Conference Introduction

The 2024 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium (Flex China 2024) is to be held in Suzhou on 23-24 Oct 2024

Printed electronics uses printing technologies to make flexible and large area electronic and optoelectronic devices and systems. It is a green manufacturing process and has become a new paradigm in electronic manufacturing. Printing is already adopted in OLED/QLED display panels production, printing is becoming one of the mainstream technologies for making sensors for IoT. Printing is changing the way the printed circuit board (PCB) are made. Smart packaging based on printed electronics will have great impact on traditional printing and packaging industries. Printed electronics on variety of flexible substrate materials such as plastics, papers, textiles or stretchable materials will enable wide range of form factors for electronic products, therefore, open up vast possibilities of new applications.

China started its own printed electronics development in 2010 and held the first symposium that year. Since then, the symposium has been held for 13 consecutive years, including 2 international conferences (ICFPE 2014 and 2018) hosted in China. These symposiums have stimulated the interests of Chinese researchers and industrialists to get involved in the field. From 2017, the Symposium became one of the SEMI’s global FlexTech meeting series and branded as “Flex China”. SEMI is the international organization for semiconductor industries. By forming the alliance with SEMI, the symposium became international. It also reflected the global trend of combining integrated circuit (IC) with printed electronics to enable practical applications of flexible electronics.

The 2024 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium (Flex China 2024) will again be held in Suzhou on 23-24 Oct. Built on its previous success, the Flex China 2024 will continue to serve as a platform for the exchange of information and progress in the field of flexible & printed electronics.

The Flex China 2024 is under the umbrella of the 2024China Nano Conference & Expo (Chinano), with several other events in parallel to be held in the same time and at the same venue. For more information about Flex China 2024 and other parallel events, please visit the Chinano website: http://www.chinanosz.com/.


Conference Introduction

Organization

Hosts

    • Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO), CAS

    • Printable Electronics Research Centre (PERC)


Organizers

    1. Nanopolis Suzhou Co., Ltd.

Co-organizers

    1. SEMI China
    2. Institute of Nanotechnology and Applications, Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (INA-JITRI)

Main topics

Main topics

Topics discussed at this meeting included but are not limited to:

2023 Speakers and Agenda

Date: Mar.1
Location: A106-107
Date: Mar.2
Location:A106-107
  • Moderator: Wenda Zhang, Senior Director of SEMI China

  • 08:30-09:00
    Key Technologies and Applications of Large-area Organic/Perovskite Thin-film Solar Cells
    Changqi Ma,Professor of Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics,Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • 09:00-09:30
    Design of Interface Materials for Printable Organic Photovoltaics (Online)
    Yinhua Zhou,Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology

  • 09:30-10:00
    High Efficiency Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells
    Haizhou Lu,Professor of Southeast University

  • 10:00-10:30
    Tea Break

  • Moderator: Wenda Zhang, Senior Director of SEMI China

  • 10:30-11:00
    Flexible Sensor Systems and Health Information Processing
    Wei Chen, Professor of Fudan University

  • 11:00-11:30
    Intrinsically Flexible and Stretchable Polymer Photoelectronic Materials and Devices
    Yunlong Guo,Professor of Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • 11:30-12:00
    Flexible Sensing Materials and Wearable Sensors
    Ranran Wang,Professor of Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • 12:00-12:30
    Electroactive Fabric Materials and Smart Textile Structures
    Jian Fang,Professor of Soochow University

  • 12:30-13:30
    Lunch

  • Moderator: Zheng Cui, Professor of Jiangsu Provincial JITRI Institute

  • 13:30-14:00
    Opportunities and Applications of Flexible Printed Electronics
    Jun Wei,Assistant to Principal of Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen

  • 14:00-14:30
    All Printed Electronics for Smart Packaging Applications
    Wei Wu, Professor of Wuhan University

  • 14:30-15:00
    Advanced Technology for Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing and Packaging
    Simon Hao,Founder and CEO of Yi Xin Technology

  • 15:00-15:30
    Tea Break

  • Moderator: Zheng Cui, Professor of Jiangsu Provincial JITRI Institute

  • 15:30-16:00
    New Materials and Approaches for 2D,3D and 4D Printed Electronics (Online)
    Shlomo Magdassi,Professor of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

  • 16:00-16:30
    Introduction to SEMI-FlexTech program (Online)
    Gity Samadi,Director of R&D Program, SEMI-FlexTech, USA

  • 16:30-17:00
    Road to Industrialization of Printed Electronics
    Peng Xiao,R&D Director of Suzhou Splendid Technology Ltd.

