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The Future of Wearable Electronics

Flexible semiconductors are critical for future wearable electronics technologies, but their integration into complex architectures has been problematic.

5 Jan 2023

Using Light to Control the Mechanically Interlocked Molecule

Catalysts boost chemical reactions from our bodies to the industrial production of compounds and controlled fuel combustion in the car.

5 Jan 2023

Electrons Play a Surprising Role in Heat Transfer Between Semiconductor Layers

As semiconductor devices become ever smaller, researchers are exploring two-dimensional (2D) materials for potential applications in transistors and optoelectronics.

5 Jan 2023

New Technology Captures Spectral Images to Reveal Chemical Makeup of Materials

A new visualization technology that captures spectral images of materials in the mid-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum has been developed by scientists at the University of California, Irvine.

5 Jan 2023

Effects of Interfacial Engineering on Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

Recent research published on December 21st, 2022, in the Energy Material Advances journal outlines the degradation mechanisms and examines the interfacial engineering focusing on their impacts on flexible perovskite solar cells.

4 Jan 2023

Can Self-Healing Solar Cells Recover at Night?

When exposed to sunlight, perovskite solar cells degrade, resulting in decreased performance over time.

4 Jan 2023

Berkeley Lab Researchers Develop a Novel Method of Heating and Cooling

Adding salt to a road before a winter storm changes when ice will form. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have applied this basic concept to develop a new method of heating and cooling.

4 Jan 2023

Printable Semiconductors Could Play a Key Role in Realizing the Sustainability Potential of IoT

Creating smart sensors to embed in our everyday objects and environments for the Internet of Things (IoT) would vastly improve daily life—but requires trillions of such small devices.

4 Jan 2023

Scientists Develop New Method for Making Nano-Membranes of “Smart” Materials

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team of scientists and engineers has developed a new method for making thin films of perovskite oxide semiconductors, a class of "smart" materials with unique properties that can change in response to stimuli like light, magnetic fields, or electric fields.

4 Jan 2023

Carlyle to Acquire TESCAN

Global investment firm Carlyle announced today that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in TESCAN ORSAY HOLDING, a.s. (“TESCAN”), a leading manufacturer of electron microscopes and other high-tech scientific instruments.

From Tescan Group 4 Jan 2023

New Technology Opens the Door for Designing Sophisticated Nanodevices

Carnegie Mellon University's Yongxin (Leon) Zhao and the Chinese University of Hong Kong's Shih-Chi Chen have a big idea for manufacturing nanodevices.

3 Jan 2023

Electromagnetic Metamaterials Inspire the Design of a Water Wave Superscattering Device

Recently, the National Science Review published the study of Huaping Wang's group at Zhejiang University online.

3 Jan 2023

Researchers Develop Graphene-Based Nanoelectronics Platform

A pressing quest in the field of nanoelectronics is the search for a material that could replace silicon. Graphene has seemed promising for decades.

3 Jan 2023

AIMPLAS Participates in the EU REPurpose Project on Safe and Sustainable Design of Elastomeric Plastics from Recycling of Post-consumer Waste

Finding a sustainable way to shape a zero-waste economy is essential to keep the world’s consumption within its planetary boundaries, especially for versatile and widespread materials like plastics.

3 Jan 2023

Indium Corporation Introduces New Cleanable SiPaste® for Fine Feature Printing

Indium Corporation® has added to its portfolio of pastes for fine feature printing with a halogen-free, cleanable solder paste specifically formulated to accommodate fine feature printing, as seen with 01005 and 008004 components.

From Indium Corporation 3 Jan 2023