Research Institutions

Printed Electronics Now’s International Suppliers’ Directory

David Savastano 11.12.19

New Opportunities for Flexible Sensors

Medical wearables, Industrial Internet of Things are among the opportunities ahead for flexible sensors.

David Savastano 11.09.18

Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Flexible Electronics Applied to the Development of Sensors

Joaquín Castán and Susana Otero 11.09.18

Printed Electronics Now’s International Suppliers’ Directory

David Savastano 11.10.17

Printed Electronics Now’s Suppliers’ Directory

The Suppliers Directory offers comprehensive industry information, from products and materials to equipment and services.

11.14.16

Manufacturers News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables | Universities

The Growth of the Flexible Hybrid Electronics Market

Led by NextFlex, industry, researchers and universities are teaming up on projects with the potential to change how we live.

David Savastano 11.14.16

Research Institutions in Flexible and Printed Electronics

Researchers are developing new capabilities, which are leading to new applications.

David Savastano 11.14.16

Printed Electronics Now’s Suppliers’ Directory

Staff 11.09.15

Displays and Lighting | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Developing New Ways to Produce PE Systems

Research institutes are discovering new ways to manufacture flexible and printed electronics systems in their labs.

David Savastano 11.07.14

Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Universities

Universities, Research Institutes are Playing a Key Role in PE

Researchers are looking at the possibilities and challenges facing printed electronics, and are developing potential solutions.

David Savastano 11.07.14

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | RFID and NFC

Imec, TNO, Cartamundi Develop Flexible Tags that Communicate with Standard Touch Screens

C-touch tags can be integrated into a wide range of paper and plastic-based objects such as tickets, certified documents, payment cards, and more.

12.17.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Fraunhofer IAP, KETI Strengthen Cooperation on High-performance Polymer Materials

The partners are developing cadmium-free quantum dots.

12.16.19

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

CPI Supports Smart Food-labeling Project Set to Reduce Food Waste in 2020

CPI helped to develop wet media formulations and timing mechanisms for the new Oli-Tec Time Temperature Indicator label (TTI) technology.

12.11.19

European Industries Lead New Graphene Flagship Projects to Shape EU’s Environmental Future

Graphene Flagship has committed €45 million to invest in 11 commercialization projects.

12.10.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Imec Shows Ultra-Scaled FETs with 2D-Material Channel

2D materials paving way to extreme scaling for logic and memory transistors.

12.09.19

Breaking News | Film, Paper, Glass and Substrates | Manufacturing | Research Institutions

Optoelectronic Systems on Thin Glass

Consortium aims to offer a modular system of functional materials, semi-finished products, tools, for the roll-to-roll production of optoelectronic systems.

12.09.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Avancis, Smit Thermal, HZB, CNRS, Solliace Team for Higher Efficiencies in CIGS

During the last three years, the conversion efficiency of CIGS record cells has been increased from 20.5% to 23.35%.

12.06.19

Breaking News | Printed Batteries | Research Institutions

CPI Printed Sensors Project Aims to Reduce Cost, Increase Efficiency of EV Batteries

The goal is for these sensors to be deployed into battery modules and widely adopted by the industry.

12.05.19

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots | Sensors and Wearables

VTT: Electronics Developers Start Extensive Cooperation to Advance Circular Economy

The objective of the 2-year R&D project is to create recyclable and compostable electronics and optics that use renewable resources.

12.03.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Innovation Project to Reduce Cost of Floating Solar Plants

The EU approved a project that will optimize the anchoring and mooring of floating solar plants.

11.22.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Imec Awarded Grant from NASA to Advance Space Health Diagnostics

miDiagnostics’ disposable blood testing device to be evaluated by imec for use in zero gravity environments.

11.19.19

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions

Holst Centre Shows Next Step Towards Less Expensive Flexible Electronics

Process allows TFTs to be produced on less expensive transparent plastic foils.

11.19.19

Breaking News | Film, Paper, Glass and Substrates | Research Institutions

GLASS4FLEX Pioneers New Process Technologies for Flexible Glass in Optical Systems

Material particularly desirable for smart-touch surfaces and displays in consumer electronics and the automotive sector.

11.18.19

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions

Paranthaman Named Top Scientist at ORNL's Annual Awards Night

He also received the Mentor of Student Researchers award at the ceremony.

Bill H Cabage 11.14.19

CPI Showing New Flexible Electronics Capabilities

Necomada is focused on lowering the cost of future IoT devices through conductive inks, flexible adhe-sives.

11.08.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions

Imec.istart Recognized as World's Top Business Accelerator in 2019

The UBI ranking is based on the UBI Global World Benchmark Study, the world's largest survey of university incubators.

11.08.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Fraunhofer FEP: Rapid Test to Ensure High Milk Quality

In the EU-funded project MOLOKO, Fraunhofer researchers teamed up with partners to develop a new optoplasmonic sensor.

11.06.19

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Research Institutions

Graphene-Based NO₂ Detectors Could Be 'Breath of Fresh Air' for Polluted Urban Centers

Cheap and efficient NO₂ sensors measure changes in graphene’s electrical resistance to record pollutant levels.

11.04.19

3D Printing | Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

ORNL Receives 5 2019 R&D 100 Awards

Winners will be honored at the 57th annual R&D 100 Conference on Dec. 5.

Abby E. Bower 11.01.19

3D Printing | Breaking News | Research Institutions

CPI Announces £2.3 Million Project for UK SMEs

The IMPACT project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

10.30.19

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

Xerox Publishes 2019 Global Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Committed to a 25% reduction in global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 2025.

10.28.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Dutch Fashion Designer Delivers Solar Cell Workshop

Designers worked hands-on with solar cells and develop knowledge on how to integrate them into clothing and soft textile products.

10.28.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots | Sensors and Wearables

imec Presents Monolithic Thin-Film Image Sensor for SWIR Range

Achievement enables high-resolution applications in surveillance, biometric identification, virtual reality, research, and industrial automation.

10.21.19

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Manufacturing | Research Institutions

CPI Showcasing New Flexible Electronics Capabilities

The free event will run over one and a half days and will be held at CPI’s National Formulation Centre in Sedgefield, UK.

10.14.19

3D Printing | Breaking News | Research Institutions

Fraunhofer ISC: 3D-printed Optics for Individualized Mass Production

The Fraunhofer "Go Beyond 4.0" project is a self-financed preliminary research project.

10.14.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

New NREL Senior Research Fellow Helps Make Quantum Leap in Solar Energy

He directs the Center for Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Semiconductors for Energy, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. DOE's Office of Science.

Ernie Tucker 10.14.19

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions

Smart Antibacterial Surfaces Using Bidirectional Display Technology

The Fraunhofer Institute has been developing a novel approach for the automated detection and inactivation of biofilms.

10.11.19

Upcoming Conductive Ink Conference Focuses on Inks and Flexible Electronics

Sun Chemical, DuPont, Brewer Science, NovaCentrix, XENON Corporation, SEMI among presenters at Oct. 17-18 Conductive Ink Conference in Chicago.

