A new study marks a significant step forward in positioning synthetic polymers as an alternative to expensive, unsustainable minerals used in the manufacture of devices such as conductors, transistors ...

Thermoelectric materials, substances that convert temperature difference into electricity, find a multitude of applications involving the conversion of waste heat into useful electrical energy.

Researchers developed a transparent, ultra-thin polymer that conducts electricity like metal, promising major advances for touchscreens and biosensors. (Nanowerk News) The new technique uses ...

The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. Electronic devices based on organic semiconductors ...

Scientists at La Trobe University have produced a new, powerful electricity-conducting material, in research which could revolutionise smartphones and wearable technologies like medical devices. The ...

Conducting polymers combine the mechanical flexibility and processability of plastics with electronic transport characteristics more typical of inorganic semiconductors. Through the introduction of ...

Beijing Zhongke Journal Publising Co. Ltd. This research is led by Jian Liu (Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...

Researchers have uncovered the origin of polarity inversion, a long-standing phenomenon in polymer semiconductors that occurs only in certain materials. (Nanowerk News) A research team led by Prof.