Advanced Materials

TE Connectivity is a leading company in connectors and sensors. In 2020, the company launched a new thermal management solution called a thermal bridge. IDTechEx spoke with Zach Galbraith (product manager) about this technology.

NanoAL develops and commercializes high performance aluminum alloys. In 2020, the company launched Addalloy® 5T, an aluminum powder product for additive manufacturing. IDTechEx spoke with Matthew Simmers (Product Market Director) about this and their market outlook.

Nanocyl is one of the longest running MWCNT producers. IDTechEx caught up with Carla Sottili (polymers business unit manager).

Cabot Corporation is a leading speciality chemicals and performance materials company. IDTechEx spoke with them about their carbon nanostructure (CNS) technology.

Aqua Membranes has developed a 3D Printer Spacer Technology for the membrane filtration industry. IDTechEx spoke with Craig Beckman (CEO).

NTherma produce high aspect ratio multi-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene (nanoplatelets and nanoribbons). IDTechEx spoke with Dr Cattien Nguyen (President and CEO) and Thuy Ngo (VP Business Development)

Brisbane-based Graphene Manufacturing Group will manufacture battery prototypes for watches, phones, laptops, electric vehicles and grid storage under a research agreement with scientists from UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.

Light emitting diodes (LEDs) have played an important role in our daily life, especially in the lighting applications. This article will give a short introduction to the inorganic LEDs, and players working in this field will be introduced as well.

OTI Lumionics is an early-stage Canadian company that is developing advanced materials using simulations performed using a quantum-inspired computational approach. Its first product is a material that assists in the manufacture of transparent cathodes for OLED displays.

There are significant research efforts aiming to boost the effectiveness of CO2 capturing technology and facilitate deployment of what could be a vital technology in the fight against climate change.

This webinar presentation from CRP Group explains how Windform is 3D Printing the path of space mission

In this premium article, IDTechEx introduce the key building blocks of 5G systems and the underlying advances in packaging technologies to realize them.

From mobile phones, TVs, to cars and public screens, displays have become an important component in our daily life to convey information. There is an emerging display type— Micro-LED display, which has the potential to become the next-generation mainstream.

Due to the size miniaturization, the tiny inorganic LEDs of micro-LED displays typically have a very different performance compared with the relatively large LEDs used in lighting applications. This article will introduce the typical performance of inorganic micro-LEDs used in display applications, their challenges, and potential solutions.

PrintCB is developing two-component conductive copper inks that resist oxidation. The company is targeting both printed electronics and various automotive applications. IDTechEx caught up with CEO Sagi Daren to hear about the latest developments.

The 3D printing market is diverse; certain materials and applications are seeing significant commercial growth while others are still overcoming technical and economic barriers to adoption.

Silicon solar cells have been steadily improved over the past decades and have already reached a very high level of development. However, the disturbing effect of recombination still occurs after the absorption of sunlight and the photovoltaic generation of electrical charge carriers. In this process, negative and positive charge carriers that have already been generated combine and cancel each other out before they could be used for the flow of solar electricity. This effect can be countered by special materials that have a special property - passivation.

Micro-LED, believed by many as the next-generation display technology, has been pursued by players of LED, display, OEM, materials and so on. It is also widely believed by many that Micro-LED displays are the replacement of OLED displays, especially in TV applications.

Laird were recently acquired by DuPont, one of the key areas of interest was stated as 5G. Laird produce materials for EMI absorption and thermal performance in this market.

Graphene excels at removing contaminants from water, but it's not yet a commercially viable use of the wonder material. That could be changing.