10.09.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

2D-based Single-photon Emitters Integrated with CMOS-compatible Silicon Nitride Waveguides

Completed by researchers from the Photonics Research Group and MIT.

10.08.19

3D Printing | Breaking News | Research Institutions

3D Printing of Resins: Fast Curing with UV LED

Aim to develop a 3D printing process that enables the simple and efficient production of 3D components using cost-effective UV-LED curable reactive resins.

10.04.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Switch2Save Launched to Improve Availability, Affordability of EC, TC Smart Glass Technologies

The consortium of 10 partners from research and industry will demonstrate the energy-saving potential of smart glass solutions in 2 fully-operational buildings.

10.03.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots | Sensors and Wearables

Alertgy, Okmetic Oy Honored for Top MEMS and Imaging Sensors Innovations

Alertgy’s non-invasive glucose monitor was named best imaging technology.

10.02.19

Conductive Inks and Their End Uses Will Be Focus of Conference Oct. 17-18

Advances in conductive inks, healthcare and production will be among topics at conference in Oakbrook, IL.

10.02.19

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots | Universities

SEMI, SUNY Poly Awarded $6 Million NSF Grant

Pilot program designed to grow electronics industry talent pipeline.

09.24.19

IMI Europe, Univ. of Cambridge Partner for innoLAE

The innoLAE 2020 Conference will be held on Jan. 21-22, 2020 at the Wellcome Genome Campus Conference Centre in Cambridge.

09.20.19

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots | Sensors and Wearables

SEMICON Taiwan 2019 Features Smart Tech, Innovation

Taiwan is the world’s largest consumer of semiconductor materials, with spending of $11.4 billion.

09.19.19

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Fraunhofer IAP, KETI Developing QD Color Filters for MicroLEDs

Part of new research project "CoCoMe" – which stands for Color Converting microLEDs.

09.12.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Imec, EnergyVille, PVcase Co-develop Next-gen Yield-Simulation Software for Solar Parks

The software should be launched in the first half of 2020.

09.09.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots | Universities

Researchers Uncover New Aspect of Charge Density Modulations in High Temp Superconductors

Identified a new electron wave which could help reveal some of the mysteries about superconducting materials.

09.09.19

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Research Institutions

Graphene Week 2019 Set for Sept. 23-27 in Helsinki

Organized by the Graphene Flagship, an EU-funded research initiative, and hosted by VTT.

09.09.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

European Union Awards HIPERION €10.6 Million in Funding

This grant will aid in establishing a pilot assembly line to bring breakthrough photovoltaic technology, designed by Swiss startup Insolight, closer to market.

09.06.19

Breaking News | Personnel | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

NREL Appoints 3 Scientists as Senior Research Fellows

09.05.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

imec: New Insulation Technique Paves Way for More Powerful, Smaller Chips

The technique uses metal-organic frameworks, a new type of materials consisting of structured nanopores.

09.05.19

CPI Celebrates 15 Years of Innovation in the North East UK

CPI has now delivered more than 1,700 public and private R&D projects with a value of nearly £500 million.

09.04.19

Second Annual Electronic and Conductive Inks Conference Highlights Latest Technologies, Applications

Conference will feature talks on conductive inks and their use in sensors, health care and more.

08.28.19

3D Printing | Breaking News | Research Institutions

ORNL’s Craig Blue Elected SME 2019 Fellow

Blue was one of six fellows from industry, government and academia elected nationwide.

08.28.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions

From Trash to Treasure: Electronic Waste Mined for Rare Earth Elements

U.S. Department of Energy researchers invented a process to extract rare earth elements from the scrapped magnets of used hard drives and other sources.

08.15.19

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

PARC Opens New Cleanroom Facilities

The PARC Cleanroom can prototype display and imaging thin-film transistor backplanes which are compatible with manufacturing facilities.

08.07.19

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Seven ORNL Researchers Receive DOE Early Career Funding Awards

The Early Career Research Program supports the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers.

08.07.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Research Reports | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

SEMI Reports 2Q 2019 Silicon Wafer Shipment Down 2.2% from 1Q 2019

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments totaled 2,983 million square inches in the second quarter of 2019.

07.24.19

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

SEMICON Europa to Highlight Smart Technologies

Co-located with productronica, event slated for Nov. 12-15, 2019 will feature smart automotive, medtech and manufacturing opportunities.

07.23.19

Breaking News | Conductive Inks and Coatings | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

CPI Project Accelerating Commercialization of Lightweight Nanomaterials, Composite Products

CPI is contributing its facilities and capabilities to a Horizon 2020 project focused on creating an open-innovation testbed.

07.19.19

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Manufacturing | Research Institutions | Universities

Baker-Polito Administration Announces Advanced Manufacturing Awards

Nearly $900,000 in Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative grants support projects at UMass Lowell and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

07.12.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

European Innovation Project PV OpMaat Completed

Large-scale building integration of solar within reach.

07.05.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

ARPA-E Investment in NREL Pays Dividends in Advancing Energy Tech

DOE funding program provides pathway for new ideas.

07.05.19

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

SEMI Americas, Semiconductor Digest Announce 2019 Best of West Award Finalists

CyberOptics, Advantest and Advantest are finalists.

07.03.19

Adhesives, Barriers and Encapsulants | Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions | Universities

Successful Completion of BMBF Research Project: Transparent OPV Glass Facade (TOP)

Aim was to develop semi-transparent solar films with a transparency of 15% to 30% at an efficiency of 8% to 10% and a suitable encapsulation.

07.01.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Introducing the SBra Project

A ‘smart bra’ for detecting breast cancer.

07.01.19

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

DOE Program Awards NREL $3.2 Million for Selected Energy Research

High efficiency, lightweight, flexible multijunction perovskite modules are among the funded projects.

06.28.19

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

VTT, Saab Expand Cooperation in Security of Supply of Critical Technologies

Identified technologies include materials and sensors that are critical across Saab’s product portfolio.

06.27.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions

ExxonMobil Supporting National Lab Research for Future Energy Solutions at Scale

$100 million agreement between ExxonMobil, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and other US Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories

05.10.19

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables | Touch Screens

Holst Centre Demos World’s Most Transparent Large-Area Optical Fingerprint Sensor

The optical fingerprint sensor is more than 70% transparent, making it ideal for integrating on top of LCD displays.

05.09.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions

New Research Facility Will Serve ORNL’s Mission in Computing, Materials R&D

The TRC has an estimated total project cost of $95 million.

05.08.19

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Personnel | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

NREL’s Matthew Beard Honored by Royal Society of Chemistry

Honored for “outstanding contributions to controlling ultra-fast carrier dynamics in nanostructures and perovskite semiconductors.”

05.08.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables | Universities

SEMI-Nano-Bio Materials Consortium Seeks R&D Innovations

Targeting human performance and medical monitoring.

05.07.19

CPES2019 to Highlight Flexible Hybrid Electronics for IoT

The event features 20-plus industry-leading speakers from business, research and academia.

