Advanced Materials

This article sets out to show that the assumption that QDs are a stagnant technology would be very wrong, demonstrating that QDs have now entered a time of growth, and crucially, rapid technological change.

This premium article will give some of the key conversations with the most technically innovative companies that IDTechEx analysts spoke while at the show.

This article will highlight some of the key advancements surrounding automation for the composite industry.

IDTechEx Research Director Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh, Interviews Dr Andy Goodwin, Advanced Materials Advisor, and Warwick Grigor, Non-Executive Chairman of First Graphene on their fire retardant additive at the IDTechEx Show! Europe 2018.

The aerospace sector was one of the earliest and most significant adopters of CFRP material. However, this dominance is under threat with emerging metal alloys and additive manufacturing some of the key contenders.

In this article we analyse quantum dots in displays focusing on integration methods, innovation opportunities, and technology road-mapping. We focus on edge-optic, enhancement film, colour filter, on chip and emissive type QD displays.

Brightlands Materials Center is a leading Research & Development Center, improving quality of life with sustainable material solutions.

This is the last in our five-part summary of the SID 2018. In this article we will provide a series of information on various aspect of trends in display technology that did not readily fit into other articles.

Some supercapacitors will become smart materials and be sold as feedstock by value added material companies such as Dow DuPont and Nitto Denko. Which companies and when is as yet uncertain. This is part of the emerging big picture for supercapacitors that will make even their materials a multi- billion dollar business.

In this article we report on the latest developments at SID 2018 concerning various components in flexible displays including thin film encapsulation, barrier films and adhesive, transparent conductive films and substrates