Marco Galazio discussed advanced screen printing techniques for manufacturing medical sensors, specifically focusing on continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensors. Applied Materials, the parent company, has a long history in the semiconductor business and has diversified into adjacent markets, including medical sensors. Their objective is to miniaturize the sensor's components and optimize the screen printing process for various layers in the sensor. The screen printing process involves multiple steps and layers, such as the circuit layer with nano silver-based paste, the carbon sensing element, the insulating resist layer, and the silver/silver chloride material layer. Each layer requires optimization of printing speed, force, and curing conditions to achieve the desired specifications. For instance, the nano silver-based paste allows for features around 50 microns and requires careful management of the printing speed to balance shorting risks and process efficiency. By benchmarking against other mainstream applications, they found that screen printing could be more cost-effective and competitive. The manufacturing tool they use integrates various subsystems, such as automation, inspection, and process control, for a fully packaged solution. Although the glucose-sensitive layer isn't integrated into the presented process, it is added later to create the complete biosensor. Challenges remain in using nanosilver for miniaturization, but improvements are ongoing.

1️⃣ Tackling waste: Focusing on sustainable materials to reduce waste and improve recyclability. 2️⃣ Exploring new materials: Nanocellulose for biodegradable printed electronics devices. 3️⃣ Innovative processes: Thermal nanoimprint lithography for functional surfaces without additional materials. 4️⃣ Enhanced functionality: Smart devices that improve the sustainability of packaged goods. 5️⃣ Working together: Collaboration with partners to ensure end-to-end sustainability in the printed electronics industry. #SustainableTech #PrintedElectronics #GreenInnovation #Sustainable Electronics Thomas Exlager, a process engineer at Coatema, discussed making printed electronics more sustainable by focusing on the waste problem. He presented four solutions to this issue: 1) choosing materials wisely, as exemplified by the Flex Function to Sustain project, which developed a mono-material system for Capri-Sun packaging; 2) using new materials like nanocellulose for printed biosensors in the Green Sense project; 3) adopting new process technology, such as thermal nanoimprint lithography, to create functional surfaces without additional materials; and 4) developing smart devices or materials to improve sustainability. Thomas emphasized that, while Coatema is not responsible for the sustainability aspects of these projects, the company can provide knowledge and work as an intermediary between partners.

Celanesae Micromax | presested live onsite in Eindhoven in OCT 2022 This is an AI-generated summary of the talk There are a lot of different applications for biosensors, such as blood glucose measurement, drug delivery, DNA testing, food and beverage testing, and environmental sensors. I think the list can be extended to include blood gas detection or measuring urine detection. Blood glucose test strips are used to measure blood glucose levels. The next generation is the continuous glucose monitoring patch, which doesn't require you to take a drop of blood many times over the day. The principle is the same as a blood glucose test strip, but the needle goes in the skin not so deep, but going into the skin, and it measures the diffused glucose in the interstellar fluid in the skin. The electrocardiogram is a simple description of a muscle contraction. It is used in wellness applications as well as medical applications, and therefore the material must really constant and that starts to be really challenging. I think the principle is always the same, and you can measure an electrical impulse in many parts of the body. The design of an ECG electrode is that you have a single disposable patch, and typically use silver, silver chloride electrodes. However, the gel can cause skin irritation, and the patch is limited in the shelf life or the usable time. We are not only focused on ECG and blood glucose, we are also working on other products. The key word is partnership, and the more information we have, the better it is for us to create and design products for it. Partnership from the beginning, understanding what is needed and first the application itself, and then the manufacturing conditions which are typically more more familiar with us, is an important step or thing. The latest developments at the moment and where we are working on include improving pay, stability, longer screen life and so on. Here is a list of different solvents, and we concentrate very often on thf because if a paste is resistant to thf it covers most of the other solvents which could be there. And now I give you an impression what we are doing. We are improving our products and formulating new products, and a new tendency is going to more cross-linked formulations. These inks dry at lower temperatures, and can be used on other substrates. The cross-linking is done after printing, drying, and taking it off the pet. It gives a better adhesion and resistance against mechanical stress, and on one hand it's more acid and solvent and whatever resistant We are developing pastes for the blood glucose and ag market, and the newest one is some cross-linked compositions for more abrasion resistance, hydrogel stability or other solvents. For biosensor business, it's really difficult to say. It's depending how many iterative steps you need, and if you're talking about medical applications, where really everything must work under every condition and you must be absolutely safe, or if you are more in the wellness area.

