Alcoa and Phinergy build a demo car powered by a aluminum-air battery that can greatly extend travel range.
Electronics
Multifunctional coating for public touch displays
Schott introduces what it claims to be the first permanently anti-reflective and oleophobic coating for touchscreens.
Taking optoelectronics to the next level
A new fabrication method promises to revolutionise the production of optoelectronics in a study published in the new journal Advanced Science.
Organic semiconductors for visible light communications
Star-shaped organic semiconductors based on boron dipyromethene cores could be alternative color conversion materials for VLC.
Second-order nonlinearity with silicon waveguides
Newly published describes the generation of a second order nonlinear susceptibility in silicon by the introduction of an inhomogeneous strain.
Printing graphene for highly flexible electronics
Researchers develop a high concentration graphene ink suitable for screen printing and a screen printing method for fabricating high-resolution patterns.
Improving supercapacitor rate performance with MXene/CNT composites
Flexible MXene/carbon composite electrodes composed of alternating layers of titanium carbide-based MXene and carbon nanotubes have been fabricated.
Transparent electrodes derived from copper and tungsten
British researchers have reported a window electrode based on an ultra-thin bilayer of copper and amorphous tungsten sub-oxide.
Data tattoos: integrating electronics onto human skin
Unusual materials and design strategies enable NFC technology to be embedded into electronic systems that are ultrathin, soft and stretchable, like skin.
Flexible and printable magneto-electronics
A German research team have fabricated magneto-electronics that fulfill the performance and processing requirements for consumer electronics.
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