05.02.19

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions

ORNL’s Sheng Dai Elected Materials Research Society Fellow

Dai is the leader of the Nanomaterials Chemistry group in ORNL’s Chemical Sciences Division.

05.02.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions

Fraunhofer Institute Displays High-performance OLED Microdisplay

For industrial AR data glasses.

04.30.19

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

VTT Involved in New Nordic Venture Capital Fund Investing in Science

Voima Ventures is the first Nordic venture capital fund investing purely in science and deep technology.

04.30.19

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

SEMI Partners with imec, CEA-Leti and Fraunhofer to Energize Global Innovation

Brings global scale to three of the world’s top technology research and innovation centers.

04.25.19

Breaking News | Printed Batteries | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

BatterySense Project Works on Development of Next-Gen Batteries, Sensors

CPI is supporting work to reduce the size of existing wireless sensing form factors by exploiting additive manufacture.

04.09.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Imec, Jolywood Achieve Record 23.2% with Bifacial n-PERT Solar Cells

The best cell topped 23.2%, imec said.

04.09.19

Breaking News | Financial News | Research Institutions

VTT Publishes Annual Report 2018

Includes VTT’s financial statement and a review of the organization’s operations.

04.08.19

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Personnel | Research Institutions

Imec Researcher Receives ERC Advanced Grant

Receives €2.5 million to develop ultra-bright thin-film light sources and lasers.

04.01.19

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

CPI Adds Clients to New Printable Electronics Centre

Silent Sensors, Datatecnics Corporation, HP1, Wotzano and PST Sensors are now tenants.

03.29.19

OE-A Competition, LOPEC Start-up Forum Winners Announced at LOPEC 2019

The next LOPEC is scheduled to take place on March 24-26, 2020.

03.28.19

Breaking News | Financial News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

VTT Posts Results for 2018

Net turnover of the VTT parent company increased by 4.3% to €15.5 million.

03.22.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Research Reports | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts February 2019 Billings

Reported $1.86 billion in billings worldwide in February 2019, 23% lower than February 2018.

03.22.19

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions

VTT CEO Antti Vasara Appointed President of EARTO

The objective of EARTO is to promote the views of research and technology organizations in the EU and its decision-making.

03.21.19

CPES2019 Announces First Group of Confirmed Speakers

CPES2019 takes place May 16-17 at Domaine Chateau-Bromont in Bromont, Quebec.

03.19.19

3D Printing | Breaking News | Research Institutions

3D Printing is Helping to Shape the Building Industry

Technology creates rapid construction potential.

03.19.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions

NREL’s Economic Impact Tops $1 Billion

NREL employs1,745 full-time and part-time employees.

03.14.19

Breaking News | Printed Batteries | Research Institutions

imec: Novel Nanomaterial Promises Improvements in Batteries

Unique nanomesh combines high porosity, unprecedented surface-to-volume ratio and ease of manufacturing.

03.13.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Smart2Go: Smart, Flexible Energy Supply Platform for Wearable Electronics

The special feature of Smart2Go is the modularity of the components within the platform.

03.13.19

Printed Electronics: On the Road to Success with Innovations, LOPEC Says

LOPEC takes place March 19-21 in Munich.

03.07.19

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Solliance, ECN Combining Perovskite Thin Film, Crystalline Silicon Technology

The research partnership has now obtained a 30.2% equivalent efficiency for a bifacial tandem solar device.

03.06.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

CIGS Community Releases White Paper

White paper reports that CIGS thin-film solar is set to become a pillar of the global transition toward renewable energy.

03.04.19

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions

Fraunhofer IAP: New Technology for Warm White LEDs

Fraunhofer researchers will further optimize the fluorescent material based off of YVO4:Eu.

02.28.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

NREL: Improvements in PV Performance Measurement

For the past four years, NREL has prioritized improvements to its methods for measuring PV module efficiency.

02.26.19

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions

Fraunhofer FEP: Hybrid OLED Creates Innovative, Functional Luminous Surfaces

Presenting hybrid flexible OLEDs integrated into textile designs within the EU-funded project PI-SCALE for the first time at LOPEC.

02.21.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots | Sensors and Wearables

imec Designs Sub-mW Radar for Presence Detection in Smart Buildings

The imec chip was designed in standard 40nm CMOS and has a die size of 1.8mm2.

02.19.19

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Graphene Pavilion Presents 20+ Prototypes at MWC 2019

Graphene Pavilion will be in NEXTech Hall 8.0 at Stand 8.0K31 on Feb. 25-28.

02.19.19

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions

NREL Names Achilles Karagiozis as Buildings, Thermal Sciences Center Director

Karagiozis will manage a team of approximately 100 researchers.

02.14.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Universities

PARC, GMU Selected for DARPA Configuration Security Project

Partnership aimed to improve security configurations for defense infrastructure and IoT-based systems.

02.13.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Smart Cards and Packaging

CPI Presents at Pharmapack in Paris

The development of printable electronics is expected to support a number of medical sector advances.

02.13.19

Breaking News | Nanomaterials | Personnel | Research Institutions

Sean Hearne Joins ORNL as Director of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences

Hearne has led research at Intel Corporation and Sandia Labs.

02.11.19

Breaking News | Nanomaterials | Research Institutions

Fraunhofer ISC, Technical University of Liberec Establish Center of Excellence

Will combine synergetic competencies in nanomaterials.

02.06.19

Mark Majewski Named New intelliFLEX CEO

Electronics industry veteran succeeds founding CEO Peter Kallai as organization shifts head office from Ottawa to GTA.

02.04.19

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Solliance Tops 21.5% Efficiency with Flexible Perovskite-CIGS Tandem

Partners with MiaSole Hi-Tech Corp. to fabricate a flexible solar cell with record power conversion efficiency.

02.01.19

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions

Blue OLED on Silicon Sensor Detects Phosphorescence

Fraunhofer FEP combines a marker and sensor on very small chip surface.

02.01.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Universities

UAntwerp, imec Add New Supercomputer

Computer has a calculation speed of two petaflops per second.

01.25.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

NREL Seeks Participants for 2019 Executive Energy Leadership Program

National program brings executives into national lab for knowledge sharing.

01.24.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

STAL Project Creates Solar Technology for Farmers

Goal is to reduce use of natural gas in agriculture sector through lightweight plastic solar roofs.

01.23.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

More Efficient Mining with Multi-Sensor Technology

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. is coordinating the sensor development process through EU project called X-Mine.

01.21.19

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

NREL Research Proves Switchable Window Works

The 2017 proof-of-concept paper established a solar power conversion efficiency of 11.3%.

01.18.19

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Manufacturing | Research Institutions | Universities

Baker-Polito Administration Announces $3.7 Million+ to Spur Innovation in Advanced Manufacturing

New Awards from the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative support projects across the state, bringing total program investment to over $50 million.

01.18.19

Chalmers University of Technology Features Breakthrough in Organic Electronics

Simple tweak could double the efficiency of organic electronics.