Speaker: Erika Rebrosova | Company: Sun Chemical | Date: 24-Jun-22 | Full Presentation 🚀 In-mold electronics (IME) are gaining attention for their promise of thinner and lighter weight parts, and less complex assembly processes. 🔬 Advances in 3D formable and injection moldable electronic materials are enabling IME applications to emerge. 💼 Multiple user cases have demonstrated the applicability of IME for automotive interiors, appliances, consumer electronics, industrial controls, deicing lenses, heaters and more. 🌞 Sun Chemical has leveraged its long-time expertise in in-mold decoration ink technologies to develop best-in-class in-mold electronic inks. 💡 Check-out the presentation below by Erika to learn more. #inmold #electronics #innovation #manufacturing #trends #technology #sunchemical

This summary is fully AI-generated based on the presentation 👉 We have several different types of reactors at our disposal for making and building nanomaterials, some of which can produce up to 80 liters of material per batch. Our reactors are PLC automated and have monitoring for quality control. 👉 Some of the materials we've worked with include platinum alloys, silver nanoparticles, copper nanoparticles, copper and silver nanowires, ferrite, high dielectric materials, and even graphene. 👉 We have been able to validate up to ten kilos per day of nano copper production, with a current production cost of around €300 per kilo. Our goal is to go at least below €100 per kilo, making these materials much more cost-effective than existing conductive inks. 👉 We have made an inkjet formulation for conductive inks, with photonic sintering that can produce a half-micrometer thick layer with good conductivity. We are currently working on a screen-printable formulation aiming for a 50 million square foot print.

This text is auto transcribed and auto-summarized by AI: Screen printing is becoming increasingly finer and smaller, and it is expected that within a few years we will be reaching 20 micrometer line widths and maybe even lower. The wafer per hour rate for the back end processes is also rising, and it is projected to rise to >10,000 wafers per hour by the next years The state of the art for screen printing on solar cells is 19 micrometers and above, with an aspect ratio of 1818 micrometers. This is a relatively easy application, because the pictures are very wide and interrupted lines can be tolerated. Micro-led displays are very hot display topic, and one of the key uniques of this display technology is that you can create bezel free displays. This means that you can create a larger display by putting together many kind of smaller tiles and building up the big display. One way to create wraparound edge electrodes is to drill via into the glass, fill the field and feel the field through glass fires. But this is really not elegant, so a more interesting approach would be to create this so called wraparound edge electrodes. Screen printing can produce very fine lines, but as micro led dyes shrink in size, the bond sizes and metallization lines will also get smaller, which means that if screen printing is to stay competitive in this technology, it also has to produce ever finer lines. Applied Materials showed how they can print screen printed lines as fine as 15 micrometers, but the application is very challenging because it cannot tolerate broken interrupted lines and must have defect-free metallization on 90% of the tiles. Samsung uses a PVD process developed by a Korean company, but if screen printing could produce fine lines, 15 micrometers or less without defects, maybe this could be with very little defect [ this is in our view too big challenge for screen printing] Another application that I wanted to highlight is around flexible hybrid electronics, and I think many of the technology hurdles that have held back this technology are being cleared away now. And I think screen printing could also play a role here. The wiring lines can be screen printed, but the pins of the ICs are much narrower than the wiring lines. So one needs to have a fan out structure connecting the pins to the actual wiring. Screen printing cannot do the wiring and the final structure just based on screen printing process, but if fine line screen printing would be further advanced, then this would be possible. This image is from Nexflex, and I took some of these images from a presentation by Komori in Japan. It shows a very interesting application for Transparent Touch or HMIs, where one maybe does not need a protective layer. The requirements for a transparent touch display are very different from the requirements for a transparent switch, so the line width needs to be a lot narrower. The line widths are generally sub four micrometers, and this shows you the requirement for this industry. If screen printing could print ever finer lines, then it would stay relevant in this application and be very competitive process, and the requirements have also shrunk over time. So if screen printing is to stay relevant, it needs to target sub 15 or so, maybe at least sub 20 micrometer range. Standard screen printing takes you down to 50-60 micrometers, but new screen printing technologies are taking you down to 20-15 micrometers [in lab conditions not production]. Then people start to use hybrid processes, such as screen printing plus laser plus photolithography. We want to focus on alternative technologies, so we talked about photovoltaic metallization, microgrid, flexible hybrid electronics, transparent light switches, edge electrodes, and LTCCs. Before going to the alternative technologies, I just want to mention maybe a couple of applications which I admitted in my presentation but are very important. In order to print very fine lines for 5G and LTCC, you need to have very good edge definition, so you need to be able to print lines as small as 15 micrometers In this hybrid screen printing process, the ink itself contains a photosensitive material, so you don't need a photoresist. This allows you to get very fine lines, and the ink is compatible with peat substrates. A hybrid screen printing process was developed by Kodak, where they created a metal mesh, and then used plating to thicken the layer and achieve bulk like bulk like conductivity. This process can go down to sub10 micrometers. A Japanese company can print complex patterns with just 1.5 micrometer line with silver nanoparticles, and they can cure the ink at low temperature. If you want to go below that level and achieve kind of one micrometer, then the reverse offset process is interesting. Reverse offset printing technique is very unique because you totally ink the roller mold, the ink semi absorbs into the mold material, and then the ink is transferred to the relief plate. This allows you to create metal meshes with just one micrometer line. Here's another, I think, interesting technology, by Asahi Kasei in Japan. This one uses a seamless roller mold, which is patterned not using just laser, but with electron beam lithography, and it produces very fine lines with very well defined edges and just 300 micrometers wide. Here you can see an application of printing aligned with a three micrometers for transparent RF ID on products without taking up real estate. There are a lot of hybrid and road roll technologies, and Panasonic has developed a process that allows them to print two micrometer lines with a good aspect ratio and a good sheet resistance of two ohms per square The main competition is photolithography, and Nippon Printing has achieved a line width of one micrometer in their products. This technology can be used for transparent displays, and the company is targeting the market of sub 40 inch displays. We looked at applications for screen printed lines, photovoltaic metallization, microgrids, transparent capacitive type switches, edge electrodes in capacitive touch displays, and hybrid and direct printing techniques.

