Organic Electronics

Viewpoints Archive


	2006
Dec/Jan -		2006: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2007
November -		Powering Up: Organic Electronic Materials in Solar Cells
October -		Light Fantastic: A Breakthrough in White OLEDs BASF's Organic-Electronics Initiative
*Before October 2006, the Organic Electronics* technology area was Conductive Polymers.**
September -		Areas to Monitor Announcement: Conductive Polymers Becomes Organic Electronics
August -		Low-ESR Capacitors
July -		A Soluble Problem: Making Small-Molecule OLED Materials Solution Processable
June -		Starting Small, Part 2: The OLED-Display Industry New Technology Area: Connected Homes
May -		Starting Small: An Update on OLED Displays
April -		Flexible Displays: The Back Story
March -		Flexible Displays: Putting Up a Good Front
February -		The U.S. DOE's Solid-State Lighting Initiative

	2005	Download all 2005 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2005: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2006
November -		Solution-Processable Small-Molecule Semiconductors Recent Developments: Toward Inexpensive RFID Tags
October -		Microdisplays
September -		Conductive Polymers in Touch Screens A New Owner for Philips's PolyLED Display Business
August -		Electronic Paper: An Update Large-Area Displays: POLED or SMOLED?
July -		Printed Electronics for Inexpensive RFID Tags Recent Developments: A New Owner for Lumation Light-Emitting Polymers
June -		The Stuff of Memory Recent Developments: Progress in Polymer Light-Emitting Diode Displays
May -		Fluorescence-Based Sensors Smart (and Colorful) Lighting
April -		Suppliers of Inherently Conductive Polymers
March -		Cambridge Display Technology Braves the Market Recent Developments: Merck Invests in Polymer Electronics
February -		Flexible Solar Cells

	2004	Download all 2004 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2004: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2005
November -		OLED Devices for General Illumination Areas to Monitor: Specialized Ink-Jet Equipment for Printing Polymer Solutions
October -		Polymer Transistors as Flexible as (Electronic) Paper Areas to Monitor: Large-Scale Polymer Light-Emitting Diode Displays • A Plastic Magnet That Works at Room Temperature • A New Light-Emitting Polymer
September -		Areas to Monitor: TDA Research Develops ICPs with Improved Processability Applications: ICP/Thermoplastic Blends Offer Protection against Electrostatic Discharge
August -		Advances in Polymer Light-Emitting–Diode Technology
July -		Lighting: A Wild Card Opportunity for OLEDs
June -		Electroactive Polymer Technologies: A Brief Review
May -		Recent Developments: Smart Polyaniline Membranes • Advances in Plastic Electronic Devices
April -		Perspectives on the ESD Protection Market
March -		The Possible Future of Corrosion-Protection Materials Players: Inherently Conductive Polymer Technology from GeoTech Chemical Co.
February -		Electronic Textiles or e-Textiles

	2003	Download all 2003 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2003: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2004
November -		Implications of Change Recent Developments: Facile Synthesis of Novel Conductive Polymer Ink Announcement: Next Generation Technologies
October -		Bioelectronics Commercial Development Parameters: Nanostructured Lithium-Ion Batteries for Nissan • Nanoscale Electromechanical Actuator • Ultra-High-Performance Carbn-Nanotubes Transistors
September -		Recent Developments: Conductive and Transparent Polymer Coatings Commercial Development Parameters: Synergistic Technologies: Laser-Induced Heat-Transfer Printing • Competing Technology: Carbon-Nanotube Biosensor
August -		Research Advances: Promise for Solid-State Lighting
July -		Recent Developments: Printable Polyaniline-Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites for Plastic Transistors • Development of a New Polypyrrole Derivative for Sensing Lithium Ions • Lithographic Patterning Approach for OLED Displays
June -		Recent Developments: Osmetech Secures Chinese Contract for the Assessment of SARS Patients • Osram Opto Semiconductors Announces Pictiva Brand • DuPont Displays Launches Olight Displays Brand Appplications: Researchers Develop Humidity Sensors from Soluble Substituted Polyacetylenes Players: Bayer Updates its Intrinsically Conductive Polymer Activities
May -		The Technology in Brief: Researchers Develop PMANQ: A Novel Conducting-Polymer Material Players: Nanoprobes Inc. Commercialized Polypyrrole-Based EM Substrates • Ormecon Chemie GmbH Has News
April -		Inherently Conductive Polymer Nanoparticles Work for Targeted Therapeutics: A Novel Nanobioapplication Area Recent Developments: DuPont and CDT Further Invest in OLED Display Technology • Plastic Logic Receives £8.75 Million for the Development of Plastic Chips
March -		Micromuscle's New Design Products Players: Performance of Alpha MOS
February -		Recent Developments: Commercialization of SRI's Artificial-Muscle Technology • All-Organic Active-Matrix Displays Printed on Paper • Patterning Conductive-Polymer Monolayers Using Dip-Pen Nanolithography

