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Alberta scientists help to make Canada’s first bio-composite based electric vehicle body design
Singapore researchers touts corn starch can help solve body armour and protective sports padding
French scientists tout first use of nano-structured assemblies that could revolutionize dentistry
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A review on polymer/bioactive glass nanocomposites provides current trends in polymer research
Polymers help Addidas to launch lightest soccer boots and 2010 FIFA World cup match ball never seen before in the field
A team of researchers demonstrate plastics and graphene can work together to make touch screen device a reality

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Alberta scientists help to make Canada’s first bio-composite based electric vehicle body design

Innovations in design come from plastics to win several 2009 International Design Excellence Awards

Plastics help design non-shatter pint glass to prevent pub attacks

Braskem S.A. is leading the way to manufacture biobased polyethylene using catalytic dehydration

Block copolymers could create hard disks with 10 tera-bit-per-Square-inch:Researchers predict

French scientists tout first use of nano-structured assemblies that could revolutionize dentistry

Researchers gather to discuss advances in organic photovoltaics (OPV)

For the first time, IBM researchers showed 3D molecular structure could be observed

Polymer helps to designing higher capacity Li-ion battery

Yale scientists develop high performance thin film composite membrane

Bayer uses PC film Makrofol? for it's new Innosec Fusion? technology to stop counterfeiting

How Collagen nanofibers could find use in Tissue Engineering

Using biodegradable polymer, University of Basque country researcher report on bone regeneration

McMaster university (Canada) researchers developed flexible solar cell technology

Prof. Alan Heegers group demonstrated the potential of plastics solar cells

Japanese researchers are developing stereo-block type PLAs for high performance materials

In Milan, art and science get together to showcase Vegetal, weather resistant designer chair

Researchers review how to characterize polymer nanocomposites by different microscopicy techniques

ZogglesTM earns Invention of the year 2010 award and keeps the fog away

Polymers help Addidas to launch lightest soccer boots and 2010 FIFA World cup match ball never seen before in the field

Princeton university researchers embedded piezoelectric material onto polymer as energy harvester

Norner touts major research project on polymers based on carbon dioxide

Researchers develop unique printable thin film supercapacitor using SWCNT

If you follow plastics electronics - follow Unidym’s innovative product lines

MIT team aims to develop application specific surgical adhesives to seal tissues

Singapore researchers touts corn starch can help solve body armour and protective sports padding

Scientists from Sweden and USA showed electronics can truly be organic or say truly be plastics

Plastic Logic sees mass production of flexible display in 2008

Chinese researchers made a bendy polymer that could separate aromatics hydrocarbons from aliphatic

Practical Devices provide useful power from the body

US researchers develop shape memory polymer nanocomposites exhibiting fast actuation speed

Mannigton converts large stickers from 2010 winter games into commercial flooring

Arkema unveils a range of "green" polymers for its textile market

Nanoparticle coating prevents ice build up

IKV researchers report thermoplastic/metal hybrid materials for Direct manufacturing electronic part

Rutgers Univ researchers moves plastic electronics with graphene based PS thin films

Siver nanowire electrodes for flexible electronics

Brazilian scientists are actively pursuing bioplastics research and innovation

Battelle researchers are improving PLA for injection molding applications

A review on polymer/bioactive glass nanocomposites provides current trends in polymer research

Swedish researchers show highest reported charge capacities for all polymer paper-based battery

A team of researchers demonstrate plastics and graphene can work together to make touch screen device a reality

Austrian researcher reports new opportunities from Silicon oxide Nanofilms

3D systems introduces non-halogenated flame retardant for aircraft applications

Advanced nanocomposite membrane technology of NanoH2O turns it to a Global clean technology company

New ambipolar polymer beats others: reports US researchers

Univ of Texas @ Austin scientists reported method to produce a large scale reduced graphene oxide

MIT researchers show how to draw Polyethylene as nanofibers and get a very high thermal conductivity

Non-toxic, liquid bandage from Chesson Labs of Durham, NC is ready for the healthcare market

Scientists from IBM and Stanford University are developing new plastics recycling process

Scientists from Sweden and USA showed electronics can truly be organic or say truly be plastics

Monday, 08 February 2010 22:36 Editor

Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) can be used in cell phones, cameras and ultra-thin TVs. The entire buzz about “organic” or “plastic” electronics is due to OLED. But OLED has several drawbacks. It is expensive and the transparent electrode is made of inorganic (indium tin oxide) material that is hard to recycle.

Researchers from Sweden and USA utilized graphene to provide an alternative to OLED and termed it Light Emitting Electrochemical Cell (LEC) made of all organics (carbon based materials). Scientists touted that not only technologically this development is interesting but also important from environmental standpoint.

[Ref: N.D. Robinson et al ACS Nano; DOI: 10.1021 / nn9018569, Web publication date Feb. 04, 2010]