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• Substrate defects key to growth of 2D materials
  

  Creating two-dimentional materials large enough to use in electronics is a challenge despite huge effort but now, Penn State researchers have discovered a method for improving the quality of one class of 2D materials, with potential to achieve wafer-scale growth in the future. The field of 2D materi more

• Flexible circuits for 3D printing
  

  A research cooperation between the University of Hamburg and DESY has developed a process suitable for 3D printing that can be used to produce transparent and mechanically flexible electronic circuits. The electronics consists of a mesh of silver nanowires that can be printed in suspension and embed more

• A long-distance relationship in femtoseconds
  

  Modern electronics relies on ultrafast charge motion on ever shorter length scales. Physicists from Regensburg and Gothenburg have now succeeded in resolving a key quantum motion of electrons in atomically thin crystals on the time scale of a single oscillation cycle of light. They directly observe, more

Videos Electronics

2-D layered devices can self-assemble with precision

Video shows layered, self-assembled graphene oxide sheets with synthetic proteins patterned on squid ring teeth made into an actuator with substantial curvature. The second segment shows the same device using graphene oxide only. There is no movement.Credit: Melik Demirel,/Penn State. more

Infographics Electronics

The Recycling Rates of Smartphone Metals

Regular readers will spot that today’s post is a bit of a twist on an old post from the site’s archives, which looked at the elements present in a smartphone and the roles that they play. In this updated version, I wanted to highlight which elements in your smartphone will actually get recycled at t more

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• Spin-coating-assisted fabrication of ultrathin physical hydrogel films with high toughness and fast response

  Hydrogel films have promising applications in medical dressings, flexible electronics, etc. However, it is challenging to fabricate ultrathin hydrogel films with high toughness and controllable thickness. Here, we report a facile approach to prepare tough physical hydrogel films by spin-coating of a more

• Reviving lithium cobalt oxide-based lithium secondary batteries-toward a higher energy density

  By breaking through the energy density limits step-by-step, the use of lithium cobalt oxide-based Li-ion batteries (LCO-based LIBs) has led to the unprecedented success of consumer electronics over the past 27 years. Recently, strong demands for the quick renewal of the properties of electronic prod more

• Repurposing bacterial extracellular matrix for selective and differential abstraction of rare earth elements

  The rare earth elements (REEs) play critical roles in modern consumer electronics and clean technologies, but unpredictable supply and environmentally unsustainable extraction practices have spurred efforts to develop green methods of recovering the metals from waste streams. In this regard, we have more

Market studies Electronics

• Iran Petrochemicals Report Q3 2012

  The Iran Petrochemicals Report examines the impact of the international sanctions regime on the performance and development of downstream operators, paying particular attention to producers’ export performance, credit availability and access to technology. The report assesses progress so far in on more

• Acrylonitrile Global Market to 2020 - Household appliances and electronics sector to drive Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) growth, polymeric applications propel Polyacryl ...

  Acrylonitrile Global Market to 2020 - Household appliances and electronics sector to drive Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) growth, polymeric applications propel Polyacrylonitrile demand from Asia-Pacific” is an in-depth report from GBI Research, which is focused on the demand side of the globa more

• Germany Petrochemicals Report Q3 2012

  BMI’s Germany Petrochemicals Report looks at the opportunities for sector growth at a time when the economic environment in Europe is increasingly hostile, with production prices having fallen and demand stagnating. This report examines how German producers will achieve growth in the future – perh more

Authors Electronics

• Prof. Dr. Guido M. Schuster
  

  completed an apprenticeship as a radio and TV electrician before studying electronics, instrumentation and control technology at Neutechnikum Buchs (Switzerland), graduating as the year’s best student in 1990. He completed both his master’s degree and his later doctorate (1996) at Northwestern Unive more