01.16.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

European Consortium Develops Components for Miniaturized Gas Sensors Based on Mid-IR Spectroscopy

Silicon photonics PIC technology allows for the miniaturization of the sensor.

01.16.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

NREL’s New Supercomputer, Eagle, Takes Flight

Now in production use, the Eagle more than triples the laboratory’s computing capability.

01.10.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Solliance Begins Interreg Project Rolling Solar

Generates large scale solar electricity on public road infrastructure.

01.10.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Imec, TNO Launch Disposable Health Patch

Comfortable with long battery life to measure vital signs.

01.08.19

Breaking News | Research Institutions

ORNL Advances Science, Technology During 75th Anniversary

Lab's mission includes R&D in computing, transportation, isotope production, physics, neutron science, and more.

01.01.19

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

NREL: 'Great Potential' for Floating PV Systems

Technology already in widespread use overseas, especially in Japan.

12.31.18

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Better Explanation of Coalescence-Related Defects Receives Journal Spotlight

New paper aids researchers in understanding defects in coalescing materials, helping to develop low-cost substrates for solar cells.

12.27.18

3D Printing | Breaking News | Research Institutions

ORNL: New Composite Advances Lignin as Renewable 3D Printing Material

Lignin is the material left over from the processing of biomass.

12.24.18

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions

ORNL’s Megan Bradley Receives Young Professionals on Knoxville Award

Honored for taking leadership roles in community service organizations and achieving career success.

12.06.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Imec First to Stack FinFETS with 45nm Fin Pitch Using Sequential 3D integration

S3D involves the vertical integration of sequentially processed device layers.

12.05.18

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Manufacturing | Research Institutions

Graphene Flagship: High Volume, High Power Graphene Supercapacitors

Graphene Flagship partners Thales and M-SOLV developed a large scale spray coating tool.

12.04.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Imec Reports Direct Growth of 2D Materials on 300mm Wafers for First Time

2D materials could provide the path towards extreme device-dimension scaling.

12.04.18

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions

‘Highly Cited Researchers’ List Includes 15 from ORNL

Honored for production of multiple highly cited papers ranking in the top 1% by citations during 2006-2016.

12.04.18

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions

Lyteus’ 15-Meter Roll-to-Roll Device is World’s Longest OLED

Holst Centre, Fraunhofer FEP demonstrated possibility for continuous production of OLEDs of any length.

12.03.18

Breaking News | Conductive Inks and Coatings | Research Institutions | Universities

Siegwerk, Clemson’s Sonoco Institute Partner to ‘Shape’ Packaging of Tomorrow

Develop new technology through Siegwerk Inks and Coatings Laboratory.

12.03.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions

New VTT Premises to Support Innovation and Growth

The facilities will be built in three stages between 2020-2024.

12.03.18

Fraunhofer Institute, Sirris Investigate Technical Coatings for Additive Manufacturing

Report lacquering and polishing as most efficient technique for surface optimization.

12.03.18

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Research Institutions | Universities

EU Commission Flagship Projects Gather at ICT Vienna

Graphene Flagship, Human Brain Project, Quantum Flagship will showcase their latest developments.

11.30.18

3D Printing | Breaking News | Manufacturing | Personnel | Research Institutions

Kurfess, Smith Join ORNL to Lead Advanced Manufacturing Initiatives

Both are fellows of SME and ASME.

11.28.18

3D Printing | Breaking News | Research Institutions

ORNL Technologies Receive Six R&D 100 Awards

his year’s six honors bring ORNL’s total of R&D 100 awards to 216 since 1963.

11.23.18

3D Structural Electronics: A New Dimension of Mobility

LOPEC 2019 will highlight printed electronic component for the automotive industry.

11.21.18

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables | Smart Cards and Packaging

CAPID Demonstrates Prototypes of Paper Products with New Electronic Functionality

The tags are thin and flexible, metal-oxide tags, integrated in paper and plastic products.

11.21.18

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

CPI: Printable Electronics Proficiency on Show in Skills Event

CPI welcomed members from Northumbrian Water Group’s Young Persons’ Network.

11.20.18

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions

Holst Centre: 15-Meter R2R Device is World's Longest OLED

Holst Centre: "Opens the door to 'endless OLEDs' that manufacturers and designers can then easily tailor to their own needs."

11.16.18

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Imec, Ghent University, SEED Demonstrate Electronics in Hydrogel-Based Soft Lenses

Lens features integrated LED light, ultra-thin silicon microchip, RF antenna and stretchable thin‐film interconnections.

11.16.18

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

NREL Identifies Where New Solar Technologies Can Be Flexible

Silicon panels constitute 95% of the global solar market.

11.14.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | RFID and NFC

Imec Demonstrates First Secure Passive Keyless Entry Solution Using Bluetooth Low Energy

A BLE device, such as a mobile phone, acts as a digital car key.

11.14.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

CPI Helps Running Entrepreneur Take ‘Big Step Forward’

Product launch expected in 2019.

11.13.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Modeling, Monitoring, Microgrids: ORNL Provides Help as Puerto Rico Rebuilds

Researchers at ORNL, other DOE national laboratories were commissioned to evaluate and analyze options, offer tools.

11.09.18

Breaking News | Energy Curing/Sintering | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Manufacturing | Research Institutions

NovaCentrix: Photonic Soldering Enables Flexible Electronics Integration

Photonic soldering enables off-the-shelf solders to bond surface-mount electronics to polymer films in seconds.

11.08.18

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Solar @ Sea Starts Testing Floating Solar System

The influence of the seawater on the lifespan and efficiency is being examined by Solliance Solar Research.

11.05.18

LOPEC, OE-A at electronica: Printed Electronics as Perfect Complement to Semiconductors

Key topics: Automotive applications and the future of electronics.

10.30.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

macQsimal is New Flagship Project for Sensors

CSEM leads European Quantum Technologies Flagship initiative.

10.30.18

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions | Universities

University of Twente, Solliance Start Collaboration

Focuses on integration of thin film solar technology in building materials and flexible applications.

10.29.18

Breaking News | Personnel | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Three ORNL Researchers Named American Physical Society Fellows

Gaute Hagen, Masaaki Matsuda and Parans Paranthaman have been honored by the American Physical Society.

10.26.18

Breaking News | Personnel | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Dan Friedman Named APS Fellow for Work on High-Efficiency Photovoltaics

Friedman is only the fourth person in the 41-year history of NREL to be named an APS fellow.

10.25.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables | Universities

Stretchable Electronics to Boost Finnish Export Industry

TUT, VTT are coordinating project on Finland’s stretchable electronics technology and production processes.

10.25.18

First Chinese Sale of NovaCentrix's PulseForge Invent

NovaCentrix's photonic curing tool goes to IFET Institute.

10.24.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

CPI Supports Smart Labelling Project to Cut Food Waste

The 18-month project is backed by Innovate UK funding.

10.23.18

Breaking News | Manufacturing | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Imec, ASML to Accelerate Adoption of EUV Lithography

Intensified collaboration will advance high-volume production with current EUV lithography and develop future EUV systems.

