AIST

AIST

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The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), led by President Nomakuchi, is a public research institution funded by the Japanese government to a large extent. AIST has over 40 autonomous research units in various innovative research fields, and the units are located at nine research bases and several sites (smaller than research bases) of AIST all over Japan. About 2400 researchers (about 2100 with tenure: about 80 from abroad) and thousands of visiting scientists, post-doctoral fellows, and students from home and abroad are working at AIST.
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2010
30 Apr 2010

Worlds smallest superconductor

Scientists have discovered the world's smallest superconductor, a sheet of four pairs of molecules less than one nanometer wide.
2 Mar 2010

Rice researchers make graphene hybrid

Rice University researchers have found a way to stitch graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) into a two-dimensional quilt that offers new paths of exploration for materials scientists.
2009
2 Oct 2009

Organic Photovoltaics Industry to convene in Boston October 15-16

Organic Photovoltaics Industry to convene in Boston October 15-16.
7 Aug 2009

Lithium Air - batteries on steroids

Better traction batteries will lead to better batteries for energy harvesting. After all, both need to affordably pack more energy in a given space while improving battery life, fast charging and affordability.
26 Jun 2009

Organic photovoltaics promise more

Future generation organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology has the promise to be the low-cost renewable energy solution.
3 Jun 2009

New focus for printed electronics

In the last year, the burgeoning printed and thin film electronics industry has greatly enhanced its repertoire and changed its priorities, encompassing such things as rapid commercialisation of disposable and invisible electronics.
3 Apr 2009

Energy harvesting without batteries

Usually, dispensing with any form of battery can give even longer life, lower cost, smaller size, greater reliability, convenience, labour saving and reduced environmental problems.
13 Mar 2009

Huge Advances in Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) - part 2

In the second part of this two part article Cathleen Macher, Technical Analyst at IDTechEx, looks at the very latest progress with carbon nanotubes (CNT) in East Asia.
20 Feb 2009

Development of high-performance organic-dye-sensitized solar cell

A new organic high-performance dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) has been developed that does not use Ruthenium.
2008
11 Sep 2008

23rd European PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition part 2

Harry Zervos IDTechEx's technology analyst finalises his report on the 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, in the Feria Valencia, in Spain.
2007
18 Sep 2007

AIST Japan Gives Latest View of Printed Display Evolution

At the IDTechEx conference Printed Electronics Asia, held last week, Kiyoshi Yase of the Photonics Research Institute at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan gave a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of flexible and printable organic electronics.
10 Sep 2007

Flexible and Printable Organic Electronics

Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
12 Jul 2007

Printed Electronics in East Asia

5 Jun 2007

Tohoku University Japan Advances Organic and Inorganic Semiconductors

2004
23 Sep 2004

Organic TFTs improve

Japanese group overcome two hurdles with printed OLEDs