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Chemistry World February 6, 2013 Jennifer Newton	Electricity at your fingertips Scientists in South Korea have made a conducting polymer as part of a thin-film thermoelectric device that can generate electricity from the temperature difference between your fingertips and the environment.
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Chemistry World February 21, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Organic Electricity Generator is Hot Stuff Researchers have successfully demonstrated the thermoelectric effect in an organic molecule. The findings open up the possibility of potential new energy sources, and also present a novel way for probing the electronic structure of molecular junctions.
Chemistry World April 4, 2014 Charlotte Still	Power up with body heat A thermoelectric generator that converts body heat into electricity could make replacing or recharging batteries in wearable electronics a task of the past.
Technology Research News June 1, 2005	Going Nano Boosts Thermoelectrics Thermoelectric materials take advantage of the temperature difference between a pair of materials that conduct electricity. Researchers have shown how a thermoelectric material should be designed to reach its maximum possible efficiency.
Chemistry World January 9, 2008 Lewis Brindley	A Silicon Surprise Two teams of US scientists have demonstrated silicon-based 'thermoelectric' materials that could convert waste heat back into electricity.
Chemistry World July 1, 2013 Rowan Frame	Thermoelectric cost analysis Scientists from the US have derived a metric to analyze the cost of power generation using thermoelectric technology.
Chemistry World July 25, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Thermoelectrics doped for better performance Researchers have discovered how to boost the performance of lead telluride, a thermoelectric material that converts heat into electricity: just add thallium.
IndustryWeek December 16, 2010	Technology Would Power Cars with Auto Exhaust Developed by GM and Purdue University, system harvests heat from engine exhaust to generate electricity.
Technology Research News December 3, 2003	Carbon boosts plastic circuits Researchers from the California Institute of Technology have devised an inexpensive way to add better-conducting organic source and drain electrodes to organic thin-film transistors.
IEEE Spectrum July 2008 Monica Heger	Thallium Doping Boosts Thermoelectrics Bad for people, but good for energy conversion
Technology Research News November 19, 2003	Stamp Forms Organic Laser Researchers have found a class of materials that promises to improve organic electronic components like lasers, light-emitting diodes, and waveguides. Light-emitting diodes are a key component of computer screens, and waveguides channel light.
Chemistry World July 24, 2006 Killugudi Jayaraman	Plastic Solar Cells Make Light Work Solar cells based on organic semiconductors instead of silicon could potentially turn wall paints into a source of electricity, but their low efficiency is a major roadblock. Scientists now believe they have a new approach to boosting the output from polymer cells.
Technology Research News October 6, 2004	Sound makes electricity for space A compact generator that converts heat to electricity with the relatively high efficiency of 18 percent is especially appropriate for generating electricity aboard spacecraft, according to the researchers.
Chemistry World April 2011	Waste Not, Want Not Modern devices waste a lot of energy as heat, noise and vibration. Here's a look at a new breed of energy scavenging materials that could recapture some of it.
Technology Research News December 17, 2003 Eric Smalley	Microfluidics make flat screens A new method for making big, cheap flat screen displays is a bit like making muffins. Pour liquid polymer into microfluidic channels aligned above an array of electrodes, let cure, and you have organic thin film transistors.
IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Neil Savage	Random Nanostructure Boosts Thermoelectric Power Efficiency increase opens the door to many new applications for thermoelectric converters.
Chemistry World September 19, 2012 Jon Cartwright	Thermoelectrics 'pass new milestone' Researchers in the US claim to have passed a new milestone in thermoelectrics with a material that converts heat to electricity more efficiently than ever before.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Neil Savage	Silicon Nanowires Turn Heat to Electricity Thermoelectric converters could tap waste heat from power plants and microchips.
Chemistry World August 8, 2011 Rebecca Brodie	A Solar Torch to Fit in Your Back Pocket A solar powered torch the size of a credit card has been developed by a team of scientists from Denmark, the Netherlands and the US.
Chemistry World March 20, 2006 Jon Evans	Polymer Matches Silicon in Semi-Conductor Stakes Materials scientists have developed a semi-conducting polymer that, for the first time, conducts electricity at levels similar to conventional silicon-based semi-conductors.
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Stephen Forrest	The Dawn of Organic Electronics Organic semiconductors are strong candidates for creating flexible, full-color displays and circuits on plastic.
IEEE Spectrum June 2011 Eliza Strickland	Thermoelectrics Get Cooler Start-ups are advancing solid-state cooling systems
Technology Research News April 7, 2004	Material boosts thermoelectricity A new family of thermoelectric semiconductor materials have a ZT factor (a formula that includes thermal power, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and temperature) which may be high enough for practical electricity generation.
Chemistry World January 21, 2009 Alexander Hellemans	Quantum shuttling boost for organic solar cells Organic polymers can use a quantum effect to rapidly shuttle light energy along their chains, even at room temperature.
