Molding the Future of Plastic Electronic Production
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 18:14
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- E-readers that can be bent and folded, "smart" bandages that signal when they need changing based on oxygen levels, and biodegradable radio frequency identification tags that help companies track and manage stock - these are all real possibilities in the field of organic electronics, which uses carbon-based materials that are intrinsically semiconductors. Recently, using the NSLS, a group of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Arizona State University, and the University of Oulu, Finland, analyzed one promising organic semiconducting material in an effort to bring these technologies, and many more, to the marketplace.