TechBlick's The Future of Electronics RESHAPED USA - Why Should You Join Us? The Future of Electronics RESHAPED USA (Boston, 11 & 12 June 2025) - co located with the Wearables RESHAPED conference - is nearly a month away. It features a world-class agenda with over 70 presentations covering exciting material breakthroughs, process innovations, manufacturing advances, application developments, and product launches. This is the only event in North America dedicated to additive, printed, sustainable, hybrid, wearable and 3D electronics. See the program  here.   In this article series, we highlight various talks in the program, outlining the technologies and applications that will be showcased. In a previous article we highlighted some process innovations ( here)  and material innovations ( here ) which will showcased In this particular article, we focus on the following Wearable devices and continuous healthcare/vital signs monitoring Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) in biosensors, wound care, and neural simulation Wearable sensor manufacturing Electronic textile development and manufacturing Pioneering R&D in wearable sensors and FHE Enabling materials (inks, substrates, adhesives) and technologies for wearable sensors, biosensors and e-textiles Wearable Healthcare Monitoring Patches and Biosensors GE Healthcare is invited to explore wearable physiological and molecular monitoring patches designed for both medical and defense applications, single-use Vital Signs Monitoring (V...

TechBlick's The Future of Electronics RESHAPED USA - Why Should You Join Us? The Future of Electronics RESHAPED USA (Boston, 11 & 12 June 2025) is less than 6 weeks away. It features a world-class agenda with over 70 presentations covering exciting material breakthroughs, process innovations, manufacturing advances, application developments, and product launches.  This is the only event in North America dedicated to additive, printed, sustainable, hybrid, wearable and 3D electronics. See the program  here.   In this article series, we highlight various talks in the program, outlining the technologies and applications that will be showcased. In a previous article we highlighted some process innovations that will be showcased (see  here). In this particular article, we focus on some of the material innovations that will be showcased in the program from around the world, featuring copper inks and molecular ink systems, liquid metal materials and applications, sustainable PCBs, printable EAPs, high temperature inks, printable nickel and more. In subsequent articles, we cover further material, process and application innovations that will be showcased in the program. Copper Innovations Copper has long been considered an attractive alternative to silver in conductive inks due to its inherent cost advantages as well as its compatibility with IPC standards for reliable solder joints. However, it has not been an easy path developing a copper ink/paste that prints well, dries/cures wi...

#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 ...

Author: Dr. Erika Rebrosova, Electronic Materials Technology Manager at Sun Chemical Corp Biosensor Applications Biosensor applications are a growth application area, where material technologies, bioengineering and sensor design are continuously and rapidly evolving. Among the various types of biosensors, electrochemical (EC) biosensors are relevant for the printing industry as some of the components of EC biosensors are already being manufactured by printing technologies. The end applications for electrochemical (EC) biosensors are shown in Figure 1. In medical diagnostics and health monitoring , printed EC biosensors are used to monitor glucose levels in diabetic patients, detect pathogens, and identify biomarkers for diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular conditions. They enable immediate analysis of biological samples, such as blood or saliva, allowing for quick decision-making and timely medical interventions. In the pharmaceutical industry , they are employed for drug development and monitoring therapeutic drug levels in patients. In environmental monitoring, these biosensors help detect pollutants, heavy metals, and pesticides in water and soil, ensuring environmental safety and compliance with regulations. The food and agriculture industry benefits from screen-printed biosensors by using them to detect contaminants, pathogens, and allergens, thereby ensuring food safety and quality. Portability and ease of use make them ideal for on-field testing, providing quick...

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 ...