  • 17:00-17:30
    Preparation of Ag Nanoparticles and Applications
    Zhongtian Yang,R&D Director of Shanxi Yitaike Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd.

  • 17:30-18:00
    Low Temperature Sintered Silver Pastes and Applications in Printed Electronics
    Weibing Gu,General Manager of Suzhou InnoPrint Electronics Ltd.

  • 18:30-20:30
    SEMI Banquet

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Wentang Hao
(Founder and CEO of Yi Xin Technology)
Advanced Technology for Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing and Packaging

 Biography: South regional manager, Microscope Business unit of Carl Zeiss China from 2005 to 2011, founded Yi Xin Technology in 2011 to provide total solution for flexible and printed electronics, participated the development of PeJet printer and FlexTest system for testing of flexible devices, and made the Yi Xin Technology as the specialist supplier of materials and equipment for flexible and printed electronics in China. The company supplies Piezo driven inkjet printers, Aerosol Jet printers, Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) jet printers, ultrasonic jet printers, 3D nonregular direct write printers, Slot Die and roll-to-roll coaters, FlexTest instruments, maskless photolithography system, and photonic sintering systems.

Abstract: Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) which combines additive printing with mature integrated circuit (IC) technology has shown great application potentials. However, current technologies in printing resolution, ink viscosity and material loading, device reliability are still not up to the demand. The recent developed Ultra Precision Deposition (UPD) technology can use highly viscous and high material loading inks while still enables direct printing of minimum 1um features with high aspect ratio on topographical substrate. Such superior features can solve the problems in 3D interconnects for IC chips and 3D packaging, which are essential in the manufacturing of FHEs for wearable electronic systems, soft robotic systems, ultrathin displays and health care applications.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Weibing Gu
(General Manager of Suzhou InnoPrint Electronics Ltd.)
Low Temperature Sintered Silver Pastes and Applications in Printed Electronics

Biography: Gu Weibing, Ph.D., Senior Engineer, majoring in solid state electronics and microelectronics, has been engaged in the research of nano-functional materials, printed electronic technology and flexible electronic systems, including printable conductive ink, nano-material photon sintering technology, flexible electronic circuit system and intelligent packaging technology since 2009. During the period, he has undertaken the sub-tasks of 973 project, participated in a number of national, CAS, provincial and municipal projects, and cooperated with a number of well-known enterprises in project development, among which many technical indicators have reached the international leading level. Hes participated in the formulation of a number of IPC international printing and electronic technology standards, and concurrently served as an advisory member of International Flexible Electronics and Intelligent Packaging Industry Alliance. At present, he has published more than 10 SCI papers, applied for nearly 30 patents and authorized 12. In 2021, Suzhou InnoPrint Co., Ltd. was established, focused on the commercialization of low-temperature conductive silver paste, printing process and flexible functional circuit.

Abstract: Printed electronic technology is a graphical manufacturing technology, which can realize the preparation of circuits, functional devices and systems on different substrates (including flexible and rigid substrates). This report mainly introduces the printable low-temperature silver paste based on the metallic silver material and its inking preparation, the new-type round screen printing process and its application in circuits and devices. A series of application cases of low-temperature slurry in transparent circuits with integrated display, touch control and other functions, printed RFID electronic labels, smart packaging, smart ground and so on were presented.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Xiaojun Guo
(Professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Heterogenous Transistor Integration for Flexible Displays and Sensor Systems

BiographyProfessor Xiaojun Guo, Vice Dean of Electric and Electronic Engineering College, Shanghai Jiao Tung University. Doctor degree in 2007 at Surrey University, UK, subsequently worked at Plastic Logic UK. Joined Shanghai Jiao tung University in 2009. Current research focuses on human-machine interface electronics, including flexible thin-film transistors, display and sensing, edging computing. Published over 80 papers at world top microelectronics and display journals and conferences. Invited speakers at over 20 international conferences. Member of IEEE EDS, IEEE TED and IEEE J-EDS, Elected as Distinguished Young Scholar of Chinese Natural Science Foundation.

