Further trends on “Organic and Printed Electronics” will be on display at LOPE-C 2009, the Large-area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention, to take place as a conference and accompanying exhibition at the Congress Center, Messe Frankfurt, Germany from June 23 to 25, 2009. The OE-A has invited experts from commerce and research to meet at this world premiere event and to exchange their knowledge and ideas on opportunities, products and developments in the field of organic and printed electronics.
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Background: Organic and Printed Electronics
Organic and printed electronics are opening a whole new spectrum of applications under silicon technology as they make the production of thin, light-weight and flexible electronic components possible.
They are based on a combination of:
Techniques that permit large-area, high-volume coating and patterning
Plastic molecules that are deposited on a light, flexible substrate and, depending upon their chemical composition, have insulating, semi-conductive or conductive features. Usually these materials are organic, sometimes inorganic.
Plastics can be composed of large molecule chains (polymers) or “small” molecules. However, they differ in the way they are processed to produce electronic components. Small molecules are usually vaporized in a vacuum process. Polymers, on the other hand, are applied in a mass-printing process, as they are liquid-soluble and permit inexpensive, layer-by-layer production of electronic components.
Therefore, organic and printed electronics are, for example, suitable for the production of:
- Printed transistors that can be used as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags in merchandise logistics
- Organic, light emitting diodes (OLED)
- Organic photovoltaic cells that absorb light and transform it into electric energy
- Flexible batteries to provide energy for mobile devices
- Printed sensors to measure environmental parameters such as pressure, temperature or humidity
- Organic memories for the storage of digital information
- Flexible displays for electronic books or SmartCards
- Printed, single-use measurement devices for medical diagnostics
Hartmut Kowsky-Kawelke
Phone: +49 (0) 208 62 50 796
Email: press@lope-c.com
kowsky.kawelke@agentursieben.de
Transparent white OLED
Copyright: Fraunhofer / Philips
Highly efficient white OLEDs Fraunhofer
Copyright: Fraunhofer IPMS
OLED lamp with touchscreen function
Copyright: Fraunhofer IPMS
