Smithers» comprehensive analysis segments this industry
by flexible substrate; end - use application; geographic and key national markets.
Not exact matches
The team then tested the feasibility of their analytical results
by fabricating a PVDF - based vibrational harvester on a
flexible aluminum
substrate.
Flexible plastic
substrates, for example, can not be used because they are damaged
by high temperatures.
For indoor applications, thin
flexible devices are particularly interesting because they can be seamlessy integrated on surfaces, even curved ones, although fabrication is complicated
by having to maintain processing temperatures below 150 C to avoid deformation of plastic
substrates.
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By preparing the heterostructures on elastic and transparent
substrates, we show that they can provide the basis for
flexible and semi-transparent electronics,» said Novoselov.
The technology was first developed
by the Cambridge University, uses high - resolution transistor arrays on
flexible plastic
substrates, manufactured at low temperature.
Nanosolar has a thin - film PV production tool that «prints» PV panels
by depositing nanopartical ink on rolls of
flexible substrate.