AbstractHigher demands have been raised on the performance and fabrication process of the basic building block of all electronics, i.e. the transistors, due to the advanced development of flexible displays and sensing systems. The transistors not only have to satisfy the circuit requirements for digital, analogue and mixed signal processing, but also to satisfy the form factors for system integration, as well as the low cost. Single transistor is no longer enough to meet such high demands. The report will introduce the heterogenous transistor integration technology and 3D stack of transistors with different functionalities for flexible displays and sensor systems.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Zhongtian Yang
(R&D Director of Shanxi Yitaike Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd.)
Preparation of Ag Nanoparticles and Applications

Biography Graduated from Peking University in July 1990and work at China Institute for Radiation Protection in past 33 years. Mainly research fields are chemical analysisradiation protectiondevelopment of new materialsirradiation effectsassessment of disposal for High-Level waste. During past 3 years, Preparation technology of Ag nano-particle were developed at Shanxi Yitaike Electrical Equipment Co.LTD, Equipments were designed and established, and pilot preparation were tested for tens of times. Ag nano-particle can be prepared at 1~6kg /batch now and 25kg/batch in future.

AbstractResearch projects and technical index issued by local government in past 2 years for Ag nano-particles and low temperature Ag paste/printing ink were introduced briefly first, then the development work for preparation of Ag nano-particles done  at Shanxi Yitaike Electrical Equipment Co.LTD were given; nano-Ag samples from different  batch  production were tested by The-Third-Side lab, the results show that: Series Ag nano-particle products with the size less than 45nm(Mean Maximum Size) can be obtained at room temperature and ambient air easily. And at last application of nano-Ag materials were discussed .

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Peng Xiao
(R&D Director of Suzhou Splendid Technology Ltd.)
Road to Industrialization of Printed Electronics

BiographyStarted professional career in screen printing industry in 2004 and has been working on design and manufacturing of conventional thin-film switch, electro luminance, touch sensor and keyboard circuits since, with knowledge on the materials information and development of relevant products.

AbstractThe talk will give an overview of printed electronics applications in consumer electronic products, including home electronic appliances and financial payment systems. Based on the speaker’s personal experience, the key issues in scale-up manufacturing of flexible electronic products including how to match material/processes with market requirements are discussed.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Shlomo Magdassi
(Professor of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
New Materials and Approaches for 2D,3D and 4D Printed Electronics (Online)

BiographyShlomo Magdassi is a professor at the Institute of Chemistry of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and currently, His research focuses on micro and nanomaterials and their applications in functional inks such as printed electronics, 2D, 3D and 4D printing. In addition to his scientific publications he has more than 90 inventions, which led to many commercial activities, including licensing agreements, worldwide sales and establishing new start-up companies. Shlomo Magdassi is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, and the recipient of the 2022 Johann Gutenberg Prize of the Society for Imaging Science and Technology.

Abstract: Functional printing brings the additional performance of printed patterns, beyond graphic output. Our research is focused on the synthesis and formulations of conductive inks, and their utilization in all-printed electrical and optoelectronic devices. These inks address major challenges in the fabrication of flexible, stretchable, and 3D electronics devices, in which the fabrication by printing should be performed at low temperatures to enable utilization in stretchable polymeric substrates. Inks composed of various nanomaterials, mainly silver, copper and CNT dispersions, will be presented, while tailored to the various printing technologies. Utilization of 3D and 4D printing technologies for the fabrication of objects composed of shape memory polymers, elastomers and hydrogels will be demonstrated. Printing-based applications will be discussed, in various fields, such as actuators and sensors for soft robotics, wearable electronics and Internet of Things.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Simon Hao
(Founder and CEO of Yi Xin Technology)
Advanced Technology for Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing and Packaging

Biography: South regional manager, Microscope Business unit of Carl Zeiss China from 2005 to 2011, founded Yi Xin Technology in 2011 to provide total solution for flexible and printed electronics, participated the development of PeJet printer and FlexTest system for testing of flexible devices, and made the Yi Xin Technology as the specialist supplier of materials and equipment for flexible and printed electronics in China. The company supplies Piezo driven inkjet printers, Aerosol Jet printers, Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) jet printers, ultrasonic jet printers, 3D nonregular direct write printers, Slot Die and roll-to-roll coaters, FlexTest instruments, maskless photolithography system, and photonic sintering systems.

