Thrust area 2 : Printed Electronics Technologies
At BEST we are developing resource-efficient printed routes to create large-area electronics, aiming to satisfy the increasing demand of attaining sustainability in the current electronics manufacturing. Our printed approach will reduce the adverse environmental impact because of the use of inherently wasteful subtractive fabrication processes without losing its transformative power.
To attain the objective, we dedicate our efforts to move away from the subtractive conventional fabrication processes such as lithography, etching etc. We are developing roll-based custom-built printers and processes capable of assembling superior-grade electronic layers on a wide variety of substrates with novel form factors leading to the development of transient and flexible electronics. Further, state of the art, high resolution commercial printers are used for conductive interconnects deposition leading to high density and 3D integration.
Topics
- Fully automated planar and roll-based contact printing systems
- Direct roll transfer printing of high mobility nanomaterials
- Lithography-free printing methods such as in-tandem contact-transfer, selective removal etc.
- Highly efficient integration of nanomaterials using electric-field assisted approach
- Drop-on-demand high resolution (≤1µm) printers to carve out high-performance electronics with novel form factors
Highlights
- Printing of Nano to Chip Scale Structures for Flexible Hybrid Electronics
- Direct Roll Transfer Printed Silicon Nanoribbon Arrays based High-Performance Flexible Electronics
- Development of a highly controlled system for large-area, directional printing of quasi-1D nanomaterials
- Heterogeneous Integration of Contact-printed Semiconductor Nanowires for High Performance Devices on Large Areas
- High-Performance Printed Electronics based on Inorganic Semiconducting Nano to Chip Scale Structures
- In Tandem Contact-Transfer Printing for High-Performance Transient Electronics