10.22.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Universities

Cal Poly Announces New Endowment to Support Education in Graphic Communication

Endowment honors Eric Steinbach, former president of publishing solutions for Quad/Graphics Inc., who died in February.

10.18.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

CPI Collaborates with Pireta Limited on Smart Clothing Project

Coats individual fibers with metal on fabrics in selective patterns without changing its physical and mechanical properties.

10.16.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Smart Cards and Packaging

CPI Event Highlights Smart Packaging Potential

Event showcased center’s high speed roll-to-roll integration and conversion capabilities.

10.15.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

intelliFLEX Signs MOU with Taiwan Smart Textiles Association

The agreement states the organizations will cooperate in three main ways, including accumulating research.

10.09.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Universities

CPI Chemistry Partner KCMC Works with Henry Royce Institute

Materials Accelerator Forum will be held Nov. 13 in Manchester.

10.09.18

Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables | Universities

Fraunhofer FEP Scientists Participate in CeTI Cluster of Excellence

For the first time, a new backplane concept for OLED microdisplays is to be implemented at Fraunhofer FEP.

10.02.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions

imec: New Program to Kick-start U.S., Asian Scale-ups in Europe

The first cohort of the program will be launched in the spring of 2019.

09.28.18

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions | Universities

Oxford PV, Oxford University Develop All-Perovskite Solar Cell

Awarded UK government funding for five-year research project.

09.27.18

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Research Institutions | Universities

Largest Event on Graphene Nanotubes is Open to the Public

NAUM takes place Oct. 31 in Shanghai.

09.27.18

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Imec’s Screen Printed Large-Area nPERT Solar Cells Surpass 23% Efficiency

Imec reports there is a clear technology roadmap to eventually surpass 24%.

09.26.18

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

TNO, TU/e Develop Thermal Stable Perovskite Solar Cell

After a thermal stress test, the cell performance showed still 93% of the initial performance.

09.25.18

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

imec: Perovskite/CIGS Tandem Cell Achieves Record Efficiency

Introduced at the EU PVSEC conference.

09.25.18

Coatema Hosts International Coating Symposium Oct. 17-18

Speakers from industry, institutes and R&D will present the latest developments around Coating, Printing and Laminating.

09.24.18

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions

Fraunhofer FEP Develop New OLED Microdisplays Designed to Eliminate VR Motion Sickness

A Prototype of VR glasses and the new displays can be seen at AWE Europe 2018.

09.24.18

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Manufacturing | Research Institutions | Universities

Manufacturing USA Institutes Plan Two Upcoming October Events

Manufacturing Extension Partnerships in Massachusetts and New York have each planned regional events.

09.20.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Internet of Water to Tackle Growing Water Risks

New intelligent water management system based on wireless sensor network and self-learning software.

07.11.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Imec Reports Breakthrough in Extending Interconnects Beyond 3nm Technology Node

Notes potential of using ruthenium (Ru) as a disruptive interconnect material.

07.10.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Imec, Soitec Demonstrate Sequential 3D Planar Device Achieving High-Reliability at Low Temperature

Perceived as a promising alternative to continue the benefits offered by semiconductor scaling.

07.09.18

Breaking News | Conductive Inks and Coatings | Displays and Lighting | Manufacturing | Research Institutions

Fraunhofer FEP Develops New Technology for Ultra-Smooth Polymer Films

The technology has now been transferred to a roll-to-roll process with even higher surface quality.

06.28.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions

Smart Glass on the Way to the Front

Highlights include electrically colorable windows, printed sensors and biodegradable coatings for compostable packaging.

06.27.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions

ORNL’s Summit Supercomputer Named World’s Fastest

New DOE system named no. 1 on latest TOP500 list.

06.26.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

NREL, DOE, and U.S. Automakers Join to Transform Mobility Future

9 nat'l labs, 13 universities & numerous industry & gov't stakeholders are working to explore new solutions for fuel, engines

06.25.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

The Memory Market will Grow 40 Percent to $177 Billion in 2018

Memory is now the primary market segment for semiconductor products.

06.25.18

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

Turning Silicon Photonics into a New Competitive Asset for the Electronics Industry

Optical microcircuits enhance health, security and computation capacity.

06.21.18

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

NREL Announces Participants for 2018 Executive Energy Leadership Program

Selects 19 leaders to learn from some of our laboratory’s prominent scientists.

06.21.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

VTT Robot Car Marilyn Parks in Furthermost Lot Fully Autonomously

Tests on parking with help from the Internet of Things underway in Tampere.

06.20.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Imec Furthers High-mobility Nanowire FETs for Nodes Beyond 5nm

These results will be presented on June 20 at the VLSI Technology Symposium, in session T8: Advanced FinFET and GAA.

06.19.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Onera Receives Investment to Develop Next-Gen Sleep Diagnostic Device

Company is developing a wearable, fully disposable, medically graded sleep diagnostic device.

06.19.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions

CSEM Reports Excellent Year in 2017

Received several prestigious awards and witnessed strong growth in industrial revenues.

06.19.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Leoni and PARC Collaboration Supports Digital Transformation

Condition-based maintenance, system analytics, AI, and embedded sensing will contribute in area of energy and data solutions.

06.18.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots | Sensors and Wearables

Imec Demonstrates Manufacturability of Spin-Orbit Torque MRAM Devices on 300mm Si Wafers

Technology targets replacement of L1/L2 SRAM cache memories in high-performance computing applications.

06.18.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Imec Demonstrates Compatibility of 0.8V-transceiver with Arm Cordio IP for BLE 5

Designed for IoT applications demanding very low power consumption, such as leave-behind sensors or wearables.

06.04.18

Breaking News | Manufacturing | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

CEA INES Achieves Record 410-Watt Module

Partners with Meyer Burger to develop heterojunction solar cell technology.

05.30.18

CPES2018 Innovation Awards Recognize Canadian Excellence in Flexible and Hybrid Electronics

First Women in FHE STEM Award presented to Michelle Chretien.

05.29.18

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

SmartEEs Offers Funding and Support for Printed and Flexible Electronic Work

CPI is part of a ten-strong partner consortium on SmartEEs.

05.28.18

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

New Electronic Materials for Low-Cost Internet of Things

As part of its Necomada project, CPI has created new inks and adhesives for the IoT.

05.25.18

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

Lyteus Shows Flexible OLED Technology for Vehicles

In-car HUD shows power of flexible, transparent OLED lighting technology.

05.25.18

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

InSCOPE Promotes Innovation in Printed Electronics

Integrates sensing, lighting and haptic feedback to create an interactive media surface panel for Kone Corporation.

05.24.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Imec Presents Novel Organ-on-Chip Platform for Drug Screening

It is capable of performing multiple tests in parallel.

05.24.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Flexible Fingerprint Sensors Promise Embedded Secure Access Control

The new sensors can be embedded into objects such as mobile phones and door handles.

05.23.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

aktiia Takes Aim at Hypertension

Will utilize special continuous measuring technology developed by CSEM.

