In this edition we get into microLED, printed electronics, and flexible tech in this edition, featuring expert insights on electroluminescence (EL) vs. photoluminescence (PL) for accurate microLED testing, scalable RGB microLED assembly with high yield, and silver nanowire (AgNW) materials enabling transparent heaters and smart surfaces for automotive applications. Learn how printed piezoelectric sensors are revolutionizing structural health monitoring in aerospace composites, and discover a bioelectronic breakthrough with gold ink ECG electrodes printed on flexible TPU. Ideal for professionals in display technology, automotive, aerospace, and wearable electronics, this newsletter highlights scalable manufacturing solutions using advanced materials, screen and aerosol jet printing, and sensor integration. InZiv  | Unleashing microLED’s Future: The Power of Electroluminescence Testing Fraunhofer IZM  | An R&D study on feasibility of Massive parallel assembly for contacting Micro-LEDs DuPont   | Transparent heater, Smart surface and In-Mold Electronics Fraunhofer IFAM  | Printed sensors for structural health monitoring of composite components Voltera  | Printing ECG Electrodes with Gold Ink on TPU The Future of Electronics RESHAPED USA   #AdditiveElectronics #3DElectronics #PrintedElectronics #WearableElectronics #FlexibleHybridElectronics #WearableElectronics #SustainableElectronics #ElectronicTextiles 🗓️ 11 & 12 June 2025 📍 Boston, USA 🔗 Agenda & Registration: 🎤 70+ Worl...

#PrintedElectronics #MultiMaterialPrinting #LaserPrinting #Disruption #AdditiveElectronics Author: Masoud Mahjouri-Samani | CEO and Founder NanoPrintek, info@nanoprintek.com In labs across the world - whether in industry, government, or academia - there’s a shared frustration: the path from concept to product is too slow, too expensive, and often restricted by the limitations of the tools themselves. For decades, R&D and Production labs have had to work around the constraints of ink-based printing systems - formulating complex inks, fighting clogs and contamination, dealing with post-processing steps, and adapting their ideas to match the tool rather than the other way around. At NanoPrintek , that paradigm is being reimagined.

Figure 1. The paradigm is being reimagined. NanoPrintek’s ink-free multimaterial printing platform  doesn’t just eliminate inks - it eliminates the compromises that come with them. Instead of using liquid formulations with short shelf life and questionable reliability, NanoPrintek’s technology prints directly from solid pellets of the desired material — metal, ceramic, dielectric, or composite. Using a combination of laser-induced nanoparticle generation  and real-time laser sintering , the platform creates pure, high-performance printed features right where you want them - on many substrates. There’s no drying time, no curing stage, and no solvents to remove. What you get is a clean, fast, and incredibly versatile system that can take you from ...

The Evolution of the Semiconductor Industry and Its Path to Sustainability Author: Elisa DUQUET, Hummink, elisa.duquet@hummink.com The semiconductor industry is one of the most complex, dynamic, and technologically advanced sectors in the world. It plays an essential role in shaping modern life, serving as the foundation for everything from smartphones and MRI machines to kitchen appliances and space shuttles. In today’s digital world, nearly every device we rely on is powered by semiconductor chips. The demand for semiconductor chips has reached unprecedented levels. According to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), the industry shipped a record of 1.15 trillion semiconductor units last year, this figure means that every person on earth could receive over 150 chips annually. In addition, the SIA announced that the global semiconductor sales hit $627.6 billion in 2024, an increase of 19.1% compared to 2023. The semiconductor industry is projected to reach over $726.73 billion by 2027. We are Exhibiting! Visit our booth at the TechBlick event on 11-12 June 2025 in Boston . Contact us for your special discount coupon to attend (elisa.duquet@hummink.com) As production scales up to meet increasing demand, so does the need for sustainable solutions to manage waste and defective components. Indeed, the twelve largest semiconductor manufacturers together generate about 2.7 million tons of waste annually - about as much as 5 million EU citizens. Nearly 50 percent of the ...

Author: Steve Paschky Saralon now offers new ink sets for stretchable membrane switches, heaters, and electroluminescent display printing. Each of these sets contains all the essential ink components tailored to each application, simplifying your work for a seamless, high-quality experience. We are Exhibiting! Visit our booth at the TechBlick event on 11-12 June 2025 in Boston Last year, I wrote about our range of stretchable Saral Inks , designed for different substrates with various formulations like silver, carbon, and others. Since then, technology has continued to evolve, and so have the needs of the industry. We’ve been hearing from customers that they need stretchable inks that are not only conducting but also provide features like heating and capacitive touch, all while withstanding dynamic forces like bending, stretching, and twisting. One of our major focuses at Saralon has been on providing "ink sets"- collections of compatible inks that are designed for specific applications of Printed Electronics (PE). This approach aligns with our company’s mission: Simplifying Electronics Through InkTech. PE devices often require printing multiple layers of ink on top of each other, and one common challenge for developers is finding the right combination of inks that work well together. That’s where our Saral Inks Sets come in. For specific PE applications, we offer complete sets of inks that are compatible with one another, easy to print, and ensure a trouble-less printing pro...

