1 Dec 2008

Wider interest in printed electronics
At a time of financial uncertainty, companies know they must accelerate their move into the future. That is why there is a huge interest in printed electronics, a subject that pushes all the right buttons - environmental, affordable and leading to a new market of $300 billion that is just there for the taking. That is why the giant corporations are attending Printed Electronics USA, December 3-4 in San Jose, California.
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28 Nov 2008

G24i Innovations Names John Hartnett as CEO
G24 Innovations (G24i), a solar energy pioneer, has announced the appointment of John Hartnett as chief executive officer.
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27 Nov 2008

NanoMas Technologies completes series A Financing
NanoMas Technologies, Inc., a world leader in the development of low-cost and highly conductive metallic nanoparticles, announced the recent closing of $3.2 million in its Series A financing.
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27 Nov 2008

Rogers to feature printed electronics solutions
Rogers will showcase its Printed Electronics and Lighting Solutions at the Printed Electronics USA 2008 show (December 3-4, in San Jose, CA).
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27 Nov 2008

Conductive - Flexible -Transparent
H.C. Starck has developed an even more conductive polymer that can be tailor made for printed electronics.
27 Nov 2008

Thin films enhance thermoelectrics
Nextreme reports that solid-state thermoelectric devices have long been sought after as a solution for challenging thermal management and energy harvesting problems.
26 Nov 2008

New method to measure how strain affects semiconductors developed
Chip firms are always looking to gain an edge over their competitors in a market worth over $100 billion a year and the one silicon strategy for faster chips that has proven to be cost effective in mass production is - strained silicon.
25 Nov 2008

Researchers make new electronics - with a twist
Researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois have created electronics that can be twisted.
24 Nov 2008

Competence matrix of plastic electronics in the UK
Dr Zella King, Senior Lecturer and AIM Innovation Fellow at the University of Reading, UK, has conducted a detailed study of plastic electronics in the UK. The project is funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council and is one of a series of projects considering options for public policy to increase levels of innovation in the UK.
21 Nov 2008

Frontier Carbon Corporation - latest news
IDTechEx met up with Mr Mineyuki Arikawa, President of Japanese start up Frontier Carbon Corporation who is now researching electronic opportunities for his fullerine (C60 etc buckyball carbon) in Europe, notably in organic photovoltaics OPV.
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21 Nov 2008

Hodogaya promotes its transport materials for Novaled
Hodogaya Chemical Co., LTD, long experienced specialist and market leader in charge transport materials, and Novaled AG, leader in power efficient and long living Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) have agreed to offer hole transport materials for Novaled PIN OLED™ structures.
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20 Nov 2008

Reduced waste and increased quality through yield management
The ISRA VISION Smash PCB™ inspection system can be used in printed electronics applications to detect defects to include: mis-registration, shorts, opens, cracks, "mouse bites", and substrate defects.
20 Nov 2008

Graphene - the hottest new material in nanotechnology
Researchers discover method for mass production of nanomaterial graphene.
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19 Nov 2008

NTERA and GSI Technologies Sign License and Material Supply Agreement
NTERA, Inc., the leader in all-printed, flexible, color change display technologies, and GSI Technologies, the leading manufacturer of functional printed electronic components, has announced that they have entered into a multi-year license and material supply agreement to produce devices using NTERA's NanoChromics™ technology.
19 Nov 2008

Silver and its importance to printed electronics
Any reduction in the price of silver can lead to substantial savings for a high volume manufacturer so the recent fall in the price of sliver of over 50% to under $10/oz will be good news for the printed electronics industry.
18 Nov 2008

Flexible charge pump offers another means of producing electricity
Researchers have developed a new type of small-scale electric power generator able to produce alternating current through the cyclical stretching and releasing of zinc oxide wires encapsulated in a flexible plastic substrate with two ends bonded.
17 Nov 2008

Large End User Companies Attend Printed Electronics USA 2008
Printed Electronics is now reaching tipping point with the first major new products being launched - from flexible e-readers to fully printed RFID tags. To find out more attend Printed Electronics USA on 2 - 5, 2008 in San Jose.
17 Nov 2008

RFID robot - Shop of the future
A neat "robot" terminal has just been announced by electronics giant NEC. It combines a touch-sensitive screen in its chest with an RFID reader terminal for gathering data from the e-money phones that are popular in Japan.
14 Nov 2008

IDTechEx to launch Printed Electronics World Review Magazine
Printed Electronics World Review Magazine is to be launched at the World's biggest annual gathering of the industry - Printed Electronics USA 2008 in San Jose.
13 Nov 2008

Printed electronics - The magic arrives
How Printed Electronics is changing consumer goods and services - highlights from the forthcoming Printed Electronics USA event