05.23.18

National Printable Electronics Centre Sees Opportunities for IoT

Product designers will be able to embed sensing and connectivity into their designs.

05.22.18

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Electronic Materials | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Fraunhofer IAP Brings Innovations to Display Week 2018

Shows self-illuminating pixels for a new display generation.

05.21.18

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

ORNL’s Panos Datskos Elected Fellow of SPIE

Honored by SPIE for his work in sensor and nanomaterials research.

05.15.18

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions

NREL Names Four Scientists Senior Research Fellows

Mowafak Al-Jassim, Andy Walker, Robert McCormick, and Gregg Beckham are honored.

05.14.18

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Research Institutions

The Graphene Flagship General Assembly 2018

Attendees heard success stories from partners and associate companies, both SME and large enterprises.

Sian Fogden 05.07.18

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables | Smart Cards and Packaging

New CPI Facility to Develop Opportunities in IoT

The facility will create rolls of thin, flexible inlays containing multiple electronic components.

04.30.18

CPES2018: Flexible, Hybrid Electronics Go Mainstream with Major Manufacturers, Brands

CPES2018 takes place from May 23-24 at Centennial College’s Conference Centre in Toronto.

04.20.18

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

Foundational Work for NextFlex Materials & Process Database Now Underway

NextFlex just kicked off an 18-month Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)-sponsored project.

04.17.18

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

ESPResSo: Ambitious EU Funded Collaboration to Make Perovskite Solar Cells a Market Reality

The ESPResSo consortium has been granted over €5 million by the EU.

04.17.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions

NKT Photonics Opens Optical Materials Facility in Hudiksvall

Collaborating with RISE Acreo on silica glass for fiber lasers.

04.13.18

Breaking News | Personnel | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Solliance Solar Research Names New Director

Tenure effective April 1, 2018

04.12.18

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Fraunhofer IAP: Smart Printing with Power Generating Films, Luminescent Glass

Technology displayed at Printed Electronics Europe in Berlin.

04.12.18

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

New Solar PV Tool Accurately Calculates Degradation Rates

RdTools standardizes calculation methods providing better module performance and degradation analysis.

04.11.18

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Solliance Reaches 14.5% Cell Efficiency for Large Perovskite Modules

The efficiency was measured on an aperture area of 144 cm2.

04.09.18

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Research Institutions

Graphene Week Offers a Unique Experience, Nobel Laureate Says

The past year has produced a number of breakthroughs in graphene and 2D materials.

04.09.18

Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Research Institutions

Graphene Flagship’s Core 2 Contract Signed

The contract will cover costs over the period of April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2020.

04.06.18

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Fraunhofer FEP, VTT, Holst Centre Shows First Wearable OLED Bracelet

Highlights possibilities for flexible organic electronics for wearables.

04.04.18

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

VTT, Metropolia Develop Visually Appealing Solar Modules

Modules are being designed as architectural elements in building façades.

04.04.18

NREL Opens Large Database of Inorganic Thin-Film Materials

The High Throughput Experimental Materials (HTEM) Database contains more than 140,000 sample entries collected by NREL.

04.04.18

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables | Universities

PrintoCent 10 Moves Forward on Printed Intelligence Projects

Commercialization project focuses on health and wellbeing rapid tests.

03.23.18

OE-A Appoints OE-A Fellows, Announces Winners of OE-A Competition and LOPEC Start-up Forum

LOPEC highlights special merits, innovative ideas and start-up companies.

03.22.18

Breaking News | Conductive Inks and Coatings | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Smart Cards and Packaging

Ynvisible, Partners to Introduce Printed Electrochromics to Designers of Consumer Products

Consortium including Ynvisible awarded $10.7 million over four years.

03.22.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables | Universities

DARPA Disruptioneering Selects PARC and UW-Madison to Develop AI Software

Will automatically design complex mechanical systems.

03.21.18

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Solliance, ECN are Improving Tandem Solar Cells

Solliance has developed a perovskite solar cell with 93% average near infrared transparency.

03.21.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Flemish Scientists Win DARPA Cash Prize

Seamless communication may soon be possible even in crisis situations.

03.20.18

LOPEC 2018: Printed Electronics Moves into Everyday Life

Exhibition grows by 6%, while conference with 188 presentations is well received.

03.16.18

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Imec Honors Qualcomm Founder Irwin M. Jacobs with Lifetime of Innovation Award

Annual industry honor is presented to the individual who has significantly advanced the field of semiconductor technology.

03.15.18

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Research Institutions

Method to Grow Large Single-Crystal Graphene Could Advance Scalable 2D Materials

Localized control of the CVD process allows evolutionary, or self-selecting, growth under optimal conditions.

03.13.18

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions

Ilmari Lastikka Appointed VP of International Affairs at VTT

He has more than 10 years of experience in the management of international relations as the head of EU Affairs at Neste.

03.06.18

The LOPEC 2018 Supporting Program Makes Printed Electronics Tangible

Exhibition and conference includes Panel Discussion, Demo Line, Award Show and more.

03.05.18

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Personnel | Research Institutions

VTT Revises Its Commercial Operations

Focusing on solving customer challenges and creating opportunities.

03.02.18

Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Imec, Cadence Tape Out Industry’s First 3nm Test Chip

Extreme ultraviolet and 193 immersion lithography technology and Cadence digital tools used to design 3nm CPU core.

03.02.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions

Imec.istart Ranked Fourth in UBI Global's University Business Accelerator Ranking

Top-5 in the 'World Top Business Accelerator – Linked to University' category

02.26.18

Printed Electronics on the Rise: The Highlights of LOPEC 2018

Exhibitors will showcase numerous prototypes and commercial products with printed electronic components.

02.23.18

CPES2018 Lineup of Speakers, Pre-Conference Workshops Announced

CPES2018 takes place from May 23-24 at Centennial College's Conference Centre in Toronto.

02.23.18

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Personnel | Research Institutions

ORNL’s Burchell Elected ASME Fellow

Honored for his international recognition in the field of material properties of graphite and carbon.

02.23.18

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions

Fraunhofer FEP Offers Variety of Designs for OLED Lighting in One Kit

Will show OLED Lighting Design Sample Kit for the first time at LOPEC 2018.

02.22.18

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions

VTT, Neonelektro Make LED Advertising Boards Light, Flexible and Energy Efficient

Combines flexibility, low cost and high technical performance enabled by roll-to-roll mass manufacturing technology.

02.22.18

NextFlex Recognizes All-Stars of Flexible Hybrid Electronics

Honors individuals who go above and beyond to push FHE development toward manufacturability and commercialization.

02.20.18

The Graphene Pavilion at the Mobile World Congress

Graphene Flagship brings next gen mobile technologies, from Sensors and IoT, Wearables and Health, Datacom and Energy

02.20.18

intelliFLEX Congratulates Supercluster Winners

Real work now begins with Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster partners.

02.20.18

Breaking News | Manufacturing | Research Institutions

ORNL Wins Four FLC Technology Transfer Awards

ORNL and collaborators have pioneered the development of larger, faster and more complex large-area additive systems.

