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Ion-gel as dielectrics for printed electronics

Researchers at the University of Minnesota successfully demonstrated that ion-gel could be used as printable, high-capacitance gate insulator in organic thin-film transistors (OTFT).

PETEC purchases Optomec Aerosol Jet Deposition System

Aerosol Jet System will be used for the development of Organic Thin Film Transistors

The latest on conductive materials

"Conductive materials for printed electronics were one of the interesting topics on the morning of the second day of the IDTechEx conference Printed Electronics Europe 2009" reports Cathleen Macher.

Winners of the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe Awards

The annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe conference and exhibition in Dresden, Germany, last week hosted the annual awards to recognise outstanding achievement in the industry. The Deputy Mayor of Dresden, Dirk Hilbert, opened the Awards.

Aerosol Jet Deposition System at IDTechEx's Printed Electronics Europe

Optomec announced today that Dave Ramahi, Optomec's President/CEO will give a Masterclass presentation on Aerosol Jet Deposition technology for C-Si and Thin Film Photovoltaics at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics conference in Dresden, Germany on April 6th.

Opening of PETEC 17 March

The Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) is the UK's major new design, development, and prototyping centre for the commercialisation of printed electronics. With 180 present, the launch included keynote lectures from international experts in the field of printable electronics.

Opening of PETEC 17 March Airs Photovoltaics

The Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) is the UK's major new design, development, and prototyping centre for the commercialisation of printed electronics.

Printed Carbon Nanotube Transistors achieve 5GHz Frequency

Optomec's Aerosol Jet system has been used to fully print Carbon NanoTube (CNT) based Thin Film Transistors (TFT) with operating frequencies over 5 Gigahertz (GHz). The work was conducted in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts and Brewer Science, Inc.

Research on energy harvesting thick films - Energy Harvesting Workshop

The 4th Annual Energy Harvesting Workshop organised on 28-29 January by Virginia Tech in Blacksberg Virginia was largely academic and biased toward piezoelectrics which are moving up to rival photovoltaics in potential energy harvesting applications.

Aerosol printing boosts solar cell efficiency

The non Contact aerosol jet process is scalable for industrial volume production and ideally suited for printing on thinner wafers

Aerosol Jet printing of copper inks

It is predicted that the cost of silver will increase exponentially over the years and as a result of this cost escalation, low cost but high quality metallic inks are required.

The new chemistry of printed electronics

Things have now become really exciting with a huge range of new chemicals, nanotechnology and printing technology brought to bear and sophisticated thin film deposition techniques other than printing being tailored to play a part.

Replacing printed silver with copper

The spot price of silver is up over 50% in the past 12 months and it continues to trend upward because silver supplies are falling fast while demand from China, India, Russia and Eastern Europe is climbing. As a reult, a lot of work is underway for alternatives.

Optomec and Applied Nanotech Holdings announce strategic co-operation

Optomec and Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. announce strategic co-operation to introduce optimized copper inks for aerosol jet printing for printable electronics.

RFID and the Printing Industry

Printed RFID is only part of an emerging $300 billion business in printing many forms of electronics and electrics.

Highlights of Photovoltaics beyond Conventional Silicon event

IDTechEx shed light on progress of technologies at Photovoltaics beyond Conventional Silicon conference held in Denver.