News tagged with indium oxide

Copper-nickel nanowires could be perfect fit for printable electronics

While the Statue of Liberty and old pennies may continue to turn green, printed electronics and media screens made of copper nanowires will always keep their original color.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Quantum dot LEDs get brighter, more efficient

(Phys.org) -- While quantum dot-based light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) are not made of organic materials, they share many of the same advantages as organic LEDs (OLEDs). For instance, both QLEDs and OLEDs outshine ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 11 | with audio podcast feature

Low-temperature method 'grows' transparent zinc oxide films for use in displays, solar cells

The displays on flat-screen TVs and smartphones, as well as the panels on solar cells, all require materials that not only conduct electricity but are also highly transparent to visible light. One transparent ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Patent application for innovative film - possible Indium Tin Oxide replacement

Jude Iroh, professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Cincinnati holds several patents dating to his days as a graduate student. Another may soon be on the way.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Copper nanowire films could lower touch screen, LED and solar cell costs

Copper nanowires may be coming to a little screen near you. These new nanostructures have the potential to drive down the costs of displaying information on cell phones, e-readers and iPads, and they could ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

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

Collecting the sun's energy: Novel electrode for flexible thin-film solar cells

Conventional silicon-based rigid solar cells generally found on the market are not suitable for manufacturing moldable thin-film solar cells, in which a transparent, flexible and electrically conductive electrode collects ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers find replacement for rare material indium tin oxide

Dutch researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology have developed a replacement for indium tin oxide (ITO), an important material used in displays for all kinds of everyday products such as TVs, telephones ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Armchair nanoribbons made into spintronic device

In a development that may revolutionize handheld electronics, flat-panel displays, touch panels, electronic ink, and solar cells, as well as drastically reduce their manufacturing costs, physicists in Iran have created a ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Large sheets of graphene film produced for transparent electrodes (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene is a relatively new material with outstanding electrical, chemical and mechanical properties that make it an attractive material for use as flexible conductors of the sort used in ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (29) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Organic ternary data storage device developed

(PhysOrg.com) -- The memory capacity of electronics devices could be increased in future thanks to an organic data storage system using ternary rather than binary data storage. The current prototype is designed ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Plastic electronics could slash the cost of solar panels

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique developed by Princeton University engineers for producing electricity-conducting plastics could dramatically lower the cost of manufacturing solar panels.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (29) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Nanometer Graphene Makes Novel OLEDs Display

Researchers at Stanford University have successfully developed brand new concept of organic lighting-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with a few nanometer of graphene as transparent conductor. This paved the way for ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mechanical devices stamped on plastic

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microelectromechanical devices -- tiny machines with moving parts -- are everywhere these days: they monitor air pressure in car tires, register the gestures of video game players, and reflect ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Transparent solar cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- If solar cells were transparent they could be fitted to windows and building facades. Physical modeling helps in the development of suitable materials for transparent electronics and thus ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 6