Next generations of CoverReader are planned to be developed for use with smartphone brands such as Samsung, HTC and Sony.

IDTechEx analysts attended a workshop on paper electronics held at the Centre for Advancement of Printed Electronics. Some key points and highlighted are briefly summarised in this article.

IDTechEx has completed its forecasts for transparent conductive film and glass in a range of applications, including smart phones, tablets, notebooks, monitors, TVs, OLED lighting, organic photovoltaics, dye-sensitised solar cells, and electroluminescent displays.

Graphene LIVE! will take place on 20-21 November 2013 at Santa Clara, California.

Microfluidic devices move liquids through tiny, hair-sized pathways carved into glass slides and have distinct advantages over traditional laboratories when it comes to medical diagnostics.

Sputtered ITO is the dominant technology used as a transparent conductive layer in a variety of applications, including LCD and OLED displays and touch screens. ITO has a well-established value chain as well as a high installed and largely-depreciated production capacity.

Researchers have succeeded in developing the world's lightest and, simultaneously, the world's thinnest mechanically flexible touch sensor system.

E Ink Holdings Inc reported a widening net loss of NT$1.01 billion (US$33.63 million) for last quarter.

NPL has developed a technique for chemically bonding a nano-silver layer onto fibres in a textile.

Direct printing is a method of creating transparent conductive films based on the metal mesh concept. Silver nanoparticles can be deposited on flexible substrates using high-throughput deposition techniques such as flexo and gravure printing. Direct printing has the potential to lower cost when the production volumes are high. The sheet resistance can also be low and the BoM small despite using expensive (in $/m2) silver nanoparticles. The linewidth however is around 20-25 um and is therefore visible to the naked eye. The surface is also highly corrugated, requiring a planarising agent when the device stack is ultrathin (e.g., OLEDs). We will assess the technology, trends and players commercialising directly-printed metal mesh transparent conductive films. In particular, we will describe the key production technologies, assess key product performance metrics, carry out detailed SWOT analysis, highlight current and likely future uses, and identify key players globally.

A research team has created the first user-interactive sensor network on flexible plastic.

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed three-dimensional (3D) printing technology and techniques to create free-standing structures made of liquid metal at room temperature.

Using tiny gold particles and a kind of resin, a team of scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has discovered how to make a new kind of flexible sensor that one day could be integrated into electronic skin, or e-skin.

A new transparent, bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning and incredibly slippery according to Researchers

The chemical industry will end up with most of the added value from printed electronics, one of the fastest growing technologies in the world.

Just an atom thick, 200 times stronger than steel and a near-perfect conductor, graphene's future in electronics is all but certain.

Cheil Industries and Novaled AG have announced that Cheil Industries acquired a majority stake in Novaled in a transaction valuing Novaled at €260 million.

Rolith, Inc announces the successful demonstration of Transparent Metal Grid Electrode technology based on its disruptive nanolithography method (Rolling Mask Lithography - RML(TM)).

Large flakes of graphene oxide are the essential ingredient in a new recipe for robust carbon fiber created at Rice University.

Cambridge entrepreneurship programme to train technologists and researchers to accelerate commercialisation and encourage venture creation in organic electronics across the EU.