| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 313 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
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21st Century Manufacturing
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-313). |
| Summary |
"Flexible electronics describes circuits that can bend and stretch, enabling significant versatility in applications and the prospect of low-cost manufacturing processes. They represent an important technological advance, in terms of their performance characteristics and potential range of applications, ranging from medical care, packaging, lighting and signage, consumer electronics and alternative energy (especially solar energy.) What these technologies have in common is a dependence on efficient manufacturing that currently requires improved technology, processes, tooling, and materials, as well as ongoing research. Seeking to capture the global market opportunity in flexible electronics, major U.S. competitors have initiated dedicated programs that are large in scope and supported with significant government funding to develop and acquire these new technologies, refine them, and ultimately manufacture them within their national borders. These national and regional investments are significantly larger than U.S. investment and more weighted toward later stage applied research and development."--Publisher's description. |
| Contents |
FrontMatter; Preface; Contents; Executive Summary; 1 Flexible Electronics and the Manufacturing Challenge; 2 Assessing the Potential of Flexible Electronics; 3 Government Promotional Efforts; 4 The Emerging Competitive Landscape; 5 European Initiatives; 6 East Asia; 7 United States; 8 Findings and Recommendations; Bibliography |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Flexible printed circuits.
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Flexible printed circuits. |
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Manufacturing processes -- Costs.
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Manufacturing processes -- Costs. |
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Manufacturing processes. |
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Electronic industries -- United States.
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Electronic industries. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Siegel, Donald S., 1959-
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Shivakumar, Sujai J.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Best Practice in National Innovation Programs for Flexible Electronics.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Policy and Global Affairs.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Flexible Electronics Opportunity. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2014 9780309305914 (DLC) 2014952749 (OCoLC)906798063 |
| ISBN |
9780309305921 electronic book |
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0309305926 electronic book |
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9780309311809 |
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0309311802 |
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9780309305914 (paperback) |
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0309305918 (paperback) |
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