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The truly integrated circuit is printed and flexible

For 40 years, so called integrated circuits have integrated little more than transistors, diodes and sensors onto one piece of material but now there are much more integrated circuits arriving where most electrical and electronic components are co-deposited on flexible substrates. Those flexible substrates are key, because this new electronics will be affordable and desirable on everything from apparel to human skin and electrical and consumer packaged goods, where surfaces are only rarely flat.

Printing large batteries

170 years ago, Faraday appreciated the different electrical properties of nano gold over bulk metal in electrical devices, so applying nanotechnology to these things is scarcely new. However, the huge sums now being applied to improvement of lithium traction batteries in particular are now leading to work on a much larger scale and thin film technology, nanotechnology and printing are in increasingly important part of this.

Lithium vehicle traction batteries and harvesting

The conference of about 40 people "Lithium Battery Technology and System Development" in London 9 March 2010 was concerned with "breaking barriers for electric vehicles".

11 partners conduct research on new OLED materials

H.C.Starck Clevios GmbH announced that it has launched a project called "New materials for OLEDs from solutions" (NEMO) together with Merck KGaA and other renowned partners from industry and science

Flexible solutions for tomorrow's displays

E-readers portable reading devices using electrophoretic displays and their reliable functioning and service life depend on the display being protected against temperature and humidity by suitable adhesive products.