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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.

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.

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.

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.

Graphene - the hottest new material in nanotechnology

Researchers discover method for mass production of nanomaterial graphene.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Printed electronics - The magic arrives

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

Stora Enso joins Medixine in electronic compliance monitoring service

Smart packaging company Stora Enso has joined forces with Medixine to market a new electronic compliance monitoring service.

IDTechEx report on Intellipak conference held 5 November - Part two

IDTechEx finalises its report on the Intellipak conference held on 5 November in Sweden

First display modules from prelonic

prelonic build first display - battery modules: fully printed, on one substrate and low-cost. Focused to mass production processes these prototypes will be the base of the starting business in 2009.

Creative Materials offers a series of radio opaque inks and adhesives

Creative's radio opaque inks and adhesives are custom designed to adhere to a wide variety of plastics. The products are formulated to be applied by several methods including: pad printing, screen-printing and syringe dispensing.

IDTechEx report on Intellipak conference held 5 November - Part One

IDTechEx report on the Intellipak conference held in Sweden on 5 November that was mainly in Swedish and partly in English with just over 40 attending and excellent content.

Energy harvesting

Energy harvesting, otherwise known as energy scavenging is needed to boost and eventually replace the batteries in printed and other low cost and miniature electronics, particularly in order to extend their life in use.

New nanocluster to boost thin films for semiconductors

Oregon researchers push printed inorganic electronics to higher levels of performance by synthesizing an elusive metal-hydroxide compound in sufficient and rapidly produced yields, potentially paving the way for improved precursor inks that could boost semiconductor capabilities for large-area applications.

Hanvon e-reader used in space

The new electronic reader Hanvon N510 was used by the crew of the recent Shenzhou-7 orbital flight to take notes, read books and listen to recordings state recent reports.