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Chinese firm creates political storm in winning bid for A123 Systems

Wanxiang, China's largest maker of auto parts created a political storm when they won the auction to acquire recently bankrupt company, A123 Systems.

Scientists develop indium-free organic light-emitting diodes

Scientists have discovered new ways of using a well-known polymer in organic light emitting diodes, which could eliminate the need for an increasingly problematic and breakable metal-oxide used in screen displays in computers, televisions, and cell phones.

Metallic cubes improve metamaterials for energy harvesting

Microscopic metallic cubes could unleash the enormous potential of metamaterials to absorb light, leading to more efficient and cost-effective large-area absorbers for sensor applications or energy-harvesting devices.

Perpetuum Releases Intelligent Power Module

The IPM allows users to connect Perpetuum's Vibration Energy Harvester (also known as Vibration Energy Scavenger) and hence deliver significant savings by avoiding the need to replace batteries even at fast update rates down to a few seconds.

IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2012 award winners

The annual printed electronics award winners were announced at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics event this week in Santa Clara, California - the World's largest event on the topic.

Production to begin at South Korean OLED materials plant

Idemitsu Electronic Materials Korea Co., Ltd. has completed construction of a plant for manufacturing organic light-emitting diode materials in the city of Paju, near Seoul, and now plans to begin production at the new plant.

Funneling the sun's energy

The quest to harness a broader spectrum of sunlight's energy to produce electricity has taken a radically new turn, with the proposal of a "solar energy funnel" that takes advantage of materials under elastic strain.

GE to purchase 2,000 Ford C-MAX energi plug-in hybrids

GE will purchase 2,000 Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrids for its fleet - Ford's largest-ever plug-in electrified vehicle fleet sale.

ThinFilm ready to lead next phase of printed electronics

Complete end-to-end production infrastructure in place; Thousands of Thinfilm Memory TM cards being used at Printed Electronics USA.

Optomec to present advances in 3D printed electronics

Aerosol Jet Printing for low and high volume 3D electronics applications will be highlighted.

Highlights From second day at Printed Electronics USA 2012

The second and final day of Printed Electronics USA in Santa Clara really illustrated how far the technologies had progressed and the huge variety of players in the field. The event, organized by IDTechEx, was the best and biggest edition of the series so far. Amongst the attendees were company founders, directors, engineers, academics, but also students and patent attorneys. In particular, there were a large number of end users attending the show.

First impressions from Printed Electronics USA 2012 California

Printed electronics has reached its tipping point as evidenced by the world's largest event on the topic, Printed Electronics USA, now taking place in Santa Clara California, staged by the leading analysts on the subject, IDTechEx.

Flexible PV: growing more than three-fold in the next 5 years

Although it is often the case that flexible solar panels are assumed to be related to organic photovoltaic technologies, that is not always the case.

Seamless graphene/nanotube hybrid created

Researchers have successfully grown forests of carbon nanotubes that rise quickly from sheets of graphene to astounding lengths of up to 120 microns.

Boosting heat transfer with nanoglue

A team of interdisciplinary researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a new method for significantly increasing the heat transfer rate across two different materials.

20 years dedicated to promoting innovation

Founded 20 years ago in Mataró (Barcelona) to promote growth and innovation in the industrial fabric, CETEMMSA has evolved to become today the Spanish benchmark in printed electronics and textile electronics.

DoE awards up to $120 million for battery hub to Argonne-led group

A multi-partner team led by Argonne National Laboratory has been selected for an award of up to $120 million over five years to establish a new Batteries and Energy Storage Hub.

Are IGZO backplanes the answer for the display industry?

New drivers are opening up new frontiers in the display industry, resulting in technological innovation and the expansion and diversification of the market. This article summaries some of these recent developments and research from IDTechEx's brand new report "Metal Oxide TFT Backplanes for Displays 2013-2018: Analysis, Trends, Markets."

Agreement for next generation LFP-graphene batteries

The 50-50 collaborative agreement sets out terms with the objective of creating patentable inventions by combining graphene, supplied by Grafoid, with Hydro-Québec's patented lithium iron phosphate technologies.

Conductive single-walled CNT system for screen-printing applications

Brewer Science introduces conductive single-walled carbon nanotube pastes that are stable, concentrated, and designed especially for screen-printing for conductive trace applications in flexible electronics, circuit boards, and back-end electronics packaging.