Advanced Materials

Photovoltaics is now a key enabling technology for land vehicles and boats. The favorite type is single crystal silicon - it used to be protected by an acrylic sheet on either side, making it bendable when being fitted, but that has strength and weathering issues. Now, much stronger, long-life polycarbonate is taking over.

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is generating much enthusiasm across the world, with the hopes that it could play a major role in the fight against climate change. However, amidst this enthusiasm, the industry suffered an apparent setback in mid-2020 when the Petra Nova facility in Texas, then the world's largest CCUS facility for a coal-fired power station, was closed down.

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What initially looks like a simple transparent film conceals a whole new level of security. Invisible buttons are printed with conductive ink on the transparent carrier material, the position of which is known only to insiders. Such circuits can be connected to a door lock as an access code, for instance. If the buttons on the polymer film are pressed in the correct order, the door opens.

Investigating the fields of Component and Electrode Attachments in the Wearables Industry

6G Communications will become one of the largest technology investments. It is currently in the healthy first stage of promising everything to widely deploy some in 2030. Even at this early stage, some myths are emerging.

Innovation roadmap for the report 'Air Taxis: Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft 2021-2041'.

For a long time, graphene has been cited as the wonder material that will change the world. The reality has been very different; disillusionment has started to grow as the hype has not translated into revenue. Is the "tipping point" finally approaching?

Heraeus is a German based technology group. Heraeus electronics, an internal branch of the company, produces a number of materials for electronics attachment and packaging. Thomas Lynch, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, spoke to Mark Challingsworth, the Global Head of Marketing at Heraeus Electronics about the company's worth with Electrically conductive adhesives (ECAs).

In this two-part premium article IDTechEx include some of the key highlights from the presentations given at MWC 21.

Engineered Material Systems (EMS) has rebranded as Nagase ChemteX America Corporation, following greater alignment with its Japanese parent company Nagase. This background profile briefly summarizes its activities in stretchable conductive inks.

EptaNova provides a wide range of industrial printing inks and functional coatings. This profile focuses on its range of stretchable conductive inks, sold by the subsidiary EptaTech

IDTechEx recently attended a webinar in which Dupont outlined its portfolio of materials for wearable technology, especially electronic skin patches. This includes stretchable conductive inks, adhesives and substrates, marketed under the 'Liveo' and 'Intexar' brands.

ACI Materials produce conductive inks adhesives and encapsulants for printed electronics applications, including flexible hybrid electronics and wearable technologies. Its key differentiator is the use of cavitation to produce nanoparticles and micron-sized flakes, which its claims leads to superior dispersion and improved performance.

6G Communications is coming to your smartphone around 2030, according to Samsung and others, but it can only succeed if it deploys smart surfaces everywhere. Essential to this is printed electronics.

In this two-part premium article IDTechEx include some of the key highlights from the presentations given at MWC 21.

Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) are an exciting emerging technology that are a development organic thin film transistors (OTFTs).

Copprint overcome the copper oxidation using a patented chemical sintering agent.

Innovation roadmap for the printed sensors market.

Thursday 18 March 2021 - New Opportunities Emerge for the Aerogel Market. The status of the silica aerogel market; Overview of key manufacturers capacity and product benchmarking; Assessment on the rise of Chinese manufacturers; Patent developments; and much more.