Abstract: Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) which combines additive printing with mature integrated circuit (IC) technology has shown great application potentials. However, current technologies in printing resolution, ink viscosity and material loading, device reliability are still not up to the demand. The recent developed Ultra Precision Deposition (UPD) technology can use highly viscous and high material loading inks while still enables direct printing of minimum 1um features with high aspect ratio on topographical substrate. Such superior features can solve the problems in 3D interconnects for IC chips and 3D packaging, which are essential in the manufacturing of FHEs for wearable electronic systems, soft robotic systems, ultrathin displays and health care applications.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Wei Wu
( Professor of Wuhan University )
All Printed Electronics for Smart Packaging Applications

BiographyResearch areas are in printable functional materials, printed electronics and intelligent packaging, wearable electronics. A member of International Printing Standards TC-30 committee. Vice director of printing technology committee in Chinese Society of Imaging Science and Technology. Won a number of awards in the last few years. Published over 100 scientific papers with citations over 8500. 

AbstractLike the e-skins in wearable electronics, smart packaging is also originated with highly interdisciplinary nature, including integration of electric interconnections, physical/chemical sensors, optoelectronic displays, energy generation and storage. Conventional packaging involves printing of pictures and texts to convey the message of products. If the same printing can be used to printing smart electronic devices, the cost of smart packaging can be greatly reduced. The talk will introduce recent progress in printing energy devices, sensors and flexible heating devices at the author’s group and also describe their potentials in smart packaging applications.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Jun Wei
(Assistant to Principal of Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen)
Opportunities and Applications of Flexible Printed Electronics

BiographyDr. Wei is the Director of printed electronics key laboratory. Before joining  HIT Shenzhen he was a Principal Scientist of Singapore A*STAR and Director for the Additive Manufacturing Research Plan for the SIMTech of Singapore. He published over 800 papers and citations over 26800 with H-index of 81. He also has 80 plus patents and chairman for a number of international conferences.

Abstract: The advantages of flexible printed electronics (FPE) is the direct printing, reduced time and processing steps of design to products, and can produce low cost thin, flexible, wearable electronics devices in large scale. The talk will introduce opportunities and applications of FPE in electronic logic/storage, lighting, display, sensors, smart packaging and IoT, as well as the achievements of speaker’s team in the FPE field.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Jian Fang
(Professor of Soochow University)
Electroactive Fabric Materials and Smart Textile Structures

BiographyDistinguished Professor, PhD Supervisor. Graduated from Deakin University of Australia with PhD degree in materials engineering and joined Soochow University in 2019. Specialty in flexible wearable electronic garments, nanofibers and high performance textiles. Published over 90 journal papers and 3 books, filed over 10 patents.

AbstractThe rapid development of wearable electronics has drawn considerable attention on smart garments and textiles. However, current smart garments are mostly based on mounting rigid silicon devices onto conventional textiles, which greatly limits the comfortability and durability of clothes. Newly developed electroactive fabrics and smart textiles with various electronic functions can replace some of the electronic devices and interconnects, which helps to realize the wearability of these smart garments. 

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Ranran Wang
(Professor of Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Flexible Sensing Materials and Wearable Sensors

BiographyPhD in 2013 from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Research areas are in flexible wearable sensors and applications. Published more than 60 journal papers in J. Am. Chem. Soc, Adv. Maters etc. with citations over 3900 and H-factor of 32. 

