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…
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…
In a world of IoT’s, traceability and digitalization, the use of electronic devices is becoming mainstream and generates valuable data for millions of companies and consumers, but at the expense of the environment, all using batteries and non-renewable resources. Indeed, the main hurdles facing electronics devices are power consumption and miniaturisation. Emerging systems are therefore…
Flexible organic photodetectors/organic solar cells are due to their very thin outline intrinsically vulnerable to mechanical abrasiveness and will for some uses require additional protection. Such measures are typically carried out by using conventional protection where the solar cells are laminated into a more rigid panel frame (glass or plastic), as is well known from…
MADRAS is developing novel advanced materials and manufacturing processes for a scalable production of Organic Large Area Electronics (OLAE) devices. The project is conceived to ensure a fast uptake of the flexible and wearable OLAE-based products, guaranteeing their use in real industrial environments such as the logistics (geolocation tag) and the transport sector (fingerprint reader).…
MADRAS partners from UWINLOC have participated in the North Star Dubai Congress, the redefined GITEX Future Stars, which took place from 9th to 12th of October 2021, in Dubai. During the event, representatives from UWINLOC, which counted with its own booth located at Z6-441 Hall 6, presented their contribution to MADRAS project, with the final…
MADRAS project has been represented in the SIDO Lyon Conference, the Europe’s leading IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and XR technologies event, which took place from 22nd – 24th of September 2021. During the event, UWINLOC counted with its own booth, to discuss their solutions for traceability and location of goods, based on UWB battery-less tags.…
Flexible printed electronics offer many benefits, such as fast production, low materials consumption, and reduced manufacturing cost. However, due to their very thin layout, flexible devices can be sensitive to mechanical stresses and, therefore, might require additional integration strategies. This is typically carried out by using conventional and time-consuming methods like adhesion to rigid surfaces or attachment with additional bulky structures. In…
MADRAS project has been presented in the 9th Annual World Congress of Advanced Materials (WCAM2021), which took place from August 26th – 28th in Dalian, China. Vanesa Martínez-Nogués PhD, European R&D Project Manager at Tecnopackaging, participated at the “Forum 2: Electronic, Photonic and Magnetic Materials. TRACK 202: Electronic and Optoelectronic Materials” and introduced MADRAS as…
Printed electronics serves as an opportunity to create functional structures/devices, which can be realized via high-throughput printing/coating techniques. Given technologies enable to create functional features/structure, fabricated in high volume by low-cost production processes. Because the technology production process of given devices is designed, in most cases, from the roots, it is developed by respecting the…
