trends in 3D printing private funding from 2021-2023.

Innovation map for 3D scanners for additive manufacturing: major technologies and players.

The 3D printing industry is by no means new, given the invention of the first 3D printing technologies in the 1980s; yet, in an industry with a long history of twists and turns, 2024 is looking to be the most consequential yet for additive manufacturing. This can be traced back to the shockwaves set off by COVID-19. While the pandemic initially lowered sales for many 3D printer manufacturers, it also created opportunities for additive manufacturing to showcase its unique strengths, as numerous companies looked to reshoring and strengthening their supply chain to avoid persistent disruptions amidst global shipping shortages.

This premium article offers a quick update on the EU Chips Act, with a specific emphasis on the investment plans of Intel and TSMC. The information stems from a collective interview conducted by IDTechEx at Semicon EU and Semicon Taiwan in 2023, featuring insights from various stakeholders, including start-ups, state councils, and insiders from prominent corporations.

IDTechEx have launched a new monthly podcast, 'Tomorrow's Tech by IDTechEx', bringing you up to date technology trends. In each episode our host will interview an industry expert from IDTechEx, offering insights into a range of emerging technologies.

Green hydrogen is increasingly recognized as a clean industrial feedstock and the future's energy carrier. Central to green hydrogen production is the water electrolyzer. Historically, the alkaline water electrolyzer (AWE) has dominated the market due to its maturity and development

WACKER is a technological leader in the chemical industry and manufactures products for all key global industries. It is active in the silicone, polymer, life sciences and polysilicon markets. This update is focused on its dielectric silicone products for energy harvesting and sensing applications.

An IDTechEx analyst talked with Liquid X, a Carnegie Mellon University spin-off focusing on the advanced material manufacture of functional metallic inks to replace physical wires. The applications cover multiple industries, including sensors, heating elements, smart textiles and many others

ChemCubed offer both nanocomposite material for 3D printing (termed NanoJet™) and multi-layer/multi-material digital printing solutions (termed ElectroJet™) for electronics, including materials (particle free inks), printers, and processes. This profile is an update of their latest developments on ElectroJet™.

This premium article introduces and assesses diverse interposer materials in 2.5D advanced semiconductor packaging, including Si, organics, and glass. The analysis explores distinctive characteristics, material limitations, and manufacturing challenges, offering comprehensive insights into their industry roles.

Semiconductor packaging technologies have evolved from initial 1D PCB levels to the cutting-edge 3D hybrid bonding packaging at the wafer level. This advancement facilitates single-digit micronmeter interconnecting pitches, achieving over 1000 GB/s bandwidth with high energy efficiency.

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Henkel Adhesive Technologies is a business unit of Henkel, supplying adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings. This update highlights its latest areas of focus in printed electronics, with a particular emphasis on pad printing solutions for antenna applications.

Mofiria manufactures and distributes finger vein biometric authentication devices that use complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) and organic photodetector near-infrared image sensors.

Mateligent GmbH produce smart materials composed of dielectric elastomers (DE) and shape memory alloys (SMA), which they use to design actuators, pressure and strain sensors, and haptics. IDTechEx spoke with Andreas Meyer (Co-founder/CTO), Alex York (General Manager), Tim Mannchen (Business Development Manager), and Jens Preetz (CEO). This interview focuses on Mateligent's electroactive polymers (EAPs).

This premium article provides an introduction to metal-organic frameworks (MOF) and their applications.

Ionomr Innovations are a Canadian company, providing hydrocarbon-based ion exchange membranes. IDTechEx spoke with Benjamin Britton (Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder).

Cambridge, UK-based company Intellegens applies machine learning processes to sparse and noisy data to speed up R&D. This is application-agnostic, with sectors served including materials, chemicals, life sciences and manufacturing.