University of California, Santa Barbara

The little bacterium that could

Researchers replace membrane proteins in bacteria with a molecule they created and gain control over their ability to produce electricity

BioSolar files patent for super battery technology

BioSolar, Inc has announced that it has jointly filed a patent application with the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Breakthrough in OLED technology

A new study from a team of researchers shows that OLEDs made with finely patterned structures can produce bright, low-power light sources, a key step toward making organic lasers.

The graphene industry finds new market opportunities in California

The 5th IDTechEx conference and tradeshow on graphene and 2D materials- Graphene and 2D Materials LIVE! - has become the annual meeting place for the global graphene industry in California.

Research shows how giant clams harness the sun

Evolution in extreme environments has produced life forms with amazing abilities and traits.

Holey graphene bridges gap between supercapacitors and batteries

Researchers have used a special type of graphene material, called holey graphene framework because of its three-dimensional perforated structure, to advance the energy density of an electrochemical capacitor to levels equal to those of lead acid batteries.

Seamless integrated circuits etched on graphene

Researchers have introduced and modeled an integrated circuit design scheme in which transistors and interconnects are monolithically patterned seamlessly on a sheet of graphene, a 2-dimensional plane of carbon atoms.

7th Annual CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium: First day

This excellent event "7th Electric Aircraft Symposium" in Santa Rosa, USA was acclaimed as the best ever in the series. Over 150 people attended, an eclectic mix from NASA and Siemens to hobbyists, universities and technology startups were there.

Research and development collaboration for 3D printing

The scope of the collaboration will be to research the properties of graphene contained matter as working material for 3D printing.

A new way of harvesting energy from the sun

Though still in its infancy, the research promises to convert sunlight into energy using a process based on metals that are more robust than many of the semiconductors used in conventional methods.

Highly transparent solar cells for windows that generate electricity

UCLA researchers have developed a new transparent solar cell that is an advance toward giving windows in homes and other buildings the ability to generate electricity while still allowing people to see outside.

Graphene supercapacitor holding promise for portable electronics

Researchers develop graphene supercapacitor holding promise for portable electronics

Ink-jet printed circuits for OLED displays

UCLA researchers demonstrate fully printed carbon nanotube transistor circuits for displays.

New method of growing graphene will revolutionize electronics

New method of growing high-quality graphene promising for next-generation technology.

Plasmonic technique helps enhance power conversion by up to 20 percent

Nano Gold Rush: Researchers use tiny gold particles to boost organic solar cell efficiency

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.

Real Time Locating Systems Using Passive Tags - High Volume RTLS?

Passive radar is a term applied to radar that covertly employs other people's emissions as they reveal targets, no signal being emitted by those doing the covert detection. This has military uses. It is not to be confused with Real Time Locating System RTLS using passive tags, a new form of RFID-based RTLS that has burst onto the scene in 2008. This employs passive tags instead of the traditional active tags. The idea is actually about ten years old and it was mooted as a UHF system by Trolleyscan who called it RFID Radar and demonstrated by RFSAW, which uses Surface Acoustic Wave chips that are more sensitive and simpler to make than the silicon chips used by everyone else - active and passive.