Materials

An innovative new smart paint that can detect microscopic failures in wind turbines, mines and bridges is being developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde. The environmentally-friendly paint uses nanotechnology to detect movement in ...

A new method of creating stretchable electronics made of carbon nanotubes could contribute to the large scale production of the material for use in the next generation of elastic electronic devices. Dr Yong Zhu one of the researchers at North Carol...

A number of leading Asian companies in the chemical and electronics sectors will test SmartKem's innovative organic semiconductor inks for use in printable electronics applications in products such as state-of-the-art eReaders, Tablet PC's, Smartphon...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge lead by Prof. Andrea Ferrari have recently demonstrated a technique for producing inkjet-printable inks based predominantly on small ( In the short to medium term, graphene inks may be employed as low-cost...

The Cornell Center for Materials Research JumpStart program, funded by Empire State Development's Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR), is designed to assist New York State small businesses develop and improve their products throug...

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. has unveiled a ruthenium material able to form a film up to six times the normal depth for capacitor electrodes used in semiconductor memory DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory). The company part of Tanaka Precious Metals...

University of Illinois materials scientists have developed a new reactive silver ink for printing high-performance electronics on ubiquitous, low-cost materials such as flexible plastic, paper or fabric substrates. Jennifer Lewis, the Hans Thurnaue...

Rice University simulations show carbon sheets tear along energetically favorable lines Research from Rice University and the University of California at Berkeley may give science and industry a new way to manipulate graphene, the wonder material ex...

In a significant formulation breakthrough, Henkel Electronic Materials has developed a new electrically conductive adhesive (ECA) compatible with lower-cost, tin-terminated components to enable more cost-effective assembly processes. The new material...

New research by the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) could enable development of new thread-like and cloth-like superconducting materials called "Flexible, lightweight superconductors" . Superconductivity is expected to pla...