Advanced Materials

Suzhou ShanHe Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd (branded as "SHPHOTONICS") is a China-based deep-tech company specializing in the development of AI-integrated metasurface optical systems and wafer-level meta-optics devices for multi-dimensional sensing, privacy-preserving computer vision, and compact optical modules. Founded in 2020, the company focuses on co-designing front-end metasurface "optical computing" with back-end AI to reduce system size, add spectral/polarization/depth channels, and enable secure edge intelligence across consumer and industrial scenarios.​

Microelectronics UK 2025

Despite six rounds of negotiations to establish a global plastics treaty aimed at curbing plastic pollution, talks reached a stalemate last month. This highlights the urgent need for the development of efficient microplastic capture technologies to tackle microplastic pollution. IDTechEx looks at the emerging technologies to capture and filter microplastics, covering physical, chemical, and biological processes, and the players at the forefront of developing these solutions.

Event Summary: Advanced Materials Show USA 2025

Join IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Dr Conor O'Brien on Thursday 23rd October for 'Cementing its Future: How Graphene Will Achieve Success in Concrete', an insightful webinar considering if its use in the construction industry could mark graphene's long-awaited breakthrough into mainstream markets and the associated commercial success. Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times during the day.

The sleekening and thinning down of electronics is a trend that isn't expected to leave any time soon, as miniaturization, seamlessness, and ease of use continue to be driving factors behind the technological developments across a number of industries. This article explores in-mold electronics, photovoltaics, conductive inks, and flexible batteries.

Introduction to Ultra-wide Bandgap (UWBG) Semiconductors

Precors (Germany) specialises in advanced coatings for metallic bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells.

Impact Coatings is a Swedish company, offering coatings for metallic bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells.

FJ Composite (Japan) are a manufacturer of graphite composite bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells.

Dana is an American manufacturer, producing both metallic and graphite bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells.

Kobe Steel (Kobelco) is a leading manufacturer of titanium bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells.

The increase in demand for high performance computing is resulting in the need for enhanced semiconductor performance, of which thermal management is a large component. This article covers some of the latest developments and favored materials involved in thermal management for advanced semiconductor packaging.

The performance of supercapacitors is dominated by design and materials choice. Carbon-based materials for electrodes have dominated in the supercapacitors market for electric double-layer supercapacitors (EDLCs), due to low cost, cycling durability and conductivity, and IDTechEx expects this will continue to be the case in the coming decade.

Join IDTechEx Technology Analyst Thomas Bithell on Thursday 16th October for 'Coating Solutions Providing Advanced Corrosion Protection', an insightful webinar on innovation in anticorrosion coatings. Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times during the day.

Metal-organic frameworks, more commonly known as MOFs, have been recognized with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The Nobel Prize award recognizes the promise and potential of MOFs, but the question remains over whether MOFs can deliver on the gap between the promise and real-world adoption. IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Dr Shababa Selim explains more in this new article.

Glass interposers and glass core substrates are being pursued intensively by leading device makers, materials suppliers, and equipment vendors for advanced packaging applications, as discussed in IDTechEx's brand new report "Glass in Semiconductors 2026-2036: Applications, Emerging Technologies, and Market Insights".

Freemelt develops and sells electron beam powder bed fusion 3D printers for additive manufacturing applications. Freemelt primarily service academia and R&D customers, and targets expansion within medical, aerospace, and energy markets. IDTechEx spoke with materials and application engineer, Ian Crawford, at The Advanced Materials Show USA 2025 in Columbus, Ohio.

Gallox Semiconductors is a US start-up established in 2024. It develops gallium oxide technologies for next-generation power electronics.