02.19.18

2018 FLEXI Awards Honor Innovation, Leadership in Flexible Hybrid Electronics

E Ink, GE Global Research among 2018’s honorees.

02.13.18

Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Imec, Renesas Electronics Design Ultra-Low Power Transceiver for Bluetooth 5

Uses lowest supply voltage ever reported, enabling longer battery life.

02.13.18

Conductive Inks and Coatings | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Henkel, Holst Centre Continue Collaboration

Partnership has led to developments in electrode technology and interconnection materials.

02.06.18

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions

Fraunhofer FEP: Develop Data Glasses Faster

The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics will be at the Embedded World 2018 Exhibition & Conference.

02.02.18

Researching New Highly Efficient OLEDs with Quantum Materials

ELQ-LED project focuses on new cadmium-free quantum materials.

02.01.18

Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

NREL Scientists Demonstrate Remarkable Stability in Perovskite Solar Cells

Creates an environmentally stable, high-efficiency perovskite solar cell.

02.01.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

VTT Develops New Optics Solution

Offers 360-degree panoramic view onto single sensor matrix.

01.30.18

Breaking News | Manufacturing | Research Institutions

Fraunhofer FEP to Present at 2018 FLEX

Will highlight novel, highly productive process for robust layers on flexible materials.

01.30.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

PI-SCALE Flexible OLED Design Competition Announces Winner

The OLED band can change color as the wearer achieves their sports goals.

01.26.18

Support Builds for CPES2018

CPES2018 is Canada’s top event for flexible and hybrid electronics.

01.25.18

3D Printing | Breaking News | Research Institutions

Engineering the Future of Manufacturing

Brian Post is building the future of large-scale additive manufacturing at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL.

01.23.18

Breaking News | Personnel | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Mirjam Theelen Receives TNO Excellent Researcher 2017

Theelen works with Solliance programs and conducts research into aging behavior and longevity of CIGS thin-film solar cells.

01.18.18

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions

Imec’s Luc Van den hove to Receive SEMI Award

Honored for outstanding achievement in semiconductor equipment and materials marketing.

01.12.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Imec’s SWEET Study Uses Wearables to Collect Dataset on Stress Detection

Largest study of its kind uncovers links between stress, physiological factors.

01.12.18

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Imec, Holst Centre Introduce EEG Headset for Emotion Detection

Technology to advance neuro research, e-learning and virtual gaming demonstrated at CES 2018.

01.11.18

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions

EVP Petri Kalliokoski to Leave VTT to Become CEO of High Metal Oy

Tua Huomo to start as EVP of Knowledge Intensive Products and Services.

01.10.18

Printed Electronics: From Vision to Product

Leaders discuss the 10th LOPEC, which will be held in Munich, Germany, March 13-15, 2018.

01.09.18

Displays and Lighting | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Fraunhofer IAP Adds Center for Applied Nanotechnology (CAN) GmbH

The Center for Applied Nanotechnology CAN to become new research division at Fraunhofer IAP CAN.

01.08.18

Breaking News | Mergers and Acquisitions | Product Design and Testing | Research Institutions

VTT to Sell Testing, Inspection and Certification Operations to Eurofins Scientific Group

Selling its wholly owned subsidiaries VTT Expert Services Ltd and Labtium Oy.

01.03.18

Breaking News | Manufacturing | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

European Research Team Achieves Milestone in Laser Structuring of Organic Solar Cells

Biggest challenge within the complex laser process is to ablate certain layers of the OPV layer stack in the nanometer range.

12.21.17

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions

New Directors at High Value Manufacturing Catapult

Adds Stephen Burgess, Mary Champion, Allan Cook, Andy Neely and Margaret Wood to board.

12.15.17

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions

Fraunhofer FEP, MICROOLED S.A.S. Win Franco-German Business Award

MICROOLED and Fraunhofer have been working together in the field of design and technology of microdisplays.

12.12.17

Breaking News | Chemicals, Metals and Powders | Research Institutions

NREL Develops Novel Method to Produce Renewable Acrylonitrile

Research paves the way for cost-competitive, sustainable acrylonitrile and carbon fibers from renewable biomass.

12.11.17

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

CSEM’s Josep Solà i Càros Receives Neode Prize 2017

Develops a new generation of blood pressure monitors.

12.11.17

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Energy Curing/Sintering | Manufacturing | Research Institutions

‘UV Power’ Research Project Works on LED Replacements for Conventional UV Lights

These LEDs will eventually be used in production, disinfection, the environment, life sciences and medicine.

12.08.17

PING Consortium Selected as Winner of Innovation Product Award

Project paves the way for trillions of interactive objects.

12.08.17

CES 2018: OE-A Unites End-Users and Suppliers

Flexible and printed electronics are showing consumer electronics the way.

12.07.17

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Imec Demonstrates Functional Ring Oscillators Based on Stacked GAA Silicon Nanowire Transistors

Demonstrated multiple optimizations for the fabrication of stacked silicon nanowire and nanosheet FETs.

12.07.17

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

PARC, Blue Origin to Accelerate Space R&D

Partnership to explore advanced technologies, launch suborbital space R&D projects.

12.07.17

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Imec Achieves Record Low Contact Resistivity on Ga-doped Ge Source/Drain Contacts for pMOS

Provides a promising route for suppressing parasitic source/drain resistance in advanced pMOS devices.

12.05.17

intelliFLEX Expands Quebec Membership to 18

Adds CTT Group and C2MI, two leading research centers.

11.29.17

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

SoCUS Seeks New Cost-Effective Sensor System to Measure State of Charge

Developing systems that can be integrated directly into the battery and can measure the state of charge more accurately.

11.29.17

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

NREL Develops Switchable Solar Window

Demonstration device responds to sunlight by transforming from transparent to tinted while converting sunlight.

11.28.17

Graphene Flagship Shines at The Tallinn Digital Summit

Shows array of interactive demonstrators and prototypes.

Sian Fogden 11.24.17

3D Printing | Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

ORNL Wins Nine R&D 100 Awards

ORNL has won 210 awards since 1963.

11.21.17

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions

NREL Researchers Named Fellows by Prestigious Industry Societies

Nancy Haegel elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS); Ahmad Pesaran Fellow from SAE International.

11.17.17

3D Printing | Breaking News | Research Institutions

VTT: Spare Parts Go Digital (VIDEO)

"3D printing technology has reached the stage where high-quality manufacturing is possible" – VTT's Sini Metsä-Kortelainen

11.15.17

Displays and Lighting | Electronic Materials | Film, Paper, Glass and Substrates | Research Institutions

Fraunhofer FEP Awarded as Innovator of the Year

Honored for research in the field of flexible glass and latest innovations regarding OLED microdisplays.

11.15.17

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

InviSense Receives Sweden’s Largest Inventors’ Prize

InviSense will venture into the concrete industry.

11.15.17

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Imec Expands Strategic Partnership with Western Digital

Will collaborate in R&D for advanced semiconductor technologies.

