In many electronic applications, gold is the most preferred material. It is mainly used in information technology, telecommunications, and other high-performance and safety-critical applications. A ...

Potential new areas of application for gold include the use of gold compounds in organic light emitting diodes and optoelectronic devices. Gold-plated contacts and connectors are probably the most ...

The ability to grow single crystal gold is one of the vital scientific characteristics that allows device-grade electronics to be built. A new recipe for making thin gold (Au) films for electronics ...

In today’s world of rapidly evolving technology, it is common for households to have overflowing drawers of outdated electronics like phones, cables, and circuit boards. What many don’t realise is ...

Although the production and use of electronic equipment have been gradually increasing in the last few years, the lifespan of various electronic devices is declining. These trends have now merged to ...

A method has emerged to efficiently adsorb and recover gold, a valuable precious metal, from discarded electronic waste. Alireza Abbaspourrad, a professor at Cornell University in the U.S., noted on ...

Gold has long been seen as a financial safe haven in times of economic uncertainty. This don’t look like changing any time soon with the price of gold reaching a record high of US$1377.60 an ounce ...

An curved arrow pointing right. One ton of circuit boards from old e-waste can contain 100 times more gold than a ton of ore mined from the ground. Now, scrappers like Wade Crawley in Sydney, ...

Researchers have developed a technique to improve the flexibility of ultra-thin electronics, such as those used in bendable devices or clothing. To do so, they used water-vapor plasma to directly bond ...

Scientists have developed a new technology that tattoos gold patterns onto living tissues, marking a significant step forward in merging human cells and electronic devices. This breakthrough paves the ...