Printed Electronics

Photovoltaic panels made from plant material could become a cheap, easy alternative to traditional solar cells. Within a few years, people in remote villages in the developing world may be able to make their own solar panels, at low cost, using othe...

LasX Industries is proud to announce the addition of the Precision Converting Services group to better serve the electronic and industrial markets. Dean Laird has been selected to oversee the new group, and will be responsible for identifying and d...

Last week IDTechEx attended and presented at an event on thin film transistors in Portugal. This event brought together researchers from across the globe. Participants included Imperial College London, University of Cambridge, Tokyo Institute of Te...

Eastman Kodak Co. and the Conductive Polymers Division of Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG, have achieved a major technological advance in the development of transparent conductive films for projected capacitive touch screens. The companie...

Polyera has achieved a certified world-record 9.1% efficient polymer/fullerene organic solar cell in an inverted bulk heterojunction architecture using its newest proprietary ActivInk® PV2000 semiconductor material. The high efficiency of this ...

Revolutionary printed silicon tags enable item-level interaction between consumers and brands INSIDE Secure, a leader in semiconductor solutions for secure transactions and digital identity, have announced that its family of NFC solutions can now be...

MicroOLED, a maker of highly power-efficient superior image quality microdisplays for near-to-eye applications, have introduced a new 5.4 million pixel density 0.61 inch diagonal, low power consumption OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Display) microdispl...

More and more giant corporations are buying into printed electrics by acquiring companies partly or wholly in the field. The world's second largest chemical company Dow bought Rohm & Haas (materials), 3M bought into Printechnologics (printed pa...

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...