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From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 10:36:40 -0400
Reply-To: <kgb () kgb com> From: "Kevin G. Barkes" <kgb () kgb com> To: <farber () cis upenn edu> Stories of modern science...From UPI By JONATHAN D. BEARD, UPI Science Writer WILL THERE BE PLASTIC IN YOUR PLASTIC? A new material developed at Bell Labs could pave the way for better smart cards and other applications, for it essentially permits the manufacture of plastic transistors that can be made by cheap printing technology. "Within the last year, there have been major advances in plastic electronics, and these research results may allow us to make sophisticated plastic circuits with printing techniques," said Howard Katz of Bell Labs, the lead author of the report published in the March 30 issue of Nature. Scientists have been striving to make useful plastic transistors for years. The new material, called F15, is stable and soluble at room temperature, says Katz, so it can be dissolved in a solvent and then printed on a plastic sheet. "The whole process is very similar to printing a newspaper," Katz says. The new semiconductor contains regions that are fluoridated, like Teflon, which is both stable and protective, as are Teflon films. Regards, KGB ----- Kevin G. Barkes, President <> KGB Consulting, Inc. Email: kgb () kgb com <> Web: www.kgb.com 1512 Annette Avenue <> Library, Pennsylvania <> 15129-9735 Voice: 412-854-2550 <> Fax: 412-854-4707 DCL Dialogue on line: http://www.kgb.com/dcl.html / ftp.kgb.com KGB Report http://www.kgb.com/kgbrep.shtml Random Quotations Generator: http://www.kgb.com/cgi-bin/kgbquote.cgi
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