	2002	Download Aug.–Dec. 2002 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2002: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2003
November -		Smart Materials: How Big Is the Global Market? Recent Develoments: CDT Will Research Plastic Solar Cells • Screws Go Smart • New Heat-Sensitive Material Changes Color
October -		Recent Develoments: Novel Cathode Material for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries • "Fuzzy" Polypyrrole for Bionic Applications • New Continuous-Polymer Coating Process
September -		LEP Display Technology: Perspectives
August -		Recent Developments: Seegott Targets Anticorrosion Market • Osmetech Aplies for FDA Approval for Its BV E-Nose • NEC Tokin Will Develop Lead-Free Tantalum Capacitors • Seiko Epson and CDT Form Polyink • Dupont Displays and Care Collaborate to Create OLED Integrated Circuits
July -		Advances in Electroactive Polymer Technology
June -		Plastic Conductive Polymer Solar Cells: A Promising Outlook but a Long Way to Go Explorer Announcement
May -		Scientists Develop the World's First ICP Magnet Recent Developments: Polypyrrole Finds Use as an Ion Exchanger for Water Treatment • Nanoparticles Help to Develop Near-Infrared Light-Emitting-Polymer Diodes Commercial Development Parameters: Bridgestone Develops a Novel Nanotechnology-Based Display
April -		Low-Cost, Embedded Sensors for Water Detection The Problem of Encapsulating Inherently Conductive Polymers for LEP Applications Recent Developments: Fabrication of Conductive Polyester Fabrics
March -		What If Electronic Polymers Could Find Use in Thermionic Applications? Recent Developments: Polydiacetylene Is a Promising Smart-Sensing Skin • Optatech Develops Polyaniline Compounds • Thermally Stable, Elastic, and Strong Ion-Exchange Membranes See Development
February -		Advanced Semiconductive Polyurethane Componenets and Coatings Recent Developments: Agfa's Orgacon-Based Products

	2001
Dec/Jan -		2001: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2002
November -		Electronic Polymer Memory Devices
October -		Commercialization of LEP Displays
September -		Recent Developments: Elecon Enters the High-Performance Market of Conductive Polymers; Lynntech Patents Electronically Conductive Polymers; Suzuki Techno-Commercial Commercializes Capacitors Based on Polypyrrole Electrolyte; The Use of Commercial ICP-Based Electrodes in Capacitors Expands
August -		Electronic Noses: A Sensory Technology
July -		Polymer Superconductors: An Emerging Research Area Recent Developments: RTP Company in Exclusive License with Panipol; New Ink-jet-Printing Process from Philips Research
June -		Emerging Electronic Polymer Technology: Plastic Chips
May -		Commercial Breakthrough for Monochromatic Light-Emitting Polymer Diodes; Development of Full-Color, Digital Image Sensor Prototypes Recent Developments: License of Key Uniax Patents and Technology
April -		Functional Hybrid ICPS: A Matter of Materials Synergy Recent Developments: Conductive Polyaniline Wires; Electroactive Polymers: Soon a Commercial Breakthrough
March -		Microfabricated Movable Electrochromic Pixels Based on Electroactuators Recent Developments: Electro-Responsive Polypyrrole Films Based on Water Vapors
February -		Hot-Melt Adhesives for EMI Shielding Recent Developments: RTP Company in the ICP Arena; Covion and Ormecon in License Agreement; GeoTech Chemical Co. in Corrosion Protection; Solid-State Polymer Electrolytes with Low Temperature Dependence

