In most universes and dimensions, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. This statement is true in the electronic realm as well. Now, researchers at the University of Michigan have aligned molecules of semiconducting polymers so that electricity can flow more easily. The innovation could create a breakthrough for computer processors, LED [...]
Scientists Create Plastic Solar Cell
April 27, 2012 By 3 Comments
Scientists have discovered a method using polymers that could allow improved solar cells to be manufactured more cheaply and with more flexibility. Manufacturers already print or roll material onto surfaces to produce an electronically functional device, writes Jennifer Hicks in Forbes. This process is used to make organic solar cells and organic light-emitting diodes that [...]
Boosting Polymer Microfluidic Chip Production
April 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We may see medical and environmental diagnostics on plastic chips the size of flash cards in the near future. In a story for MIT News, Jennifer Chu reports on how microfluidic technology, which is also known as lab-on-a-chip technology, could be used to shrink analytical power into a handheld device so that analyses can be [...]
Polymer Filter Could Speed Up Communications
May 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Researchers have come up with a new polymer-based technology that could make computers and the Internet a whole lot faster. Like a hundred times faster. Features Editor Barry Copping at Plastics and Rubbers Weekly reported that the team of Koby Scheuer of the Tel Aviv University’s School of Electrical Engineering have created a novel optical filter. [...]
