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Flexible battery power

Chemistry /

created Mar 19, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (30) | comments 0

A paper-like, polymer based rechargeable battery has been made by Japanese scientists. The news is reported in the latest edition of The Royal Society of Chemistry journal Chemical Communications.


Toll charges reduce travel time

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 07, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A smart introduction of a variable toll charge, with different rates at different departure times, reduces traffic jams. Even small toll charges can exert a large effect on the total travel time, concludes Dutch researcher ...


Liquid-OLED Offers More Light-Emitting Possibilities

Liquid-OLED Offers More Light-Emitting Possibilities

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- As organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are poised to go mainstream in the near future, scientists continue to explore new twists on the technology. Recently, researchers have fabricated ...


Transforming roofs from wasted space to energy source

Transforming roofs from wasted space to energy source

Technology / Energy

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- A transparent thin film barrier used to protect flat panel TVs from moisture could become the basis for flexible solar panels that would be installed on roofs like shingles.


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Xerox Develops Silver Ink for Cheap Printable Electronics

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Xerox has developed an ink which can be used to print circuits onto plastics, films, and textiles. Although circuits printed on flexible materials aren't new, Xerox's method may be cheap and ...


Flexible charge pump: New small-scale generator produces alternating current by stretching zinc oxide wires

Flexible charge pump: New small-scale generator produces alternating current by stretching zinc oxide wires

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 09, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new type of small-scale electric power generator able to produce alternating current through the cyclical stretching and releasing of zinc oxide wires encapsulated ...


Breakthrough in efficiency for dye-sensitized solar cells

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 29, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (50) | comments 0

In a paper published in the journal Nature Materials, EPFL professor Michael Graetzel, Shaik Zakeeruddin and colleagues from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have achieved a reco ...


Super-thin flexible OLED from Sony

Super-thin flexible OLED from Sony

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (28) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sony is showing off prototypes incorporating its super-thin, flexible OLED technology at the CREATEC JAPAN 2009 IT and electronics trade show in Makuhari Messe (Chiba) in Japan.


Polymer electric storage, flexible and adaptable

Chemistry /

created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (37) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- The proliferation of solar, wind and even tidal electric generation and the rapid emergence of hybrid electric automobiles demands flexible and reliable methods of high-capacity electrical storage. Now a ...


SunCat Solar Batteries

Battery Wrapped in Solar Cells Recharges in the Sun

Technology / Energy

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (19) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although you can buy solar charging devices for rechargeable batteries, it would be even more convenient if batteries had built-in solar cells. Sitting in sunlight, the battery could then ...


Organic semiconductors make cheap, flexible photovoltaics and LEDs

Organic semiconductors make cheap, flexible photovoltaics and LEDs

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Sep 07, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (76) | comments 0

Imagine T-shirts that light up, or a beach umbrella that collects solar energy to run a portable TV. How about really cheap solar collectors for the roof? All this and more could come from cutting-edge research ...


Flexible, transparent supercapacitors are latest devices from USC nanotube lab

Flexible, transparent supercapacitors -- bend and twist them like a poker card

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 10

It is a completely transparent and flexible energy conversion and storage device that you can bend and twist like a poker card.


Increasing Charge Mobility in Single Molecular Organic Crystals

Physics /

created Mar 22, 2005 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Studies may help identify best materials for variety of future electronics applications Flexible displays that can be folded up in your pocket? More accurate biological and chemical sensors? Biocompatible electronics? In resea ...


Organic electronics a two-way street, thanks to new plastic semiconductor

Organic electronics a two-way street, thanks to new plastic semiconductor

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plastic that conducts electricity holds promise for cheaper, thinner and more flexible electronics. This technology is already available in some gadgets -- the new Sony walkman that was introduced ...


Mobile phones can soon survive being dropped

Mobile phones can soon survive being dropped

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 20, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Dutch researcher Paulette Prins has demonstrated that plastic does not have to be a poorer conductor than present-day semiconductors. This opens up the way for a revolution in consumer electronics: mobile phones ...