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Assessing The Metal Oxide Thin Film Transistor Backplane Technology
29 Jul 2014 | Worldwide
Introduction Metal oxide display backplanes have already gone commercial. Sharp has invested in establishing a Gen8 IGZO plant at its Kameyama plant in Japan while LG has also selected IGZO backplanes for its large-sized white OLED technology. At th...
E-paper displays in consumer electronics
29 Jul 2014 | Worldwide
E Ink in survival mode E Ink is the only supplier of electrophoretic displays that are used in e-readers such as the Amazon Kindle. E-readers shipment experienced a spectacular peak in 2011 but they are now in decline (see figure below) because of t...
New smart sensors and actuators using electroactive polymer technology
28 Jul 2014 | United States
Parker Hannifin Corporation has announced that it is embarking on the development of new smart sensors and actuators using electroactive polymer technology. Parker recently acquired intellectual property and licenses for the technology from Bayer Mat...
Graphene and related materials promise cheap, flexible printed cameras
25 Jul 2014 | United Kingdom
Dr Felice Torrisi, University Lecturer in Graphene Technology, has been awarded a Young International Researchers' Fellowship from the National Science Foundation of China to look at how graphene and two-dimensional materials could enable printed and...
Toward ultimate light efficiency on the cheap
24 Jul 2014 | United States
Jinsang Kim, an associate professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Michigan, and his group have taken a major stride toward perfectly efficient lighting that is also relatively inexpensive and simple to make. The same mater...
The rise of plastic and flexible OLED displays
23 Jul 2014 | Worldwide
IDTechEx forecasts that the market for plastic and flexible OLED displays will rise to $16bn by 2020. This is one of the conclusions highlighted in our latest report OLED Display Forecasts 2014-2024: The Rise of Plastic and Flexible Displays . Th...
OLCA established to facilitate Taiwan's OLED lighting firms
22 Jul 2014 | Taiwan
Eyeing the US$5.6 billion indoor lighting business, the Organic Light-emitting Diode Lighting Commercialization Alliance (OLCA) was recently established with a view to facilitating OLED industry development in Taiwan. The Industrial Technology Rese...
Haydale and Goodfellow announce major distribution agreement
Press Release | 22 Jul 2014 | Worldwide
Haydale, the Company focused on enabling technology for the commercialisation of graphene, has announced a non-exclusive agreement with Goodfellow, a leading supplier and marketer of metals and materials for industry and research. The agreement wil...
Flexible, printed batteries for wearable devices
21 Jul 2014 | United States
A California startup is developing flexible, rechargeable batteries that can be printed cheaply on commonly used industrial screen printers. Imprint Energy, of Alameda, California, has been testing its ultrathin zinc-polymer batteries in wrist-worn d...
Holst Centre IP available to start-ups and SMEs
18 Jul 2014 | Worldwide
Holst Centre and the Brabant Development Agency (BOM) have announced a new, long-term strategic partnership to help small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) convert Holst Centre's knowledge and patents into new innovations. The BOM will make this knowledge...
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IDTechEx Reports
OLED Display Forecasts 2014-2024: The Rise of Plastic and Flexible Displays
Inorganic and Composite Printed Electronics 2014-2024
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Energy Harvesting Journal
Generating electricity from humidity
Innovative rechargeable battery
Self cooling solar cells last longer and have more power
Electric Vehicles Research
New catalyst paves the way for eco-friendly fuel
Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Improving lithium-ion batteries
