Printed electronics is a revolutionary technology that holds the potential to transform the way we manufacture and use electronic devices. By leveraging the power of printing techniques, researchers and engineers are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, opening doors to a future where electronics can be seamlessly integrated into our daily lives. In this blog…
Over the last two years, energy harvesting technology has made significant progress, particularly in the area of radiofrequency (RF) energy harvesting, which has seen a two to threefold increase in its energization range capabilities allowing a whole new range of usages. Today, Paragon ID is able to energise up to 25 metres Ultra-Wideband (UWB) and…
Fedrigoni’s role in the MADRAS project is to produce a transparent flexible substrate for the development of a geotracking battery-free flexible tag. Fedrigoni opted to produce the substrate based on cellulose materials and, more precisely, phosphorylated cellulose nanomaterials. According to literature, cellulose phosphorylation is mainly carried out by reacting cellulose with urea and phosphoric acid.…
The MADRAS project develops a product for the persons’ authentication market, which helps demonstrate a materials-driven improvement of OLAE devices. In particular, a biometric photosensor is to be integrated into motorbikes used for micro-mobility services offered by the project partner Cooltra. This device expects to show a step forward towards digitisation and Internet of Things…
PEDOT:PSS is still the most widely used conductive polymer, both in research and in real-world applications. This is due to its unique properties, which include relatively high conductivity, transparency, solid environmental and chemical resistance, film formation properties, while presenting low toxicity, environmental impact, and cost. In the MADRAS project, PEDOT:PSS is mainly used as a…
Standard-related activities have been carried out since the beginning of the MADRAS project, identifying existing related standards. Now is time to take another step forward and leave some more footprints. The knowledge and good practices learnt during the project can be useful for other industrial and social players, even in different sectors. Standards codify knowledge,…
It is well known that it can be very challenging to transform a process developed in the laboratory into a procedure that can be applied in large scale manufacturing. Where work in the laboratory is mainly focused on the actual “development of something new”, issues like scalability, materials cost, material consumption, safety, sustainability, etc. become…
Plastronics, also known as In Mold Electronics (IME), is an emerging technology that combines electronics and plastic materials with the aim to obtain products with high added value by providing them with advanced functions or features. Through the combination of functional printing and hybridisation of electronic components with traditional processes like injection moulding and thermoforming,…
TECNOPACKAGING is a Spanish SME leading the impact boosting activities in MADRAS, with the double objective of analysing potential markets to replicate the outcomes of the project and organising two workshops to showcase the project’s demonstrators to the industry. MADRAS solutions beyond project demonstrators MADRAS is a fully market-driven project with the potential to impact…
The development of the industrial implementation of large-area printed electronics depends, among other things, on a sufficiently flexible source of key materials for both sensor and circuit structures. The market offering metallic printing formulations or materials based on conductive metal oxides is largely filled, whereas, in the field of organic conductive and semi-conductive materials, the…
