Advanced Materials

1s1 Energy is a PEM electrolyzer start-up based in the US and Portugal. The company has developed a new proton exchange membrane technology using boron-based compounds.

Graphene has long been touted as a wonder material, capable of enabling countless next-generation technologies. The market is beginning to mature, and successful application areas are starting to emerge. These applications range from energy storage to thermal management and composites.

Electric Hydrogen is a new PEM electrolyzer company based in the Boston and California Bay areas in the US. The company has developed proprietary PEM electrolyzer technology with its first system delivery expected in 2024.

Wednesday 24 January - Locations of copper around modern and future vehicles; Copper utilisation in the electric powertrain: Impact of changing battery chemistries; Impact of changing motor technologies; Impact of emerging semiconductor technologies in the inverter; Overview of replacement threats from aluminium

This premium article presents key players within the advanced semiconductor packaging sector. It introduces their portfolios in advanced semiconductor packaging, outlines their roadmap, and spotlights key technologies under development by some of these players.

Bramble Energy produces bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, leveraging manufacturing techniques typically seen in the printed circuit board industry. IDTechEx spoke with Dr Carsten Pohlmann (Business Development Director)

ElastiSense Sensor Technology are a Danish company formed from LEAP Technology and ElastiSense commercialising displacement sensors for industrial and structural health monitoring applications. IDTechEx spoke with Benjamin Thomsen, CTO.

FEHRMANN MaterialsX is the digital materials R&D-focused arm of the FEHRMANN Tech Group, a Hamburg-based aluminum alloy specialist. Its MaterialsX software suite couples large language models with machine learning models and simulation for material behavior, and experimental verification to speed up alloy development by orders of magnitude.

GCS Thermal is a UK-based thermal interface material (TIM) manufacturer. IDTechEx interviewed the company at Thermal Management Expo Europe in late 2023.

Innovation roadmap for semiconductor packaging (including: the advanced semiconductor packaging path for High Performance Computing, and an overview of interconnection technique in semiconductor packaging).

StretchSense produce hand motion-capture technology enabled by electroactive polymers (EAPs).

Quantum dot image sensors have already been commercialized, with their potential to be applied in various SWIR and NIR detections. This premium article shows various commercial QD-based image sensors to show the latest commercial status in this space.

OTI Lumionics is Canadian developer of advanced materials and fine chemicals for the electronics industry, using simulations performed using a quantum-inspired computational approach to decrease experimental workloads. Its first product is a material that assists in the manufacture of transparent cathodes for OLED displays.

Due to rising labor costs and labor shortages, coupled with the surge in e-commerce and logistics demands, the mobile robotics market is rapidly expanding. IDTechEx's forecast indicates that the annual market size for mobile robotics in logistics and delivery is set to approach US$150 billion, marked by a robust double-digit compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next two decades.

Compared to traditional InGaAs image sensors detecting for SWIR range, QD-enabled image sensors can provide low-cost SWIR detection with high resolution and low pixel pitch. This premium article gives an introduction of QD-enabled image sensors.

Copper is a key mineral for the automotive industry, used ubiquitously across the wiring harnesses market. Its demand is set to grow due to electric vehicle and autonomous vehicle megatrends. IDTechEx's brand new report "Copper Demand for Cars 2024-2034: Trends, Utilization, Forecasts" finds the automotive copper demand will reach 5MT (1MT = 1 billion kilograms) of annual demand in 2034.

Quantica is a startup based in Berlin, Germany that is developing a multi-material jetting printer. At Formnext 2023, Quantica displayed its final design for its upcoming printer.

Peratech is a force-sensing human machine interface (HMI) solutions company, founded in 1996 and inventor/developer of proprietary QTC® (Quantum Tunnelling Composites) materials.

Computers on wheels. That's how people currently see cars. Practically everything that happens in a vehicle is being monitored and actuated by a microcontroller, from opening windows to calculating the optimal fuel-air mixture for the current torque demand. But the surface has only just been scratched in terms of how much computing power is making its way into vehicles.

Emissive quantum dot displays based on their electroluminescent features are considered to be the ultimate goal of quantum-dot-based displays. This premium article gives an introduction to emissive quantum dot displays and commercial efforts on them.