Introducing the Program - Material, Ink and Paste Innovations
- khashayar Ghaffarzadeh
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Why Should You Join TechBlick's The Future of Electronics RESHAPED?
The Future of Electronics RESHAPED conference and exhibition (22 & 23 OCT 2025, Berlin) is set to be the most important event of the year focused on additive, hybrid, 3D, sustainable, wearable, soft and textile electronics.
This year the program features a world-class agenda with over over 100 superb invited talks from around the world, 12 industry- or expert-led masterclasses, 4 tours, and over 90 onsite exhibitors.
In this article, we discuss and highlight various innovative talks at the event around the theme of Material, Ink and Paste Innovations. In future articles, we will cover further technologies including smart surfaces, sustainable electronics, printed medical electronics, novel materials and beyond.
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Heraeus Electronics – Ryan Banfield presents bridging additive and subtractive technologies through solderable polymer thick films. The talk highlights advances in polymer thick-film conductors that overcome long-standing barriers of poor solderability and thermal stability. This breakthrough enables flexible, low-cost circuits while reducing reliance on environmentally intensive subtractive manufacturing processes.
Blackleaf – Michael Friess presents graphene-based electric heating inks for next-generation surface heating. Using sustainable graphene production and tailored formulations, Lackleaf develops flexible heating foils and coatings that enable efficient, uniform thermal control across diverse industrial surfaces.
ELANTAS Europe - Berit Schuster presents printed electronics paste technologies for automotive applications. The talk highlights formulation strategies for functional pastes used in in-mold touch interfaces, sensors, and heating elements. Key requirements such as electrical performance, adhesion, flexibility, and thermal stability are addressed, emphasizing application-specific customization to ensure reliable, durable integration in future mobility solutions.
Henkel – Thibaut Soulestin presents high-performance inks for cost-efficient printed electronics. The talk highlights conductive silver and silver-coated copper inks for large-area antennas, ink systems compatible with conductive adhesives for hybrid integration, and pad-printed inks enabling direct functionality on 3D surfaces—reducing complexity and manufacturing cost.
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Sofab Inks – Blake Martin presents novel materials for scalable perovskite solar panels. The talk addresses material innovations enabling high efficiency and manufacturability in large-scale production. Focus is placed on soluble processes and next-generation formulations that balance performance with cost-effective scalability for perovskite photovoltaics.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – Norbert Willenbacher presents low-temperature metallization and interconnection materials for perovskite solar cells with reduced silver use. Leveraging the capillary suspension concept, printable pastes achieve high conductivity at low filler content, while thermoplastic busbars and TECC wire concepts enable efficient copper-based interconnection under gentle processing. These innovations support scalable, resource-efficient PV manufacturing with lower CO₂ impact.
Nano-C – Henning Richter presents innovative interface materials for perovskite photovoltaics. Building on decades of fullerene expertise, Nano-C develops functionalized C60/C70 derivatives that stabilize perovskite phases, enhance adhesion to metal oxides, and enable optimized band alignment. The talk highlights passivation strategies, improved device stability, and scalable manufacturing of next-generation electron transport materials to accelerate commercial deployment.
DELO Industrial Adhesives – Sebastian Stasch presents advanced encapsulants for perovskite solar cells. High-barrier adhesives are engineered to protect against moisture, improving durability, stability, and efficiency. Building on expertise in organic photovoltaics, DELO introduces new formulations tailored to the unique requirements of perovskites, enabling longer lifetimes and enhanced performance.
Panacol – Lena Reinke presents advanced bonding technologies for flexible substrates and devices. The talk covers encapsulation adhesives that protect against moisture, oxygen, and stress, and electrically conductive adhesives that replace soldering for lightweight, flexible interconnections. These solutions enhance performance, durability, and reliability in photovoltaics, batteries, and sensors.
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RISE – Lars Herlogsson presents screen-printed stretchable electronics with liquid metals. The talk highlights advances in gallium-based liquid metal inks and water-spray sintering methods enabling multilayer, fully screen-printed stretchable circuits. Applications span wearable, biomedical, and soft robotic devices, with emphasis on scalable, large-area manufacturing.
University of Coimbra – Mahmoud Tavakoli presents scalable, high-resolution liquid metal circuits for 3R electronics (Resilient, Repairable, Recyclable). The talk introduces gallium-based liquid metal composites as candidates for soft, sustainable electronics, addressing challenges in precision deposition, multilayer circuit integration, and chip interfacing. Additive manufacturing, screen printing, and laser patterning approaches are discussed, with applications ranging from flexible PCBs to emerging 3R batteries and optoelectronic devices.
University of Manchester – Katy Ainsworth presents graphene and 2D material inks for printed and flexible electronics. The talk highlights conductive, optical, and multifunctional applications enabled by graphene and related materials, supported by pilot-scale printing capabilities. Examples include sensors, flexible devices, and energy-efficient heating elements, demonstrating pathways from lab innovation to scalable industrial adoption.
CondAlign – Morten Lindberget presents novel anisotropic conductive films from launch to volume production. Based on particle alignment technology, these films enable reduced filler content, lower costs, improved performance, and smaller carbon footprint compared to conventional ACF and TIM products. The talk addresses the path from qualification and sustainability validation to industrial-scale processes and commercial adoption.
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Canatu – Jussi Rahomäki presents CNT-based transparent film heaters for ADAS cameras. These wire-free heaters deliver fast, uniform de-icing and de-fogging with high transmittance and ultra-low haze, ensuring clear vision in harsh weather. Seamlessly integrated into laminated windshields, the technology enables reliable ADAS performance for next-generation autonomous vehicles.
Panasonic – Takatoshi Abe presents Toughtelon, a multifunctional shock-absorbent film material for advanced display applications. This multilayer composite achieves significant thickness reduction while offering self-healing, high flexural durability, and wide-temperature resilience. Demonstrating ~165% greater impact resistance than conventional materials, Toughtelon is customizable for flexible, slim, and mechanically robust device components.
INKTIO - Jaime Benavides presents digital manufacturing of flexible photocatalytic electronics. Using inkjet deposition and digital thermal processing, TiO₂-based electrodes with a platinum cocatalyst are fabricated directly on PET substrates, achieving 98% pollutant degradation under solar illumination. The fully scalable, roll-to-roll compatible process enables on-demand production of photocatalytic devices for self-cleaning, air purification, and water treatment, while reducing cost and material waste.
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