IEEE Spectrum September 2008 Monica Heger	At Long Last, Plastic Electronics Goes Commercial Plastic Logic begins production today, racing with Polymer Vision to get flexible e-readers into consumers' hands
Chemistry World July 12, 2013 Matthew Smith	Cobalt redox couple boosts thermoelectric cells Scientists in Australia have improved a technology that recycles waste heat into useable energy by using ionic liquids containing cobalt redox couples as the electrolytes in thermoelectric cells.
Chemistry World July 20, 2006 Victoria Gill	Polymer Boosts Battery Power It might seem like a defibrillator and a hybrid car have very little in common, but researchers developed a polymer that could have a profound effect on them both.
Technology Research News August 27, 2003	Metal process makes heat chips Researchers from the California Institute of Technology have found a way to make tiny thermoelectric devices that can be used to generate electrical power from heat and to cool very small areas.
Chemistry World January 8, 2016 Simon Hadlington	New shape memory polymer with a permanent twist The new kind of polymer's permanent shape can be changed multiple times, with the features from the previous shape remaining locked into the structure.
IEEE Spectrum December 2011 Strano & Kalantar-Zadeh	Nanodynamite Fuel-coated nanotubes could provide bursts of power to the smallest systems
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Prachi Patel-Predd	Sensitive Synthetic Skin in the Works for Prosthetic Arms Carbon nanotubes key to making synthetic skin that lets artificial limbs sense heat and touch.
Chemistry World January 21, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Electron-conducting polymer for printed electronics The prospect of powerful electronic circuits made from printable plastics has moved a step closer with the discovery of a cheap, stable organic polymer semiconductor
Chemistry World June 27, 2011 Catherine Bacon	A Step Forward for Space Power US scientists have gained insights into how to improve polymer solar cells' stability in space to power shuttles.
BusinessWeek May 10, 2004 Otis Por	Just Two Words: Plastic Chips They can endow just about anything with computer smarts -- and they'll be cheap
Chemistry World May 16, 2014 Tim Wogan	New thermoset plastics simple to recycle Thermosetting polymers that can be easily recycled have been developed by an international team of researchers.
Chemistry World September 15, 2011 James Mitchell Crow	Polymer Side Chains on the Slide Researchers may now be able to create rotaxane polymers whose properties alter in response to chemical stimuli.
Chemistry World February 28, 2006 Jon Evans	Magnetic Appeal of Shape-Change Polymer Polymer scientists developed polymers that change shape in response to a magnetic field by incorporating magnetic iron(III)oxide nanoparticles into a shape-memory polyetherurethane compound known as TFX.
Reactive Reports September 2005 David Bradley	Nano Surprise A surprising mechanism by which polymers form nanocomposite particles could provide researchers with a new tool for controlling the growth of such materials.
Chemistry World October 11, 2007 Jonathan Edwards	'Tuneable' Polymer Can Separate Anything An international team of scientists have made a polymer with pores which can be fine-tuned to speedily separate different small molecules -- with applications ranging from carbon capture to fuel cells.
IEEE Spectrum January 2009 Willie D. Jones	Intel-led Team Demonstrates First Chip-Scale Thermoelectric Refrigerator An integrated thermoelectric device cools a hot spot on a much larger chip
Technology Research News May 19, 2004	Electricity Turns Plastic Green Researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles have made a conducting polymer that changes to a very clean green color in the presence of electricity.
Chemistry World February 3, 2011 Mike Brown	Exfoliating layered materials Layered materials can be separated into individual sheets with enhanced electronic properties using a new quick and simple method, says an international team of researchers.
Chemistry World September 11, 2009 Tom Bond	Just heat and heal A polymer system based on weak, reversible bonds that can heal itself when heated has been created by UK and US chemists. The new polymers could be further developed and used in the aerospace and other industries, say the researchers.
PC Magazine April 5, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	Flexed Researchers have come up with a new polymer material that could usher bendable displays into widespread use.
Chemistry World November 10, 2011 Helen Gray	Shrinky Dink origami powered by heat US scientists have devised a method of generating 3D structures from flat surfaces by printing patterns onto a polymeric children's toy and letting an IR heat lamp do the rest.
Chemistry World September 8, 2015 Anthony King	Click chemistry creates precision polymers Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have an efficient strategy that allows them to synthesize a new family of unimolecular, sequence- and stereo-defined polymers using click chemistry.
Chemistry World July 13, 2007 James Mitchell Crow	Superconductivity: Explosive New Images UK chemists have discovered how to create superconducting images on paper.
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Chemistry World July 22, 2014 Charlie Quigg	Polymer changes color in the heat of the moment Scientists in China, the UK and the Netherlands have engineered a polydiacetylene polymer that reversibly changes color within 1 second of being heated or cooled.