CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS RESEARCH CENTRE LAUNCHED IN AUSTRALIA
November 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
HIGH technology plastics that act as conductors will be developed by a Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE), which opened at the University of Queensland, Australia, this week (Mon Nov 17). The US$7 million purpose-built centre will bring together almost 40 scientists specialising in chemistry and physics.
A report from the university stressed that the centre would focus on developing plastics that can act as inorganic semiconductors (such as silicon), unlike most plastics, which are electrical insulators. Its experts would also ...
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