The Virtual Training Course ‘High-Resolution Printing for Active Components on Flexible Foils’ will be held on April 26th 2022 from 11:00 – 12:30 CET. The event is divided into two sessions: 1st session by Dr. Jaakko Leppäniemi from 11:00 – 12:00 CET on ‘Introduction to High-Resolution Printing Methods’ and 2nd session by Liam Gillan MSc from 12:00 – 12:30 CET on ‘Strategies for Print-Patterned Electrodes with Metal Oxide Thin-Film Transistors’.
For more info about the event and registration check it below.
First Session
| Title | High-Resolution Printing for Active Components on Flexible Foils: Introduction to High-Resolution Printing Methods |
| Date | April 26th 2022 |
| Time | 11:00 – 12:00 CET |
| Duration (h) | 1 h |
| Language | English |
| Aim | Provide general overview of different high-resolution printing methods used to fabricate active components (transistors, diodes, memories etc.) on flexible foils |
| Impact | Raise interest among students in printed electronics and help to understand the demand for high-resolution printing |
| Learning outcomes/ Skills / knowledge to be acquired during the course | • Understand why µm-level printing resolution is needed for the realization of fully-printed flexible electronics • Get an overview of different high-resolution printing methods, such as micro-contact, reverse offset, high-resolution gravure and super inkjet printing • Case study: how printing accuracy affects the performance of thin-film transistors? |
| Target Audience | Master’s students, PhD students and researchers with interest in flexible electronics and printing |
| Participation requirements | General interest in printed electronics and solution processed/printed thin-film tranistors |
Trainer/Presenter (short biography)
Dr. Jaakko Leppäniemi
Dr. Jaakko Leppäniemi is a senior scientist and project manager at VTT. He has been at VTT since 2008 and he is the principle investigator of Academy of Finland project FLEXRAD. His general research interest is printed electronics with focus on printed metal oxide thin-film transistors, sensors and high-resolution printing.
Download 1st Session: Introduction to High-Resolution Printing Methods
Second Session
| Title | High-Resolution Printing for Active Components on Flexible Foils: Strategies for Print-Patterned Electrodes with Metal Oxide Thin-Film Transistors |
| Date | April 26th 2022 |
| Time | 12:00 – 12:30 CET |
| Duration (h) | 0.5 h |
| Language | English |
| Aim | Provide examples of demonstrated approaches for realizing printed source/drain electrodes for metal oxide thin-film transistors |
| Impact | Highlighting challenges in fabrication of print-patterned electrodes for metal oxide thin-film transistors |
| Learning outcomes/ Skills / knowledge to be acquired during the course | • Fundamentals of what constitutes a good contact electrode • Overview of advances in print-patterned contacts for metal oxide thin-film transistors • Example of interfacial engineering to realize printed silver contacts |
| Target Audience | Master’s students, PhD students and researchers with interest in flexible electronics and printing |
| Participation requirements | General interest in printed electronics and solution processed metal oxide thin-film transistors |
Trainer/Presenter (short biography)
Liam Gillan
Liam Gillan MSc (Tech) is a research scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, where his research interests include solution processed functional materials for printed electronics.
Download 2nd Session: Strategies for Print-Patterned Electrodes with Metal Oxide Thin-Film Transistors