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WRT Can Identify Organic Compounds in Displays

by Bob Raikes

WRT Associates has developed and applied the means to identify organic compounds used in a variety of products. For example, the analytical chemistry approach enables WRT Associates to confirm the presence of specific organic …

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Self Healing Material – Possible Smartphone Screens?

by Norbert Hildebrand

The University of California Riverside (UCR) has developed a material that has not only self healing properties, but is also creating a force under an applied voltage (artificial muscles) and is highly transparent and …

Tags:Materials| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 13

CLEARink Displays and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Sign Development Agreement

by Milos Pavlovic

CLEARink Displays today announced that they signed a comprehensive Materials Development Agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, focused on bringing CLEARink’s innovative, patented, reflective display technology to market by the end of 2017. Merck …

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Silver Microclusters Formed in Zeolite Pores Can Be Highly Efficient Phosphors

by Ken Werner

A Nature Materials article published on line in June of this year charts an interesting approach to making very very small, very efficient silver phophors. The many authors, including Oliver Fenwick of CNRS and …

Tags:Materials| Vol 23 - Issue 40

AGC Releases Newest Chemically Strengthened Specialty Glass for Mobile Devices

by Isaac Oburu

AGC Asahi Glass (AGC) , a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals and high-tech materials, today announced a new, stronger lineup of its Dragontrail™ series of chemically strengthened glass used globally in smartphones and tablets. …

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Kolon Industries Develops Clear and Colorless Polyimide

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to an article in the Korea Herald, Kolon Indutries has succeeded in developing a clear and colorless polyimide calling it CPI™ (coloreless PI). Kolon Industries, the South Korean chemical company made news last …

Developments in Solid-Liquid Mixtures Suggests New Applications

by Arthur Berman

Researchers within the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University are exploring new means for adjusting the extent that a material scatters light. The researchers believe that such a …

Tags:Materials| MIT| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Kent Displays, The Maker of Boogie Board eWriters, To Host First Smart Materials and eWriting Symposium

by Isaac Oburu

Kent Displays Inc., the maker of Boogie Board eWriters, in partnership with TeamNEO and FlexTech, a SEMI Strategic Association Partner, will be holding the industry’s first Smart Materials & eWriting Symposium from April 12 …

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The Difference between Science and a Good Story

by Norbert Hildebrand

During the last few days several news outlets have reported on a new wonder glass developed by Japanese Scientists that is “nearly unbreakable”, “almost as strong as steel” and “will be ready for commercialization” …

Tags:Glass| Materials| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Materials Make the Difference

by Phillip Wright

Consumer electronics and all man-made products are composed of materials that have been selected, modified and manipulated so as to arrange the atoms into particular forms and to accomplish specific functions. From stone points, …

Pixelligent Claims to Double OLED Light Output

by Tom Allen

Pixelligent, a US-based company, has developed OLED lighting materials using its own light extraction materials. The company says that OLED lighting panels using its materials deliver more than twice the amount of light as …

Smartphone Booms as Watch Woes Continue for Apple

by Steve Sechrist

The WSJ (Wall Street Journal) today reported Apple is getting the lion’s share (a whopping 92%) of all profits in the booming smartphone industry. The chart on the right shows global operating profits in …