Someday, chemically protective suits made of fabric coated in self-healing, thin films may prevent farmers from exposure to organophosphate pesticides, soldiers from chemical or biological a... Read more
A step forward for the future of data storage A KTH researcher is part of an international team that has unlocked the secret to creating stable dynamic skyrmions – the nanoscale magnetic whi... Read more
Devices a thousand times smaller than those of today’s microtechnologies could be mass-produced Scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Univers... Read more
The results could have a great impact on the cost Dye-sensitized solar cells that use carbon nanotube thin films as transparent electrodes offer significant cost savings. Solar energy is one... Read more
Here’s some amazing tech from Japan: Tokyo-based Mebiol is working on an membrane–based plant cultivation technology called Imec that makes it possible to let plants grow on thin film instea... Read more
There is a large growth market for flexible circuits, RFID antennas and biosensors on films. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST are presenti... Read more