AbstractFlexible sensors are the key components in wearable electronic systems and have already demonstrated great application potentials in health care, artificial intelligence and other areas. Novel flexible sensing materials plays the vital role in design and fabrication of high performance flexible sensors. The talk will systematically introduce the work conducted in the speaker’s research team on the new sensing materials and microstructures development, as well as present a series of multifunctional sensors for applications in sports, health and medical fields.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Yunlong Guo
(Professor of Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Intrinsically Flexible and Stretchable Polymer Photoelectronic Materials and Devices

Biography: Professor, PhD supervisor, Overseas Outstanding Young Scholar. Main research interests are in organic polymer photoelectronic materials and organic/inorganic hybrid materials and flexible electronic devices. Published over 150 papers in scientific journals including Nat. Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Mater. Citation over 12000 and H-index of 57.

Abstract: Organic field effect transistors, organic light emitting diodes and organic photovoltaic are ideal candidates for flexible low cost wearable electronics. The speaker’s team made high sensitivity intrinsically stretchable phototransistors by designing and assembling worm-like structures with perovskite quantum dots, and developed high current efficiency intrinsically stretchable organic polymer light emitting diodes, from which high sensitivity stretchable X-ray detector and low power flexible piezoelectric sensors for monitoring eye fatigue have been developed.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Wei Chen
( Professor of Fudan University)
Flexible Sensor Systems and Health Information Processing

Biography: Director of Intelligent Medical Electronics Center, chairperson of China Branch for IEEE Council of sensors and systems, years of experience in research of sensor-based information technology fusing with clinical medicine and health monitoring. Executive editor of IEEE RBME journal, published over 200 technical papers, edited 2 books and inventor of more than granted 20 patents. Coordinated and participated dozen of research projects including European Horizon 2020 project, national and regional projects.

Abstract: Rapid development of flexible sensing materials and information fusion technology stimulated the growth of wearable and embedded sensing systems and has generated profound influence on the intelligent medicine and health management. The talk will focus on wearable and noncontact sensor systems based on flexible sensing materials for multiple modes physiology and behavior monitoring oh human body. Combined with intelligent algorithm, the flexible sensor systems have demonstrated practical values in assisting disease diagnostics, monitoring of brain activity, health management and predicament, monitoring of new born babies and elders, as well as assisting rehabilitation and healthy sleeping.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Haizhou Lu
(Professor of Southeast University)
High Efficiency Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

BiographyUndergraduate from Sichuan University and PhD from London Queen Mary University, UK. Postgraduate studies at Fudan University and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, and Joined Southeast University in 2022. Research in recent years is focused on perovskite solar cells and published a number of high quality papers.

AbstractPerovskite solar cell is developing rapidly in recent years. The photoelectric efficiency has reached 25% for single junction cells which becomes the front runner in third generation photovoltaic technologies. Perovskite solar cells are easy to fabricate and low cost, which presents a great hope for large scale commercial applications particularly for the flexible perovskite solar cells. However, making high quality perovskite solar cells on flexible substrates is still facing some technical difficulties. The talk will introduce some of our recent work on interface engineering and performance characterization of high efficiency flexible perovskite solar cells.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Wenming Su
(Professor of Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Printed Organic Electrochromic Materials, Devices and Applications

BiographyProfessor Su is the leader or printed electronics group with main research interests in inkjet printing of OLED/QLED, organic electrochromic materials and devices, printed metal-mesh transparent conductive films, printed flexible circuits. Undertook over 50 government and industry research projects. Published more than 50 papers and 30 more patens and a guest editor for the special issue of printed electronic nanomaterials of Nanoscale journal.  

AbstractElectrochromic devices (ECD) can change color or transparency reversibly under external electrical field, which can be used for adjust ambient lighting and energy saving displays. Organic ECD has the advantages of more choices of colors, easy to process in solution state and low cost to manufacture. The talk will introduce our team’s work in organic ECD including material design and synthesis, printable solid electrolyte performances and applications in smart window, intelligent packaging and anticounterfeiting, display and camouflage, etc.  

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Haizheng Zhong
(Professor of Beijing Institute of Technology)
Blue Quantum Dots: The Key Battle Field to Unlock The Industrialization of Quantum Bots

BiographyDean of Physics and Chemistry Department, College of Materials, elected as an Outstanding Young Scholar of Chinese National Natural Science Foundation in 2017, Main research interest in quantum dots and application. Published over 200 scientific papers, patents over 100, citations in Google over 14000 and elected as the high citation scholar of China by Elsevier in 2020 and 2021. Executive Editor for the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.

