Advanced Materials

Jinan Moxi New Material Technology Co., Ltd was founded in 2013 with registered capital 12.5 million Yuan (~ $ 2 million), and it is a joint venture of China and Spain. The company provides graphene and related products

Lomiko Metals and Graphene Labs have collaborated to form Graphene 3D Labs to to focus on the development of high-performance graphene-enhanced materials for 3D Printing. Lomiko Metals is the exclusive supplier of graphite to Graphene 3D Labs.

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 11 November discussing ITO substitutes.

Haydale acquires EPL Composite Solutions Ltd to advance graphene commercialisation capabilities.

Graphene NanoChem and Sync R&D have entered into an agreement to develop a 'next generation', graphene-enhanced lithium-ion battery for electric buses.

The 5th IDTechEx conference and tradeshow on graphene and 2D materials- Graphene and 2D Materials LIVE! - has become the annual meeting place for the global graphene industry in California.

Rapidly improving supercapacitors have been replacing lithium-ion batteries in many applications. The construction of supercapacitors is far simpler than batteries and there is every reason why the expensively-prepared, inherently low-cost supercapacitor materials and assembly technology should not continue to drop sharply in cost.

Scientists have discovered a new self-assembly method for producing defect-free graphene nanoribbons with periodic zigzag-edge regions.

Researchers have developed a novel yet simple technique, called diffusion driven layer-by-layer assembly, to construct graphene into porous three-dimensional (3D) structures for applications in devices such as batteries and supercapacitors.

On 1st October, IDTechEx attended the TCT Show covering all aspects of 3D Printing in Birmingham, UK. There were officially 10,000 delegates over 3 days, and 187 exhibitors, including all the major players in the industry.

Researchers have now found that crumpling a piece of graphene "paper" — a material formed by bonding together layers of the two-dimensional form of carbon — can actually yield new properties that could be useful for creating extremely stretchable supercapacitors to store energy for flexible electronic devices.

Sekisui is mostly researching barrier layers for PV applications although displays is also in the company's view. Sekisui is hoping to leverage its existing know-how in a variety of deposition techniques to enter the barrier market.

OLED displays are the biggest opportunity for flexible encapsulation and for that reason IDTechEx has highlighted the most significant advances in the technology in its recently updated report on the topic "Barrier Layers for Flexible Electronics 2015-2025: Technologies, Markets, Forecasts".

PV Nanocell is an Israeli company developing conductive inks for digital (inkjet) printing. Their inks are based on spherical single-crystal nanoparticles of silver or copper.

Researchers have discovered a way to create a highly sensitive chemical sensor based on the crystalline flaws in graphene sheets.

In July IDTechEx released its market forecasts for OLED displays, predicting a rapid rise of plastic and flexible displays. Recent announcements from major consumer electronics companies have just confirmed this trend.

SouthWest NanoTechnologies has received an SBIR Phase 1 Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Many new wearable technologies will appear in luxury designer products and fashion following the modest beginning with non-electronic technology such as artificial diamonds and Swarovsky selling base metal linking glass that is coated with interference layers. High margins await.

IDTechEx has been following closely the space for flexible encapsulation and current trends show case that films or in-line deposition based on multi layers (alternating layers of organic and inorganic materials, also known as dyads) is the preferred technology. Alternatives have also been in development too though, so we will briefly analyze some of the main candidates that could potentially displace multilayer approaches: flexible glass, single layer approaches and atomic layer deposition are the technologies examined in this article.

A new route to making graphene has been discovered that could make the 21st century's wonder material easier to ramp up to industrial scale.