Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Printed batteries could be integrated into bank cards

A new printed battery that can be produced cost-effectively on a large scale could soon power small integrated displays on electronic bank cards.

Manufacturing microfluidic biosensors

Fraunhofer IZM, Germany reports that high throughput manufacturing of biosensors has remained a challenge. This is due to the different environments necessary for the survival of biological components on the one hand and current MEMS technologies on the other.

Novaled Germany - 100,000h lifetime for a highly efficient white OLED

Novaled, Germany achieved significant improvements for white OLEDs for lighting applications. An efficiency of 35lm/W and a lifetime of 100,000h were reached at a brightness of 1000 cd/m2.