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Universal Display and the Flexible Display Center at ASU

Universal Display and the Flexible Display Center at ASU enhance strategic relationship to supply flexible active-matrix pholed display prototypes to U.S. Army. Universal Display also awarded $650,000 U.S. Army SBIR Phase II Enhancement Program to support demonstration of enhanced-performance AMOLEDs on plastic substrates.

Carbon nanotubes could make efficient solar cells

In a carbon nanotube-based photodiode, electrons (blue) and holes (red) - the positively charged areas where electrons used to be before becoming excited - release their excess energy to efficiently create more electron-hole pairs when light is shined on the device.

Carbon nanotubes could make efficient solar cells

In a carbon nanotube-based photodiode, electrons (blue) and holes (red) - the positively charged areas where electrons used to be before becoming excited - release their excess energy to efficiently create more electron-hole pairs when light is shined on the device.

Printing silicon in South Africa - Part one

The engine of the new printed electronics will be printed transistors on flexible substrates that can be one tenth to one hundredth of the cost of those in simple silicon chips.

Synthetic leaves for energy scavenging

Researcher Michel Maharbiz from the University of California, Berkeley, together with researchers from the University of Michigan, and MIT have constructed leaves out of glass wafers with tiny veins through which water can flow.

Flood of traction battery money will benefit harvesting

The world is putting over $50 million in government funding into electric cars and the Obama administration is also putting a large sum into the enabling technologies, particularly batteries.

Launch of IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage US Event

Speakers already confirmed include The US Navy SPAWAR, GE, Savi Technology, University of Michigan, Fisk University, Structural Graphics, MicroStrain, Axcess Technologies, The Facility, NREL and many others.

Advanced flexible OLEDs closer to mass market

The Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University and Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: PANL), has introduced the first a-Si:H active matrix flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display to be manufactured directly on DuPont Teijin's polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) substrate.

Energy harvesting knee brace

An energy-capturing knee brace can generate enough electricity from walking to operate a portable GPS locator, a cell phone, a motorized prosthetic joint or an implanted neurotransmitter.

Harvesting tolerant electronics

A low-power microchip developed at the University of Michigan uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 times less in active mode than comparable chips now on the market.

Smart bridge system aids ailing bridges

A five year Smart Brigdge project will look at an infrastructure monitoring system that uses surface and penetrating sensors to detect cracks, corrosion and any other signs of weakness.

Huge advances in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) - part 1

Cathleen Macher, Technical Analyst at IDTechEx, looks at the global progress of carbon nanotubes (CNT).

Energy harvesting for robots

Robots need enduring motive power that is not usually associated with the term energy harvesting and power for sensors and so on that is more to do with energy harvesting. However, these needs merge as we progress to small robots.

'Smart fabrics' that monitor health

A carbon nanotube-coated "smart yarn" that conducts electricity could be woven into soft fabrics that detect blood and monitor health, engineers at the University of Michigan have demonstrated.

Rapid growth expected from the OLED lighting industry

Rapid growth expected from the OLED lighting industry creating demand of up to 90% for OLED materials by volume.

Ultrafast computers a step closer but OLED efficiencies look bleak

University of Utah, physicists have moved a step forward in building an organic "spin transistor": a plastic semiconductor switch for future ultrafast computers and electronics but OLED efficiencies look bleak.

Terahertz radiation could be used to detect early tumors

An imaging systems that can detect naturally occurring terahertz radiation with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution may soon be able to detect early tumors.