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• Unique roll-to-toll laminator enables unrivalled alignment Posted on Jan 30, 2012

  Researchers at Holst Centre have used a unique laminator and a novel control strategy to achieve alignment of 70 microns between two foils in a roll-to-roll process. Through “sheet-by-sh... Read full article

• Holst Centre and imec launch research program on flexible OLED displays Posted on Jan 17, 2012

  Eindhoven (NL) and Leuven (BE) - January 17, 2012 - Holst Centre and imec launch a new research program on next-generation flexible OLED (organic light emitting diode) displays. It bui... Read full article

• MEMS energy harvester suitable for shock-induced energy harvesting in car tires Posted on Dec 16, 2011

  Holst Centre and imec announce that they have made a micromachined harvester for vibration energy with a record output power of 489µW. Measurements and simulation show that the harvester... Read full article

• Demonstrating the versatility of electrochemical sensors Posted on Dec 16, 2011

  Holst Centre has demonstrated two new electrochemical sensors that enable considerable miniaturization in monitoring equipment, opening the door to novel smart packaging and body area ne... Read full article

• Holst Centre hosts first PhD Day Posted on Dec 01, 2011

  With its wide range of research interests, Holst Centre is the center of extensive network of researchers covering universities across the Netherlands and beyond. On November 9th 2011, do... Read full article

• Holst Centre extends wireless research capabilities Posted on Nov 09, 2011

  As research is its purpose, Holst Centre continues to invest in new tools to increase analysis capabilities and accelerate development of new technologies. Two of its most significant acquisition... Read full article

• EU project IMOLA starts R&D on large-area, intelligent OLED lighting Posted on Nov 03, 2011

  All project partners announce the launch of IMOLA (Intelligent light Management for OLED on foil Applications), a project under the EU’s 7th framework program for ICT (FP7). The project’s goal is... Read full article

• Wireless vibration monitoring enables predictive maintenance of machinery Posted on Oct 28, 2011

  Holst Centre, imec and Flanders Mechatronics Technology Centre (FMTC) have reported the development of an energy-autonomous, wireless vibration sensor node for industrial machinery. The ... Read full article

• Office-style shirt with hidden thermoelectric generator to power low-energy wearable electronics Posted on Oct 27, 2011

  Holst Centre and imec present a new shirt with completely hidden integrated thermoelectric generator (TEG). The TEG produces an average power of 1mW when sitting in the office at 22°C, a... Read full article

• State-of-the-art integrated IR-UWB enabling global high-quality low-power mobile applications Posted on Oct 11, 2011

  Holst Centre and imec present a fully chip-integrated ultralow-power IR-UWB (impulse-radio ultra-wideband) solution for use in the worldwide available 6-10GHz band. The radio delivers hi... Read full article