	2000
Dec/Jan -		2000: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2001
November -		Intrinsically Conductive Polymer CounterElectrodes in Commercial Capacitors
October -		Emerging Tunable Solid-State Conductive-Polymer Laser Technology
September -		Evolution of LEP Materials Market and Technology
August -		LEDs to Replace the Light Bulb Recent Developments: Color Polymer Sensor Indicator; CDT and Bayer in Cooperation; Akhter in Polyalkylthiophene-Made Displays The Technology in Brief: Intelligent DNA Polymer Sensors; Formation of Polypyrrole Nanowires
July -		Polymer Electrolytes and Battery Technology The Technology in Brief: Pentacene Oligomers for Solar Cells; Carbon Nanotubes as Structural Reinforcements; New Electrochromic Material
June -		Use of Carbon Nanotube-Filled Resins in Automotive and Electronic Applications The Technology in Brief: High-Performance Polyaniline/Kevlar Fibers, New Method to Synthesize Conductive Polymer Microtubes
May -		Photovoltaic Conductive Polymer Diodes Commercial Development Parameters: Acquisition of Uniax by DuPont i Technologies, A New Display Manufacturer Ally for CDT The Technology in Brief: Polypyrrole for Biological Applications, Sol-Gel Process for Light-Emitting Diodes
April -		Use of Conductive Polymer Electronic Sensors for Biological Applications Recent Developments: Diag-Nose Electronic Nose Sensor, DuPont Zypan Business Office, Joint License Agreement between Seiko-Epson and CDT
March -		Conductive Thermoplastic Compounds for ESD and EMI/RFI Applications
February -		Electroactive Polymers as Multifunctional Actuators and Devices

	1999
Dec/Jan -		1999: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2000
November -		European LEP-Display Technology Recent Developments: Conductive Polymer Capacitors
October -		Electrically Conductive Textiles
September -		Advances in Conductive Polymer Electrolyte Technology
August -		Explorer Technology Charts
*Before August 1999, the Explorer service was called TechMonitoring, and Viewpoints* were TechLinks.**
July -		Recent Developments: LEP Activities of UNIAX; HP and CDT Research Collaboration; Covion and CDT Polymer Display Alliance; Pure Carbon Nanotubes for Light-Emitting Diodes; Advances in Polymer Lasers
June -		New Dissipative Plastics in Electronic Packaging Self-Powered Smart Electrochromic Windows
May -		Electroactive Polymers as Artificial Muscles for Space Robots Developments in Intrinsically Conductive Polymers
April -		Engineering Intrinsically Conductive Polymers
March -		Conductive Polymer Demand on the Increase Developments in ICPs Developments in Competing Conductive Technologies
February -		Researchers Make Advances in Polymer Field-Effect Transistors Recent Developments: Ormecon Chemie Expands Its ICP Activities in the World; Seiko-Epson Opens a Research and Development Facility for LEPs in Europe

