Transparent Transistors Are Coming

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 29, 2004 @01:00PM from the invisible-keyboard dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Transparent electronics is an emerging technology which aims to produce invisible electronic circuits. Now, researchers from Oregon report they made a major advance in transparent electronics. Their zinc-tin-oxide 'thin-film' materials are amorphous, physically robust, chemically stable and cheap to produce at just above room temperature. These new materials and transistors offer many new possibilities for consumer electronics, transportation, business and the military."

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Sounds like just another ITO by gaber1187 · 2004-12-29 13:07 · Score: 5, Informative

Sounds alot like the Nature Nov 25th issue which mentions another advance in indium gallium zinc oxide by a japanese group. They did theirs on a plastic substrate with an amorphous oxide.
Zinc Tin Oxide sounds alot like indium tin oxide (ITO) which is pretty commonly used, but has commonly known downsides. I don't think this is all that impressive.