Printed & Flexible Electronics

Low transmission loss flexible substrates using low Dk/Df polyimide adhesives

Tasaki T., Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd., JP

To meet the ever-increasing requirements of transmission data with a growth in the market for information technology gadgets such as mobile phones, the transmission frequency of circuits is increased. However, the integrity of high-frequency signals [...]

XTPL Approach to Print Submicron Conductive Lines on Dielectric Substrates

Kowalczewski P., Wiatrowska A., Dusza M., Zięba M., Cichoń P., Fijak K., Granek F., XTPL SA, PL

The concepts of printed electronics offer a tremendous potential when brought to nanotechnology. We present a novel technology for printing submicron conductive lines at unprecedented flexibility, accuracy, and low cost. The lines with resistivity down [...]

A Stretching/Bending-Insensitive Flexible Pressure Sensor with Carbon Nanotube-PDMS

Zhang R., Stevens Institute of Technology, US

Flexible pressure sensors have many successful applications in personal electronic devices, artificially intelligence, and industrial production applications [1]. Despite the good performance and high flexibility, the measurement of pressure under dynamic deformation has remained difficult [...]

Silk biocomposites as flexible and biodegradable electrochemical sensors

Pal R.K., Yadavalli V.K., Virginia Commonwealth University, US

The convergence of naturally derived and synthetic polymers provides exciting opportunities to develop physiologically compliant bioelectronics systems. The combination of silk proteins and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) enables the formation of functional biocomposites with unique properties. [...]

Aerosol Jet Printed Functional Nanoinks with High Reliability and Reconfigurability

Lan X., Nguyen E., Malingowski A., Gambin V., Tice J., Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, US

Printed electronic components have long been desired in the aerospace industry to enable prototyping, design verification, and concept validation at a much more rapid pace than photolithography or manual wire bonding processes. For satellites that [...]

The Electrochemical Printing Technique (EPT) for Flexible Electronics

Kadija I., ECSI Fibrotools, US

Contact Electroplating Technology (CET), a novel direct contact electroplating technology, enables electrochemical deposition of desired metals or alloys on patterned flexible substrates by direct uniform contact with the substrates. The capability to electroplate metals is [...]

New Paradigms on Materials Synthesis and Additive Manufacturing of Flexible Electronics for Energy Applications

Torres Arango M.A., Sierros K.A., West Virginia University, US

Innovations in materials and manufacturing are important enablers of new technologies across multiple engineering fields. Additive manufacturing comprises a group of revolutionary fabrication techniques, having as principle the addition of materials layer-by-layer to form a [...]

Direct imprinting of liquid silicon

Masuda T., Shimoda T., Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, JP

Silicon is one of the most important materials for electronics. The most widespread process for microfabrication technology of silicon is photolithography including etching process. However, huge capital outlay and large-scale equipment has been recognized as [...]