	1998
Dec/Jan -		1998: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1999
November -		Polymer Electrolyte Science and Technology Recent Developments: Light-Emitting Polymer Technology
October -		Are We Heading toward a Monopolized Polyaniline Market Led by Ormecon Chemie? Recent Developments: Polythiophene Coating From Bayer; Developments In ICP Flat-Panel Displays; ICPs for Surface-Mount Capacitors; Smart Membranes with Electrically Controlled Porosity; Dashed Hopes for Milliken
September -		Intrinsically Conducting Polymer Composite Radar-Absorbing Materials
August -		Recent Developments: Smart Suits of Conductive Polymers; Major Chemical Companies in Position for the Market of Light-Emitting Polymers; Building Blocks of Conductive Polymers; Blue Light from Organo-Boron Polymers
July -		Recent Developments: Ormecon Acquires Monsanto's Portfolio of Conductive Polymer Patents; Dow Corning Announces a Breakthrough for a Light-Emitting Polymer Film; A Highly Conductive Polymer Comes from the University of Tokyo; Ultralife's Polymer Battery Gains Wide Acceptance
June -		The Elusive Success Story of an Enticing Raw Material
May -		Recent Developments: Conductive Polymers for a New Optical Storage Device; A Major Application for Light-Emitting Polymers; A Spray Process for Plastic Transistors; Conductive Polymers and Processing for Printed Circuit Boards; Research on Lasers of Conductive Polymers
April -		Recent Developments: A Venture in Electronic Noses; An Environmentally Friendly Method to Impregnate Foams with Conductive Polymer; Two Patents for Applications of Conductive Polymers; Research on Sensing Devices of Poly(aniline)
March -		Organic Electroluminescent Displays Sales Volume of ICP in the Next Decade Recent Developments: Luminescent Polymers in Lasers; Light-Emitting Polymer Displays
February -		Recent Developments: Polyaniline-Producing Process Uses Surfactants; University Group Creates Tunable Diodes; Spanish-Brazilian Research Team Develops Artificial Muscle; Concurrent Research at Japanese University Advances ICP Devices; New ICP Boasts Transparency, Solubility, and Low Bandgap; Sony Develops New Polymeric Electrolyte; Nitto Chemical Develops New Polyaniline Process

	1997
Dec/Jan -		1997: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1998
November -		Conductive Polymers and Electronic Nose Development Recent Developments: Plastic ICs from Lucent, Opticom
October -		Lithium-Polymer Batteries Begin to Make Their Mark Recent Developments: Conductive Polymer Stimulates Nerve Growth
September -		Researchers Probe Mechanisms behind Polymer Conduction Recent Developments: Light-Emitting Polymers Score Another Triumph; Novel Biosensor Uses Conductive Polymers
August -		Recent Developments: Nippon Steel Produces ICP-Loaded Antistatic Polystyrene; Idemitsu Kosan and University of Rochester Demonstrate Full-Color Displays; DSM Research Begins Production of Its Water-Soluble ICP Coatings; NASA and CEA Develop Two Approaches for Processable Conductive Films
July -		ICP IM&M Coatings: A Market Analysis
June -		Polyaniline in Industrial Maintenance and Marine Coatings Recent Developments: Organic Electroluminescence Advances from Japanese Universities
May -		ICPs for ESD Floor Coatings
April -		Can ICPs Upset the Current Power Cable Shielding Paradigm? Recent Developments: Gas Sensor Array Uses ICPs; ICP Photovoltaic Mimics Photosynthesis with Remarkable Efficiency
March -		ICP Potential Growth Market: Aircraft Coatings
February -		Coil Coating/Electrogalvanization Substitute: An ICP Growth Opportunity Recent Developments: All-Plastic Battery from Johns Hopkins

	1996
Dec/Jan -		1996: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1997
November -		Recent Developments: ICP-Coated Fabric Device Can Sense Toxic Vapors; Cambridge Display Technology Licenses LEP Technology to Philips Components and Starts Pilot Production of Its Own; Three Research Groups Demonstrate Semiconducting Polymers' Capacity to Be Solid-State Laser; Graphite Fibrils Lend Conductivity to Plastics; Colored Conductive Inks Promise Flexibility and Creativity to Toys
October -		Potential Partners for Collaborative Research
September -		Conductive Polymer Commercialization in Germany Recent Developments: Solid Electrolyte Capacitors; Through-hole Contacts in Printed Circuit Boards
August -		The Hype Curve Recent Developments: Monsanto Organically Soluble Polyanaline for Anticorrosive Coatings; IBM Polyaniline for IC Electro-Static Discharge Protection
July -		The Elusive Conductive Polymers Industry Recent Developments: AlliedSignal Patents to Monsanto
June -		[[pi]]-Conjugated Polymers with Electronic and Optical Functions
May -		Research Announcements about Conductive Polymers
April -		Lithium Polymer Batteries for Electric Vehicles Recent Developments: Victory in the Race to Commercialize Conductive Polymers; Better EMI Shield with CPs; New Semiconductive Polyester or Electronics Housings
March -		CP Resettable Fuses: A Revolutionary Change
February -		Developments Occur in Conductive Polymers for FPDs
Dec/Jan -		1995: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1996