The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore has successfully printed complex electronic circuits using a common t-shirt printer. The electronic circuits are printed using unique materials in layers on top of everyday flexible materials such as plastic, aluminium foil and even paper. Resistors, transistors and capacitors, the key components of a complex electronic circuit, are printed using non-toxic organic materials like silver nanoparticles, carbon and plastics.
On 4 December, cynora GmbH, a producer and developer of singlet harvesting technology for use in OLEDs, was awarded the German Raw Material Efficiency Award 2014. The firm, which is based in Bruchsal, Germany, won the competition against seven other finalists in the category “companies” and received the prize that is worth €10 000.
In 2004, Fluxim AG, a Winterthur, Switzerland based provider of R&D tools for the OLED display, lighting and photovoltaic industries, has introduced the commercial software package Setfos, which is a numerical tool for design and analyses of organic LEDs and solar cells. Now, the company celebrates the 10th anniversary of the product. Over the last 10 years, the capabilities of Setfos have grown steadily and now include electrical and optical simulation of OLEDs, absorption and electrical modelling of solar cells as well as efficiency enhancement by light scattering.
