News tagged with flexible substrate

Wearable electronics - the next fashion fad?

(Phys.org) -- When most of us think of electronics, we think of the sturdy stability of silicon and plastic. Flexibility is a trait that belongs to the organic world, where materials come in all shapes and ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Light control technique could lead to tunable lighting and displays

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past several years, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have become a popular light source due to their advantages including bright displays, wide viewing angles, and the ability ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Imec, Polyera, Solvay set 8.3% efficiency record for organic solar cell with inverted device

Imec, Polyera and international chemical group Solvay have achieved a new world-record efficiency of 8.3% for polymer-based single junction organic solar cells in an inverted device stack. These excellent performance results ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biocompatible graphene transistor array reads cellular signals

Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, a graphene-based transistor array that is compatible with living biological cells and capable of recording the electrical signals they generate. This proof-of-concept ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research team has developed a fully functional flexible memory

The team of Professor Keon Jae Lee (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST) has developed fully functional flexible non-volatile resistive random access memory (RRAM) where a memory cell can ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers discover technique to improve solar cell technology

A multi-disciplinary team of scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory has discovered a way to tailor nanostructures that could result in low-cost, high efficiency solar cells. The research appears in the ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How to produce flexible CIGS solar cells with record efficiency

High-performance flexible and lightweight solar cells, say, on plastic foils, have excellent potential to lower the manufacturing costs through roll-to-roll processing and the so called "balance-of-system" ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Cancer detection from an implantable, flexible LED

Can a flexible LED conformably placed on the human heart, situated on the corrugated surface of the human brain, or rolled upon the blood vessels, diagnose or even treat various diseases? These things might ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Transparent electronics from graphene-based electrodes (w/ Video)

Flexible, transparent electronics are closer to reality with the creation of graphene-based electrodes at Rice University.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Resistive switches based on piezoelectric nanowires allow electrical signals to be produced from mechanical actions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking advantage of the unique properties of zinc oxide nanowires, researchers have demonstrated a new type of piezoelectric resistive switching device in which the write-read access of memory ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Japanese researchers develop method for printing single crystal thin-film transistors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers working out of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Tsukuba, Japan have developed a means for printing thin film transistors using InkJet ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Heated AFM tip allows direct fabrication of ferroelectric nanostructures on plastic

Using a technique known as thermochemical nanolithography (TCNL), researchers have developed a new way to fabricate nanometer-scale ferroelectric structures directly on flexible plastic substrates that would ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Efficiency record for flexible CdTe solar cell due to novel polyimide film

DuPont Kapton colorless polyimide film, a new material currently in development for use as a flexible superstrate for cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules, has enabled a new world record ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

New inorganic semiconductor layers hold promise for solar energy

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the University of Chicago and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has demonstrated a method that could produce cheaper semiconductor ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers print solar cells on toilet paper, other delicate materials (w/ Video)

To demonstrate how a new fabrication technique can print solar cells on extremely thin, flexible materials, researchers from MIT have patterned solar cells onto ordinary toilet paper. While toilet paper may ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (26) | comments 11 | with audio podcast weblog