Advanced Materials

Thursday 22 September 2022 - This webinar will discuss the sectors that 3D printing is currently having success in; analyze the barriers limiting additive manufacturing adoption in other industries; highlight the applications where 3D printing has high growth potential; and present IDTechEx's outlook for the AM market

Thermal management is an often overlooked yet imperative part of our modern lives. The recent Thermal Management Expo and Conference was timely for both end users and material providers, with speakers ranging from Meta to W.L. Gore. In this article, IDTechEx highlights some of the key discussion points and takeaways from this 2-day event.

Greenerwave is a French deeptech startup, developing tunable conductive metamaterials for use in telecommunications, RFID, and automotive verticals. IDTechEx spoke with Greenerwave CSO and Co-founder Geoffroy Lerosey on 26 August, 2022.

The past decade has seen an ever-increasing number of companies within the graphene market, with a seemingly constant stream of new material suppliers appearing. As is the case for any well-established industry, market stability and profitability are expected to go hand in hand with the emergence of a handful of dominant players within the material supply chain.

This premium article will introduce metamaterials and look into optical metamaterials in flat lenses. It will delve into the drivers and challenges, applications, examples from key market players, and more.

In the shadows of a silicon-dominated field, other photovoltaic (PV) technologies have been edging closer to the spotlight.

Thursday 15 September 2022 - Overview of the broad graphene material family and different manufacturing processes; Graphene market status and outlook; Comparison to incumbent conductive carbon additives; A deep dive into 8 significant application areas with examples, pain points, and market outlook; and much more!

UP Catalyst is an Estonian manufacturer and provider of carbon nanomaterials made from waste carbon dioxide and biomass. In July 2022, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Dr Hydra Rodrigues spoke with Dr Gary Urb, CEO and Co-founder, Daren Clare, Account Manager, and Jila Svicevic, Media Communication Specialist at UP Catalyst.

TANAKA Precious Metals hopes to contribute to the establishment of a Sound Material-Cycle Society, with increased demand for sustainable materials and products, by supplying the RE Series.

Some experts predict that our e-waste problem will only get worse over time, because most electronics on the market today are designed for portability, not recyclability. Tablets and readers, for example, are assembled by gluing circuits, chips, and hard drives to thin layers of plastic, which must be melted to extract precious metals like copper and gold. Burning plastic releases toxic gases into the atmosphere, and electronics wasting away in landfill often contain harmful materials like mercury, lead, and beryllium.

This premium article explores the importance of sustainability in the future of electronics manufacturing, including a look at regulations across the world, greenwashing, carbon prices, digital manufacturing, and more.

Saralon is an early-stage supplier of inks for printed electronics. This includes conductive, electroluminescent, electrochromic, adhesive, battery, sensors, heating element, and insulating inks. At LOPEC 2022 it has launched a copper conductive ink, curable in air. IDTechEx caught up with CEO Moazzam Ali to find out about the latest developments.

Thursday 1 September 2022 - What is the value of bioplastics in a circular economy? What trends have shifted to drive bioplastic growth? What are the needs bioplastics must meet and pain points to solve? What is the outlook for bioplastics in the next decade?

This new, seemingly magical application of graphene works quite straightforwardly: add graphene into a solution containing traces of gold and, after a few minutes, pure gold appears on graphene sheets, with no other chemicals or energy input involved. After this you can extract pure gold by simply burning the graphene off.

This interview with IDTechEx focused on recent progress with KEMET's flexible piezo actuator for surface haptics applications.

Enerkem are a leading player in the production of low carbon intensity fuels and chemicals by recycling carbon from residual materials which are typically discarded or not valorised, such as municipal solid waste. Enerkem target hard-to-abate sectors such as sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), marine fuels, heavy transports, and circular chemicals. IDTechEx spoke with David Lynch (General Manager, R&D).

This premium article explores graphene and 2D materials at the University of Manchester, including an overview of four start-ups visited by IDTechEx at the GEIC and general news and updates.

Forecasts taken from IDTechEx report "Thin Film & Flexible Photovoltaics 2023-2033"

This premium article gives an introduction to gallium arsenide photovoltaics and explores its progress and challenges, as well as potential Earth applications.

ACI Materials manufactures a range of conductive inks, provided as part of a 'full-stack' functional material portfolio. It targets applications across printed/hybrid electronics, especially in the wearable technology market with its stretchable inks. IDTechEx caught up with Marshall Tibbetts (COO), Andrew Bambach (Application Engineering Manager) and Mike Mastropietro (CTO).