AbstractAfter 30 years of development, great progresses in efficiency and stability have been made for Quantum-dots Light Emitting Diode (QLED), which are approaching what the display industry requires. There are already QLED demos produced by Chinese flat panel display makers. As the full-scale industrialization of QLED displays is in the horizon, the shortcomings of blue quantum dots both in materials and in devices are increasingly critical. The talk will report the recent advances in blue quantum dots, in particular the progress made at the speaker’s laboratory, hopefully to provide some solutions for the problems currently facing in blue quantum dots development.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Wenyong Lai
(Vice Dean of Chemistry and Life Science College Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunication)
Materials and Devices of Flexible and Printed Electronics

Biography: Long experience of research and education in polymer-based organic photoelectronics and flexible electronics. Leading investigator in more than 20 national and regional research projects. Published over 200 SCI papers as first author or communication author in scientific journals such as Chem. Soc. Rev., Angew. Chem., Adv. Mater., Research, Nat. Commun. Granted over 50 patents as the first inventor. Won second award of National Natural Science Foundation (2013), Chinese Young Scientist Award (2016).

AbstractFlexible electronics has become the focus of current research spreading over material, chemistry and electronics disciplines. The flexible displays, wearable devices and electronic skins generated from the flexible electronics research will have profound influence on human life and production activity. Currently, the flexible electronics based on macromolecular photoelectronic materials are in a key stage of development. Our focus is on the high performance printable organic polymeric photon generating materials, interface materials and electrode materials, including material design and control and functionality. Our aim is to break the bottle neck of constructing high performance large area flexible and printed electronic devices.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Weiran Cao
(Vice Director of TCL CSOT)
Flexible OLED Displays with Ink-jet Printing Technology

BiographyWeiran Cao received his PhD from University of Florida in 2013. He joined TCL CSOT in 2018, now leading the team to develop ink jet printing technology.

AbstractDue to the requirement of thin device structure and manufacturing on flexible substrate, OLED is the most feasible technology for flexible display. The ink-jet printing technology exhibits huge manufacturing and cost advantages in large-scale flexible OLED because of key features such as simplified manufacturing process, no need for fine metal mask(FMM) and so on.

CSOT has been investing in this new technology for many years, and now has mastered the complete manufacturing process for IJP display technology, like panel design, substrate, TFT backplane, EL device, thin film encapsulation, module etc.

In the future, CSOT will keep increasing investment and R&D effort in flexible IJP display technology, unite partners including printing material vendors, printing equipment manufacturers and other technical cooperation partners, to work together for accomplishing the mass production of flexible IJP OLED display technology.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Khasha Ghaffarzadeh
(CEO of TechBlick, Germany)
Real Printed Electronics Applications: Past, Present, and Future (Online)

BiographyKhasha is the CEO of TechBlick. He has spent more than a decade leading a global analysts teams focused on emerging technologies at IDTechEx. He has developed market-leading industry reports and supported numerous clients in Asia, Europe, and North America.  Prior to founding TechBlick, Khasha was the Research Director at a global market research firm. He completed his masters and PhD at the University of Cambridge and UCL, respectively. He worked with Samsung to produce and characterize state-of-the-art TFTs. He is regularly cited in leading journals and his academic publications are cited over a 1000 times.

AbstractThe resolution of printed electronics technology improves constantly, in some cases even encroaching into the territory of lithography. What is achieved today was hardly imaginable last decade.  In this talk, we will review the state-of-the-art in various fineline printing approaches. In doing so, we will cover techniques as diverse as screen printing, hybrid  printing, flexo and gravure printing, LIFT (laser induced forward transfer), transfer, nanoimprint, etc. We will show how printed techniques today can cover the entire spectrum from nano-sized to micro-sized scale on substrates as diverse as silicon and PET using both continuous/analogue as well as digital techniques.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Ravinder Dahiya
(Professor of Northeastern University, USA)
Flexible Electronic Skin for Robotics and Interactive Systems (Online)

