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SCREENTEX 2

NVESTIGATION OF ELECTRONIC PRINTING ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE (YEAR 2)

Field
Regional
Date
01/01/2017 - 01/12/2017
Industry
Budget
93751,31
Funded by
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PROJECT INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

In recent years, the printing of electronics on flexible substrates has attracted special interest in the scientific community thanks to its great potential in terms of applications, from flexible electronics to flexible displays, etc. On the other hand, these electronics have lower costs than standard techniques, which is an added advantage. The mode of application of this technology is similar to that used in other fields such as screen printing, but using conductive inks.
Based on the results obtained in the previous year, the SCREENTEX project proposes new structures that allow the creation of screens using light-emitting electrochemical cells and pressure matrix techniques on textile substrates. The main challenge was to transfer ink depositions onto textile substrates with the added complexity of properties such as flexibility and elasticity, as well as porosity and moisture absorption.
The development of this project will improve the knowledge of new techniques for printed electronics on new textile substrates. The results obtained have been and will be transmitted to the companies of the sector in order to improve the state of technology in the textile companies of the Valencian Community. This improves the competitiveness of companies in a globalized market.

During this year the project will develop different prototypes of smart fabrics to promote the interesting and attractive sector and market of "Smart Textiles" which is in full expansion. The objective is to research on new prototypes and to continue advancing in this technology based on the results of the previous year. To this end, new structures will be proposed and characterized to enable the creation of screens using light-emitting electrochemical cell and pressure matrix techniques on textile substrates. Considering the existing methodologies and materials used in solutions on rigid and plastic substrates, the challenge of the research will be to transfer these depositions on textile substrates with the complexity derived in part by the properties of flexibility and elasticity that fabrics offer.

In recent years, the printing of electronics on flexible substrates has attracted special interest in the scientific community due to its great potential in terms of applications, from flexible electronics to flexible displays, etc. On the other hand, these electronics have lower costs than standard techniques, which is an added advantage. The mode of application of this technology is similar to that used in other fields such as screen printing, but using conductive inks.
Based on the results obtained in the previous year, the SCREENTEX project proposes new structures that allow the creation of screens using light-emitting electrochemical cells and pressure matrix techniques on textile substrates. The main challenge was to transfer ink depositions onto textile substrates with the added complexity of properties such as flexibility and elasticity, as well as porosity and moisture absorption.
The development of this project will improve the knowledge of new printed electronics techniques on new textile substrates. The results obtained have been and will be transmitted to the companies of the sector in order to improve the state of technology in the textile companies of the Valencian Community. This improves the competitiveness of companies in a globalized market.

During this year the project will develop different prototypes of smart fabrics to promote the interesting and attractive sector and market of “Smart Textiles” which is in full expansion. The objective is to research on new prototypes and to continue advancing in this technology based on the results of the previous year. To this end, new structures will be proposed and characterized to enable the creation of screens using light-emitting electrochemical cell and pressure matrix techniques on textile substrates. Considering the existing methodologies and materials used in solutions on rigid and plastic substrates, the challenge of the research will be to transfer these depositions on textile substrates with the complexity derived in part by the properties of flexibility and elasticity that fabrics offer.

Contact information

Jorge Moreno
Head of Intelligent Textiles and Digitalization Research Group

AITEX

Technological capabilities

Robotics
Additive manufacturing