Silicon and inorganic thin film semiconductor materials have proven performance but in many applications, like photovoltaics or wearable electronics, their limitations can range from cost to form factor...more
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed elastic conductors made from silver nanowires, as the basis of stretchable electronic devices...more
French chemicals producer Arkema is extending its R&D collaboration with public research agency the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), from photovoltaics (PV) to organic and hybrid electronics...more
A cleanable, touch-sensitive smart fabric developed in Canada has attracted the interest of the automotive industry...more
Plans to combine the LOPE-C and Printed Electronics Europe events, initially announced back in June, have ended with their respective organisers pursuing plans for their own separate events as before...more
Kunigunde Cherenack, senior research fellow at the ETH Wearable Computing Lab, who is working on the TecInTex smart textile project, explains how electronic textiles are becoming truly wearable...more
Dan Williams, VP of product development at Konarka Technologies, US, argues that integrated electronics herald a new age of personal power...more
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has put out a call for research proposals for smart textiles that can be used in defence projects...more
Imprint Energy to screen print rechargeable batteries
Smart textiles recognised as fashion designs
Smart textiles: do they have mainstream appeal?
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