Brunswick Award 2001: Will computer chips be made of organic material in future? / International research team receives an award of DEM 100,000

Brunswick, Germany (ots/PROTEXT) - - Cross-reference: Photo is available at:http://www.presseportal.de/story.htx?nr=259729&action=bigpic&att=8827 The research team led by Professor Dr Bertram Batlogg (ETHZurich), with Dr Christian Kloc and Dr Jan Hendrik Schön (bothBell Labs, Lucent Technologies, New Jersey/USA) has received theBrunswick Award with prize money of DEM 100,000. The team hasbeen honoured for developing highly innovative electronic andoptoelectronic components of organic material. By developing a number of new electronic components, ProfessorBatlogg and his partners have paved the way for the completion ofcurrent silicon-semiconductor technology. As a result, brand-newtechnical and economic application options are now available tothe economy and research. The range includes items in daily use,such as 'intelligent labels' and 'plastic solar cells' and, atthe highest level of physics, the production of new'superconductors' required as basic components for 'quantumcomputers' as well as thin sheets of film that can be rolled upand fixed to the wall as screens. Compared with silicon, themanufacture of the basic organic substance is much simpler and,above all, considerably cheaper. ots Original Text Service:Stadt Braunschweig Internet: http://www.presseportal.de Forfurther information: Tel.: +49(0)531.470-4100http://www.braunschweigpreis.de E-mail:braunschweigpreis@braunschweig.de Press photos can be obtainedfrom the following internet address:http://www.braunschweigpreis.de

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