A recent report out of the Organic Photonics and Nano-Optics group at Linkoping University has been published in Nature Nanotechnology. Shangzhi Chen and his coworkers created conductive polymer nanoantennas for dynamic organic plasmonics. These nanodisks composed of conductive polymers were shown to possess localized surface plasmon resonances. The ability of conductive polymers to switch their…
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Ligna Energy, https://lignaenergy.se/ We recently worked with a new start up company developing disruptive energy storage technology from forest-based materials. Societies energy needs are rapidly rising in today’s technological world and with current energy storage technology struggling to keep up the pace, new materials that are sustainable and environmentally friendly are of critical importance. Ligna…
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Associate Professor Magnus Jonsson and his team at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics have published a report focused on their new pyroelectric and thermoelectric sensor inspired by human skin. The device takes advantage of both pyroelectric and thermoelectric concepts while including a plasmonic structure. The intelligent design allows heat stimuli to be monitored quickly and…
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A new publication has surfaced using printed electronics to manufacture bioelectronic devices called organic electronic ion pumps in large areas. While these ion pumps have been reported previously, this is the first time all printed devices have been reported. The possibility of fast, large area manufacturing for bioelectronic devices will lead to cheaper devices in…
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Recently, the laboratory of organic electronics at Linkoping University, Sweden in collaboration with the University of Tsukuba and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan have published a review article compiling recent research on thermoelectric technology in regard to energy generation. Thermoelectric technologies work on a temperature gradient to convert thermal energy into…
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Recently researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linkoping University published a review article titled ‘A Decade of Iontronic Delivery Devices’. Within the article, the authors describe the aims, challenges and solutions that have faced bioelectronics, specifically delivery systems. Various previously published iontronic components are discussed including the Laboratory of Organic Electronic’s own developments…
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Research out of the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linkoping University, Sweden has been recently published presenting advancements in electrochromic technology. The new technology involves the patterning of organic materials called conductive polymers using UV-light. The publication investigates using patterned conductive polymers for electrochromic applications, in other words, displays that show an image or logo…
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On the 19th to the 21st of March 2018 was the LOPEC (International Exhibition and Conference for the Printed Electronics Industry) conference held in Munich, Germany. Conceptualized.Tech assisted one exhibitor (RISE Acreo) with an animation to accompany their new technology prototype, a printed, flexible and foldable energy storage device based on forest derived materials and…
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The activities of the GREENSENSE project were initiated in January 2018. This PILOTS-05-2017 Research and innovative action aims at developing a sustainable, wireless, autonomous nanocellulose-based quantitative drug of abuse biosensing platform. The project received a grant of 7.9 M euros from the Horizon 2020 framework programme of the European Union and will last until December…
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A recently published manuscript by researchers at RISE ACREO AB, Sweden and Mid Sweden University has explored a new manufacturing procedure of energy storage devices. The publication presents printed electrochemical modules which avoid the cumbersome circuits, connections and soldering points which increase the complexity, chance of disconnections and the cost of traditional module storage devices.…
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