#PrintedElectroncis #OrganicElectronics #Themoelectrics #PrintedThermoElectricGenerators Loup Chopplet [1], Jiang Jing[1], Nicolas Battaglini[1], Vincent Noël[1], Benoît Piro[1], Giorgio Mattana[1],* [1] Université Paris Cité, ITODYS, CNRS, UMR 7086, 15 rue J.-A. de Baïf, F-75013 Paris, France The current climate emergency and the perspective of fossil fuel depletion are pushing researchers towards the quest for efficient and environmentally friendly energy sources or conversion technologies. Within this context, thermoelectric materials, i.e. materials capable of recycling waste heat through its partial conversion to electrical power, have attracted considerable attention in the last twenty years[1]. Organic semiconductors (OSCs), such as conjugated polymers and small molecules, have recently become a blooming field of research in the continuous search for potential candidates for the fabrication of thermoelectric systems. Indeed, OSCs possess some important advantages compared to their inorganic counterparts, in particular their processability at room temperature in liquid phase using printing fabrication techniques and their excellent mechanical robustness and flexibility [2][3].
At the PRINT’UP institute, we developed a fabrication and characterisation protocol for all-printed organic thermoelectric generators, fabricated on flexible polyimide substrates. Each generator is composed of two semiconducting legs, one p-type doped and the other n-type doped, electrically con...

In this edition, we look into materials science, energy storage, printed electronics, and sustainable display technologies. Joanneum Research introduces Supresil®, a patented technology that optimizes the processing window for platinum-cured silicones (LSR and HCR) without compromising material properties, ideal for 3D printing. Celanese Micromax presents PTC film heaters, leveraging Joule heating and printed carbon pastes for uniform, self-regulating thermal solutions across flexible substrates. AilArian addresses the environmental impact of metal-based conductive inks in biodegradable electronics with a novel magnetic separation technique for recovering silver, promoting both high conductivity and eco-friendliness. Sepion Technologies reveals a new battery separator coating that improves moisture resistance, enhances safety, and reduces manufacturing costs, enabling the use of low-cost cathodes. Finally, E Ink compares ePaper with emissive displays, focusing on energy efficiency, readability, and use cases in retail, public information, and digital signage. Joanneum Research   | New inhibition technology for (Pt)-cured silicones (LSR and HCR) to optimise the processing window without changing material properties - Supresil® Celanese Micromax  | PTC Film Heaters – Materials, Design and Applications AilArian | Magnetic separation of silver conductive material for fully biodegradable electronics Sepion Technologies  | The Next-Generation of Battery Separators Eink   | ePaper ...

In this article, we highlight a number of printing process innovations that are advancing the state of the art in printed and additive electronics and are addressing critical existing limitations to open new opportunities. Here, we will go on a quick tour from analog screen printing to digital printing to ink-less laser printing. In this journey, we will make many short stops covering screen printing, capillary printing, inkjet printing,  EHD printing, micro-dispensing, LIFT printing, dry printing and beyond.  Wit over 25 images, tables, charts as well as 13 videos, we cover the following points Screen printing: State of the art ultrafine line printing High production speed in screen printed metallisation Rotary screen printing for PV metallisation Alternative PV metallisation methods (1): Capillary printing Digital printed electronics/additive electronics Can we scale up inkjet printing in functional printing? How to digitally print high viscosity pastes? Digital multi-material laser printing of high viscosity pastes in printed electronics and electronics manufacturing High viscosity digital printing AND ultra fine resolution well beyond inkjet or LIFT Digitally printing higher viscosity levels at ultrafine resolution without e-field? High Pressure Capillary Printing - high resolution, high aspect ratio and high viscosity printing without e-fields, satellites or splashing? Printed Electronics / Additive Electronics without inks? SSAIL Process: Additive laser-induced metallis...

Fraunhofer IAP | Quantum Dot Color Conversion in MicroLED – A Material Perspective - Quantum Dot (QD) materials for color conversion in MicroLED displays. Key topics include high quantum efficiency QDs, tailored ink formulations, and EHD-Jet printing techniques for high-resolution applications. The session explores QD stability, ligand optimization, and methods to close the green and red gap in MicroLED displays. Saralon GmbH | Conducting Copper Ink for Printed Electronics: An Application-Based Journey - Saral Copper Ink as an alternative to costly silver-based inks for printed electronics. The session covers copper ink’s stable conductivity, processability via conventional screen printing, and its application in low-cost, high-demand sectors. It highlights challenges and benefits for future electronics manufacturing. INTLVAC THIN FILM | ICARUS: Indium Solder Bump Deposition System- Focusing on improving indium solder bump deposition, addressing pattern hole closure, dendritic growth prevention, and enhancing bump quality. Insights on system stability and reliability for semiconductor assembly and MEMS packaging will also be discussed. Flexoo | Excellence in European Manufacturing: Focus on Contract Manufacturing and R&D Services- Exploring mass-customization in high-end sensing solutions. Topics include the production of BaMoS and MiniMoS sensors, battery behavior analysis at the cell level, advanced wiring solutions, and the role of digitalized processes in manufacturing ef...