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Evonik and InnovationLab bring new battery technology to the market

Friday 19 March 2021
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Evonik (Essen, Germany) is presenting TAeTTOOz, a new material technology for printable batteries, at the virtual edition of the LOPEC tradeshow. Together with the company InnovationLab (Heidelberg, Germany), the specialty chemicals group is testing the integration of this material technology in printed electronics in order to open up new application possibilities. TAeTTOOz was developed on the basis of so-called redox polymers by Creavis, Evonik's strategic innovation unit.

VTT: Affordable smart patches revolutionise patient monitoring

Thursday 18 March 2021
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Close scrutiny of basic vital functions supports a patient's care and recovery, but hospital resources and existing technological solutions might not be adequate to the task. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and its partners are developing wearable sensors such as smart patches that are almost unnoticeable for the user, which keep track of the patient's basic vital functions without interruption, sending the information wirelessly to a monitoring system.

OE-A business climate survey – silver linings for printed electronics industry

Wednesday 17 March 2021
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“We are ready to move forward,” summarises Stan Farnsworth, chair of the OE-A board and chief marketing officer of NovaCentrix, characterising the results of the latest OE-A Business Climate Survey. After a difficult period in 2020 the flexible and printed electronics industry is recovering from the effects of the pandemic. The vast majority of the survey participants expect the printed electronics industry to grow in 2021. The semi-annual business climate survey by OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association), a working group within VDMA, sheds light on the anticipated growth of the organic and printed electronics industry. During each survey, OE-A members – from material suppliers to end users – are asked to provide qualitative data on the state of the industry and their expected sales development.

Grapheal raises €1.9M to develop biosensors and fast digital COVID tests

Tuesday 16 March 2021
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Grapheal (Grenoble, France) is a Graphene Flagship associate member with experience creating pioneering graphene-based wearable patches for the remote monitoring of chronic wounds. Now, they have raised €1.9M in seed financing from Belgian incubator Novalis Biotech and private investors to further develop this technology, as well as to advance the creation of a digital, high-speed test for COVID-19. Thanks to the high sensitivity of graphene, this novel device would improve screening activities in high traffic areas, such as airports.

UC San Diego: Wearable Microgrid uses human body to sustainably power small gadgets

Monday 15 March 2021
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Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a “wearable microgrid” that harvests and stores energy from the human body to power small electronics. It consists of three main parts: sweat-powered biofuel cells, motion-powered devices called triboelectric generators, and energy-storing supercapacitors. All parts are flexible, washable and can be screen printed onto clothing.