Speaker: Christian Dalsgaard | Company: Danish Technological Institute | Date: 2-Dec-22 | Full Presentation View the full video presentation here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-TocfDHq5Y Recent years development of wearables evolves at the edge of the textile - and electronics industry with new demands for the supply chain. Printed electronics is a promising technology that bridges the gap between manufacturing cost, requests for advance vital sign monitoring and washability of most clothing. Endorsement of industry standards and technology capacities goes hand in hand to meet the demand for next generation wearables. In this talk, DTI’s speakers will present an outlook for printed electronics in this segment and demonstrate why e-textiles soon will play a significant role in healthcare, sport, and personal protective equipment. Join TechBlick on an annual pass to join all live online conference or online version of onsite conference access library of on-demand talks (600 talks + PDFs) portfolio of expert led masterclass year-round platform https://www.techblick.com/ And do NOT miss our flagship event in Berlin on 17-18 OCT 2023 focused on Reshaping the Future of Electronics. This event attracts 550-600 participants from all the world and offers a superb ambience and dynamic exhibition floor. To learn more visit https://www.techblick.com/electronicsreshaped To see feedback about previous event see https://www.techblick.com/events-agenda

Speaker: Zachary James Davis | Company: Danish Technological Institute | Date: 2-Dec-22 | Full Presentation View the full video presentation here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-TocfDHq5Y Recent years development of wearables evolves at the edge of the textile - and electronics industry with new demands for the supply chain. Printed electronics is a promising technology that bridges the gap between manufacturing cost, requests for advance vital sign monitoring and washability of most clothing. Endorsement of industry standards and technology capacities goes hand in hand to meet the demand for next generation wearables. In this talk, DTI’s speakers will present an outlook for printed electronics in this segment and demonstrate why e-textiles soon will play a significant role in healthcare, sport, and personal protective equipment. Join TechBlick on an annual pass to join all live online conference or online version of onsite conference access library of on-demand talks (600 talks + PDFs) portfolio of expert led masterclass year-round platform https://www.techblick.com/ And do NOT miss our flagship event in Berlin on 17-18 OCT 2023 focused on Reshaping the Future of Electronics. This event attracts 550-600 participants from all the world and offers a superb ambience and dynamic exhibition floor. To learn more visit https://www.techblick.com/electronicsreshaped To see feedback about previous event see https://www.techblick.com/events-agenda

