Resistance measurement on a crumpled printed 125µm thick PET sheet

Poly-Ink announces breakthrough in substituting ITOs


Products

Poly-Ink, a French-based company which develops and commercialises carbon nanotubes (CNT) and silver nanowires-based transparent and conductive materials to be printed and/or coated on various substrates, has come up with a new solution to substitute indium tin oxide (ITO). Nanowire-based material combined with crystal micro fibrils (MFC) creates Poly-Ink’s so-called PolyBioWire, which is reported to offer performances that are identical or better than ITO.

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Thinfilm's new investors have placed USD 22M into the company

Leading US funds invest in Thinfilm


Companies / Markets

Norwegian-based Thin Film Electronics ASA, a leader in the development and commercialisation of printed electronics and smart systems, has announced a private placement in the company, in which several US funds have subscribed for shares. The total investment sum ranges at USD 22M. Upon completion of the private placement, the investors will hold 6.1% of the shares of Thinfilm.

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BeBop Sensors' technology: An application for baseball games

BeBop Sensors wins Technology Innovation Award


Companies / Markets

BeBop Sensors, Inc., a leading provider of smart fabric sensor technology based in Berkeley (CA), USA, has received the 2015 Frost & Sullivan North American Technology Innovation Award for its fabric sensor technology. The prize is handed out by the American-based industry consultancy and market research experts of Frost & Sullivan.

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The new OE-A board of directors

OE-A elects new board of directors


Appointments

The members of the Organic Electronics Association (OE-A; a working group of the VDMA) have appointed Dr Jeremy Burroughes from British-based CDT Ltd as their new chairman of the board of directors during the annual general assembly in Milan, Italy. Prof Toshihide Kamata of AIST, Japan, and Stan Farnsworth of NovaCentrix Corp., USA, have been confirmed in their positions as vice chairman Asia and North America respectively. Jaap Lombaers from Holst Centre in The Netherlands has been elected as new vice chairman Europe.

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Dominik Gronarz from Organic Electronics Saxony

German research ministry promises funding for organic electronics


Companies / Markets

Luminous magazine advertisements made of OLEDs or glass facades that collect energy by means of integrated organic solar cells are only two of several projects in Saxony that will be funded by the German federal ministry for research with up to €4M. The engineers and scientists, together with international partners, are expected to bring their research projects to market maturity and thus create new production plants and jobs in Germany.

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