11.15.17

Breaking News | Conductive Inks and Coatings | Research Institutions

Datalase, PARC Partner to Develop Inkless Photonic Printing Solutions

Solutions are based on DataLase’s laser-reactive, color-change pigment technologies.

11.14.17

Breaking News | Printed Batteries | Research Institutions

Imec, Panasonic Introduce Nanocomposite Electrolyte for Next-Generation Batteries

Offers a lithium ion conductivity several times greater than its liquid equivalent.

11.14.17

NextFlex Hosts Second Annual Innovation Day

NextFlex celebrated 24 member-generated projects valued at $45 million.

10.18.17

Breaking News | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Research Institutions

Graphene Flagship Workshops Explores New Frontiers for Graphene

The third Graphene Flagship US-EU workshop will take place Oct. 23-25.

10.18.17

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

Holst Centre, imec and Philips Demo World’s First Curved, Plastic Photodetector

Builds the detector directly on a thin plastic substrate using solution-processing techniques.

10.17.17

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

NREL, Partners Highlight Collaboration and Explore Future During Partner Week

Focus is on NREL’s collaboration with more than 700 partners.

10.17.17

Danish Technological Institute Adds CeraPrinter F-Serie by CERADROP-MGI

Steps forward in nanomaterials industrial applications.

10.16.17

Electronic Materials | Flexible and Printed Electronics | Nanomaterials | Research Institutions

ORNL Develops New Method to Detect Spin Current in Quantum Materials

Unlocks potential for alternative electronics.

10.16.17

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Imec, Analog Devices Partner for Development of Next-Generation IoT Devices

Goal is to innovate devices that are low-power and come with improved or completely new sensing capabilities.

10.16.17

3D Printing | Breaking News | Research Institutions

Strangpresse Exclusively Licenses ORNL Extruder Tech for High-Volume Additive Manufacturing

Deposition rates increased from approximately four cubic inches per hour up to 2,400 cubic inches per hour.

10.13.17

Sun Chemical Enters into License Agreement to Introduce New Screen Printable Molecular Inks

Partnering with Groupe Graham International, National Research Council of Canada.

10.12.17

Flexible and Printed Electronics | Research Institutions

Fraunhofer FEP Develops Biodegradable Electronics

Electronic components completely break down biologically after operating life open up novel applications, reduce impact.

10.12.17

LOPEC 2018 to Cover 3D Printed Circuits and More

Circuits and much more will no longer be printed simply on foil and other flat surfaces.

10.05.17

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Imec Creates Innovative Neural Probe Demonstrator

Leverages power of silicon fabrication to develop unprecedented electrode density.

10.05.17

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Imec Micro-Optomechanical Pressure Sensor Advancing Pressure Monitoring in Biomedical Applications

New high-precision large-range pressure sensor combines MEMS, photonics technology.

10.04.17

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

CSEM Reports First Solar Panels Installed on Historic Protected Sites

Terracotta-red solar panels have been installed on the roof of a farmhouse in the village of Ecuvillens.

10.02.17

3D Printing | Breaking News | Research Institutions

VTT Upgrades Pilot Environment for 3D Printing of Metals

09.29.17

Breaking News | Research Institutions

UT-Battelle Employees Honored for United Way Support

Employees contribute $858,000 to this year’s United Way campaign.

09.29.17

Automated Driving Testing on European Roads: Research Project L3Pilot Kicks Off

Cover a range of driving situations, including parking, overtaking on highways, and driving through urban intersections.

09.26.17

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions

OLEDs Applied to Paper-Thin Stainless Steel

Stainless steel provides excellent barrier properties against environmental influences.

09.22.17

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

Solliance Manufactures Complete Back-End Interconnected CIGS Mini-Module

The mini module (200 x 185 mm) contains 37 cells and has an aperture efficiency of 9.3%.

09.22.17

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions

CPT, imec/Holst Centre Demonstrate 1250 ppi, FMM-free Multicolor OLED Displays with Photolithography

Pushing the pixel density beyond 1000 ppi is a necessary step for implementation of next-generation displays.

09.21.17

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions

Mike Fitzsimmons Elected Materials Research Society VP

Leads the Thin Films & Nanostructures group in ORNL’s Neutron Sciences Directorate.

09.20.17

Breaking News | Personnel | Research Institutions

CPI Appoints Jennie Younger as New Non-Executive Chairman

Succeeds Bob Coxon, who served CPI as chairman for 14 years since the company was set up in 2003.

09.20.17

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Research Institutions

Fraunhofer FEP Designs Flexible OLEDs with Adjustable Colors

New design options for lighting designers.

09.19.17

Authentic or Not, Laipac Technologies, MBM Intellectual Property Law Join intelliFLEX

Adds three new members to alliance.

09.15.17

Breaking News | Conductive Inks and Coatings | Nanomaterials | Research Institutions

Novel Low-cost Conductive Coatings for PEM Fuel Cells

Intelligent Energy developing new conductive coatings containing nanocarbons.

09.14.17

Breaking News | Conductive Inks and Coatings | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

VTT, UpCode Bring Smart Sensors and Functional Inks to Consumer Goods

The first 'digital beers' will be brought to store shelves.

09.14.17

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

NREL Report Shows Utility-Scale Solar PV System Cost Fell Nearly 30% Last Year

Record-low costs enabled by decline in module and inverter prices.

09.14.17

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Sensors and Wearables

Organic Photodiodes Seen as More Economical Detectors for NIR Region

Offer an alternative to conventional silicon-based CMOS imagers and hybrid solutions.

09.12.17

intelliFLEX Takes Over 90-Member Smart Textile and Wearables Innovation Alliance

Launches intelliWEAR as part of a new initiative to drive Canada’s wearables and smart textiles industry.

09.08.17

Breaking News | Displays and Lighting | Electronic Materials | Research Institutions | Universities

Universal Display Presents 2017 UDC Innovative Research and Pioneering Technology Awards

Honors top researchers during IMID Korea.

09.07.17

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

Imec Reports World-Class Low-Power IP Blocks for 5G

Available by joining imec’s industrial affiliation program or through IP licensing.

09.07.17

Research Institutions | Universities

Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award for Analytical Science Goes to Professor Francesco Ricci

Honored for his development of nature-inspired DNA-based nanodevices for sensing applications.

09.04.17

Breaking News | Printed Batteries | Research Institutions

New Kodak Cell Assembly Center Hosts Grand Opening

Facility completes energy storage ecosystem that makes lithium-ion battery development process more efficient.

08.31.17

Breaking News | Manufacturing | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions | Universities

FLEX-G Project Focuses on Roofs, Facades for Smart Buildings

Developing translucent and transparent membrane roof and facade elements with optoelectronic components.

08.30.17

Breaking News | Photovoltaics | Research Institutions

CSEM, NREL, EPFL Researchers Generate Record Efficiencies With Solar Cells

CSEM is studying the potential use of perovskite as part of the European CHEOPS Project.

08.29.17

Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

NREL Researchers Validate UV Light’s Use in Improving Semiconductors

UV light resulted in a greater percentage of bonds between gallium and selenium.

08.24.17

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