Applied Materials

Swimming microbots can remove pathogenic bacteria from water

The lack of clean water in many areas around the world is a persistent, major public health problem. One day, tiny robots could help address this issue by zooming around contaminated water and cleaning up disease-causing bacteria.

Weihua Solar

Founded in August 2010 and based in Xiamen China, Xiamen Weihua Solar Co.,Ltd. is a company focusing on research & development, production and sales of perovskite solar cells, with RMB 10 million registered capital. The technology of the company is based on the perovskite solar cell technologies of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science (EMPA). The founder & CEO Dr. Bin Fan was a student of Prof Michael Grätzel, the latter was the inventor of dye sensitized solar cell (DS

PV Nano Cell signs LOI for the $10M acquisition of DigiFlex

PV Nano Cell Ltd has announced that the Company signed an LOI to acquire all of the outstanding shares of DigiFlex Ltd.

Electronic hairy skin could give robots a more human sense of touch

Electronic-skin prototypes are stretchy, thin films that can sense temperature, pressure and even monitor blood oxygen or alcohol levels.

Nano-calligraphy on graphene

Scientists have demonstrated a method to chemically modify small regions of graphene with high precision, leading to extreme miniaturisation of chemical and biological sensors.

Empa - Spin-out for the scale up of silica aerogel granules

IDTechEx Technology Analyst Dr Richard Collins interviewed Dr Matthias Koebel (head of laboratory) from Empa research institute. They are investigating scaling up the one-pot continuous flow process for silica aerogel manufacturing.

Kateeva appoints Mark R. Shaw as Senior Vice President of HR

Kateeva has announced the appointment of Mark R. Shaw, Ph.D. as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Previously, Shaw worked at Lam Research and Applied Materials.

Toward dissolvable electronics for implants and sensors

Tiny electronic sensors and devices that can be implanted in the body and then dissolve almost without a trace are getting closer to reality. Scientists have tested several biodegradable materials, including DNA, proteins and metals, for making transient electronics.

You'll never be-leaf what makes up this battery

Scientists have a new recipe for batteries: Bake a leaf, and add sodium.

Cellulose nanogenerators to power implanted biomedical devices

Implantable electronics that can deliver drugs, monitor vital signs and perform other health-related roles are on the horizon. But finding a way to power them remains a challenge.

New stretchable, wearable sensor made with chewing gum

Scientists report a unique sensing device made of gum and carbon nanotubes that can move with your most bendable parts and track your breathing.

Printing & vacuum deposition: Competing for market share

Flexible electronic devices are starting to experience significant proliferation, with more and more devices with innovative form factors being brought to market, from small components such as disposable sensors that have been in the market for quite some time now, all the way to new flexible smart phones currently being demonstrated by consumer electronics giants like Samsung and LG.

Flexible, biodegradable device can generate power from touch

Scientists report the development of a biodegradable nanogenerator made with DNA that can harvest the energy from everyday motion and turn it into electrical power.

He who does not print, vacuum coats

Atmospheric vs. vacuum deposition in the flexible electronics era.

Tiny wires could provide a big energy boost

Researchers have found a promising new approach to delivering the short but intense bursts of power needed by such small devices.

Flexible barrier technologies: a brief review of technology options

Back in 2014, we witnessed the launch of the first displays deposited on flexible substrates, and the first efforts to encapsulate them. There are significant differences in the encapsulation techniques utilized by each of the companies commercializing flexible electronics. These differences signify the variety of technologies available, in terms of deposition as well as material options for the barrier films, some of which are discussed in this article

Toward 'green' paper-thin, flexible electronics

Now scientists are reporting a new step toward bendable electronics.

New shortcut to solar cells

Scientists have found a way to simplify the manufacture of solar cells by using the top electrode as the catalyst that turns plain silicon into valuable black silicon.