printed electronics Speaker: Matt Johnson | Company: Laiier | Date: 12-13 October 2022 | Full Presentation Step into smart buildings of the future and you might not see a difference. Combining the scalability of coatings and building materials contemporary sensing techniques opens-up an incredible range of possibilities for predictive, preventative, and responsive maintenance. For Henkel, a global leader in specialized and cross-functional ink formulations for printed electronics, and Laiier a smart surface technology provider, the next decade will see the rise of smart buildings that integrate new capabilities into the built environment. Whether it’s office facilities that warn of leaking pipes, walls that heat our rooms, or floors that tell us when an elderly relative has suffered a fall, many of the core technologies are already here. Today, the challenge besides the technology innovation is more about building networks and creating markets. The presentation will cover the unique ecosystem required to bring this vision to life that includes the whole value chain from construction, materials, manufacturing industry to IoT integrators. The session will take the attendees through technical explanations and customer use cases demonstrating clear ROIs and customer insights. Join TechBlick on an annual pass to join all live online conference or online version of onsite conference access library of on-demand talks (600 talks + PDFs) portfolio of expert led masterclass year-round platform https://www.techblick.com/ And do NOT miss our flagship event in Berlin on 17-18 OCT 2023 focused on Reshaping the Future of Electronics. This event attracts 550-600 participants from all the world and offers a superb ambience and dynamic exhibition floor. To learn more visit https://www.techblick.com/electronicsreshaped To see feedback about previous event see https://www.techblick.com/events-agenda

Speaker: Pascal Boncenne | Company: Hummink | Date: 12-13 October 2022 | Full Presentation Hummink will present its revolutionary nanoprinting technology that enables the deposition of any material, on any surface, with a unique freedom of design. By combining a nanometric pen with an oscillating macro-resonator, Hummink performs capillary deposition of liquids with micronic and sub-micronic resolutions, opening a new era for electronics manufacturing. Simple, fast and versatile. Join TechBlick on an annual pass to join all live online conference or online version of onsite conference access library of on-demand talks (600 talks + PDFs) portfolio of expert led masterclass year-round platform https://www.techblick.com/ And do NOT miss our flagship event in Berlin on 17-18 OCT 2023 focused on Reshaping the Future of Electronics. This event attracts 550-600 participants from all the world and offers a superb ambience and dynamic exhibition floor. To learn more visit https://www.techblick.com/electronicsreshaped To see feedback about previous event see https://www.techblick.com/events-agenda

Speaker: Tom Eldridge | Company: Chasm | Date: 12-13 October 2022 | Full Presentation As industries evolve, designers are challenging the fundamental nature of materials and using carbon nanotubes, and nanotube hybrids, to exceed limitations once imposed by existing materials. Carbon nanotube technology is ushering in a new era of printed electronics, introducing transparent solutions for printed electronics that push the boundaries previously known for strength, reliability, and performance. In this presentation, we will review several existing commercial applications of carbon nanotubes for printed electronics in the automotive, aerospace, healthcare, and consumer electronics industries. As optical cameras, RADAR & LiDar sensors, antennas and other innovations continue to become ubiquitous within these devices, new nanocarbon technology continues to evolve delivering heating, connectivity, and other performance advancements with full transparency and without the use of wires. Simply put, cutting edge-developments happening now using nanotechnology are the biggest innovations in the printed electronics industry that you will never see. Join TechBlick on an annual pass to join all live online conference or online version of onsite conference access library of on-demand talks (600 talks + PDFs) portfolio of expert led masterclass year-round platform https://www.techblick.com/ And do NOT miss our flagship event in Berlin on 17-18 OCT 2023 focused on Reshaping the Future of Electronics. This event attracts 550-600 participants from all the world and offers a superb ambience and dynamic exhibition floor. To learn more visit https://www.techblick.com/electronicsreshaped To see feedback about previous event see https://www.techblick.com/events-agenda

Printing a Disposable Neuromodulation Earpiece Speaker: Alejandro Covalin | Company: Spark Biomedical | Date: 12-13 October 2022 | Full Presentation The use of traditional electronic manufacturing technologies has been long favored in the medical device industry. In light of rising costs due to trade wars as well as unpredictable supply chain issues, we decided to steer away from standard flex circuits and adopt a printed electronics approach to manufacture our disposable earpieces. These earpieces have to adhere to the skin and reliably deliver electrical stimulation pulses for a period of up to 24 hrs. to help people overcome opioid withdrawal symptoms. In order to minimize cost and increase the reliability of our disposable earpiece, we converted our original flex circuit design to a single-sided print and transferred all components to a specially designed double-sided spring-loaded terminal cable connector. We expect an FDA clearance for our printed electronics earpiece before the end of the year. Join TechBlick on an annual pass to join all live online conference or online version of onsite conference access library of on-demand talks (600 talks + PDFs) portfolio of expert led masterclass year-round platform https://www.techblick.com/ And do NOT miss our flagship event in Berlin on 17-18 OCT 2023 focused on Reshaping the Future of Electronics. This event attracts 550-600 participants from all the world and offers a superb ambience and dynamic exhibition floor. To learn more visit https://www.techblick.com/electronicsreshaped To see feedback about previous event see https://www.techblick.com/events-agenda