Abstract: A method of forming a charge pattern on a microchip includes depositing a first material on an insulator surface of the microchip, depositing a material having capability of forming a self-assembled monolayer on the other material, wherein the material comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of: octadecyltrichlorosilane, phenethyltrichlorosilane, hexamethyldisilazane, allyltrimethoxysilane, or perfluorooctyltrichlorosilanem, and patterning the self-assembled monolayer to reveal a portion of the first material.

Abstract: A method of forming a charge pattern on a microchip includes depositing a material on the surface of the microchip, and immersing the microchip in a fluid to develop charge in or on the material through interaction with the surrounding fluid.

Abstract: A planar microbattery cell array is disclosed. The array includes a number of battery cells arranged parallel to one another on a substrate. The cells include positive electrodes with positive current collectors, negative electrodes with negative current collectors, and solid or gel polymer electrolyte. The current collectors may be arranged in an interdigitated configuration. The novel 3D battery design is suitable for large format batteries and can be manufactured easily and cost-effectively using printing methods.

Abstract: An organic diode has a substrate, a first conductor layer on the substrate, an organic semiconductor layer on the first conductor layer, and a second conductor layer on the organic substrate layer, wherein one of the conductor layers has an injection enhancement.

Abstract: A structure can include a first layer of a polymer material and a second layer of the polymer material on the first layer, the first and second layers of the polymer material defining a hollow space that was formed by way of a temporary sacrificial structure that was made of a sublimable material.

Abstract: A method of forming a charge pattern on a microchip includes depositing a material on the surface of the microchip, and immersing the microchip in a fluid to develop charge in or on the material through interaction with the surrounding fluid.

Abstract: A planar microbattery cell array is disclosed. The array includes a number of battery cells arranged parallel to one another on a substrate. The cells include positive electrodes with positive current collectors, negative electrodes with negative current collectors, and solid or gel polymer electrolyte. The current collectors may be arranged in an interdigitated configuration. The novel 3D battery design is suitable for large format batteries and can be manufactured easily and cost-effectively using printing methods.

Abstract: A method of forming a charge pattern on a microchip includes depositing a material on the surface of the microchip, and immersing the microchip in a fluid to develop charge in or on the material through interaction with the surrounding fluid.

Abstract: Supercapacitors are important on-chip micro-power sources for microelectronics. In addition to their ultra-fast charge and discharge rate, excellent stability, long cycle life and very high power density, supercapacitors based on graphene have garnered substantial attention in recent years due to their significant improvement in energy density. Disclosed herein are designs for parallel arrays of carbon electrodes that have interdigitated current collectors. Low-cost, high throughput methods of manufacturing that use printing processes are also disclosed.

Abstract: An organic diode has a substrate, a first conductor layer on the substrate, an organic semiconductor layer on the first conductor layer, and a second conductor layer on the organic substrate layer, wherein one of the conductor layers has an injection enhancement.

Abstract: A structure can include a first layer of a polymer material and a second layer of the polymer material on the first layer, the first and second layers of the polymer material defining a hollow space that was formed by way of a temporary sacrificial structure that was made of a sublimable material.

Abstract: A structure can include a first layer of a polymer material and a second layer of the polymer material on the first layer, the first and second layers of the polymer material defining a hollow space that was formed by way of a temporary sacrificial structure that was made of a sublimable material.

Abstract: An n-type organic thin-film transistor including a substrate, a gate, and a dielectric layer covering the substrate and the gate. A semiconductor-insulator polymer blend layer is disposed on the dielectric layer; A source and a drain are disposed on top of the semiconductor-insulator polymer blend layer.

Abstract: Supercapacitors are important on-chip micro-power sources for microelectronics. In addition to their ultra-fast charge and discharge rate, excellent stability, long cycle life and very high power density, supercapacitors based on graphene have garnered substantial attention in recent years due to their significant improvement in energy density. Disclosed herein are designs for parallel arrays of carbon electrodes that have interdigitated current collectors. Low-cost, high throughput methods of manufacturing that use printing processes are also disclosed.

Abstract: A device, including a substrate, an electronically active component on the substrate, an interface dielectric on the semiconductor, and a relaxor dielectric on the interface dielectric. The relaxor dielectric includes a surfactant that is solid at room temperature.

Abstract: An organic diode has a substrate, a first conductor layer on the substrate, an organic semiconductor layer on the first conductor layer, and a second conductor layer on the organic substrate layer, wherein one of the conductor layers has an injection enhancement.

Abstract: A device, including a substrate, an electronically active component on the substrate, an interface dielectric on the semiconductor, and a relaxor dielectric on the interface dielectric. The relaxor dielectric includes a surfactant that is solid at room temperature.

Abstract: Polymer electrolytes offer increased safety and stability as compared to liquid electrolytes, yet there are a number of new challenges that polymer electrolytes introduce. A novel polymer electrolyte, as disclosed herein, is an ionically-conductive polymer with a backbone that is both highly flexible and highly conductive with high conductivity pendant chains attached, thus increasing the concentration of lithium coordination sites and improving ionic conductivity. Previous strategies for comb-type conductive polymers have focused on attaching either conductive pendant chains to a flexible non-conductive backbone or conductive pendant groups to a marginally flexible conductive backbone.

Abstract: An imaging blanket for a variable data lithography printing system is disclosed that comprises a polymer body having incorporated therein carbon black and measured amount of surface-treated fumed silica. The carbon black serves to improve the thermal absorption efficiency for thermal patterning of a dampening fluid layer formed over the imaging blanket in use. The surface-treated fumed silica assists with desirable dispersion of the carbon black in the polymer body. The surface-treated fumed silica further assists with the formation of a surface micro-texture as part of the process of molding the imaging blanket. A method for manufacturing such an imaging blanket is also disclosed.

Abstract: An n-type organic thin-film transistor including a substrate, a gate, and a dielectric layer covering the substrate and the gate. A semiconductor-insulator polymer blend layer is disposed on the dielectric layer; A source and a drain are disposed on top of the semiconductor-insulator polymer blend layer.