Biography:Ravinder Dahiya is Professor in the Department Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University, Boston, USA. His group (Bendable Electronics and Sustainable Technologies (BEST)) conducts research in flexible printed electronics, electronic skin, and their applications in robotics, prosthetics, wearables, and interactive systems. He has authored or co-authored more than 500 publications, books and submitted/granted patents and disclosures. He has led or contributed to many international projects.Prof. Dahiya is President of IEEE Sensors Council. He has been recipient of EPSRC Fellowship, Marie Curie Fellowship and Japanese Monbusho Fellowship. He was the Founding Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics (J-FLEX) and has been editorial boards of several leading journals. He has been General Chair or Technical Programme Chair of several international conferences. He has received several awards, including Technical Achievement award from IEEE Sensors Council, Young Investigator Award from Elsevier, and 12 best journal/conference paper awards as author/co-author. He is Fellow of IEEE and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Abstract: The miniaturization-based advances in electronics have revolutionized computing and communication. through high-performance electronics on planar and stiff substrates. However, planar electronics does not go well with several emerging applications and interactive systems (e.g., robots, wearables and vehicles etc.) which require sensors and electronics embedded in soft and squishy materials. These requirements call for new methods to realize electronics on unconventional substrates such as plastic, paper and elastomers. The resource efficient manufacturing has also added new dimension to this field. This talk will present some of these advances, including hybrid integration of off-the-shelf devices embedded in soft materials, printed nanostructures, and ultra-thin chips, etc., leading to electronic skin for robotics, prosthetics and similar interactive systems. Such systems are also the key enablers for advances in emerging fields such as wearables, and healthcare technologies, and this lecture will also briefly discuss these potential future directions.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Yinhua Zhou
(Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
Design of Interface Materials for Printable Organic Photovoltaics(Online)

BiographyProfessor at the National Center of Optoelectronics. Research in printable organic photovoltaics with special focuses on flexible transparent electrodes, molecular interface of high/low work function and applications. Published over 150 papers with citations of 8900 and H-factor 51.

AbstractOrganic photovoltaics can be fabricated by printing and mechanically flexible, but difficult to realize high efficiency. The key problem is the deposition of dense and uniform films and efficient charge transport between films. This talk will focus on the design of charge transport layers, particularly the hole transport via PEDOT:F which can overcome the problems of traditional PEDOT:PSS, such as acidic, absorbing moisture and hydrophobicity, and the PEI-Zn of low work function of conductive polymer for electron transport. With these new charge transport materials, all-printed organic photovoltaic with efficiency over 13% has been realized.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Gity Samadi
(Director of R&D Program, SEMI-FlexTech, USA)
Introduction to SEMI-FlexTech program (Online)

Biography: Dr. Gity Samadi is the Director of R&D Programs at SEMI, where she leads FlexTech and NBMC R&D consortiums.She has 20 years of experience in the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) and semiconductor industries and working in various positions such as engineering, program manager, and senior management. She began her career at IBM in San Jose and has since worked for companies such as Hitachi Global Storage (HGST), Western Digital, Headway (TDK), and Lumentum.She has a Ph.D. in Engineering Physics from the Vienna University of Technology in Austria. She has received corporate recognition, holds five patents, and has numerous technical publications.


Speakers of 2023 Conference
Changqi Ma
(Professor of Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics,Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Key Technologies and Applications of Large-area Organic/Perovskite Thin-film Solar Cells

Biography: Graduated from Beijing Normal University in 1998 and PhD at Institute of Physical Chemistry in 2003, Postdoctoral researcher in UK, Germany in2003-2011. Joined Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and Nanobionics in 2011 and set up Printed Photovoltaic Laboratory at the Printable Electronics Research Center. Published over 150 SCI papers and 30 patents in printed organic and hybrid solar cells and printing technologies.

Abstract: Organic and perovskite thin-film solar cells are developing rapidly in recent years. The efficiencies of small area solar cells have reached above 20% to 25% and demonstrated great application prospect. The talk will report the recent development of printable thin-film solar cells at the speaker’s laboratory, with focuses on printable inks, large-area flexible transparent electrodes, printing processes and reliability of solar cells, as well as prospects of industrialization for flexible thin-film solar cells.

Speakers of 2023 Conference
Zheng Cui
(Professor of Jiangsu Provincial JITRI Institute)
10 Years Development of Printed Electronics in China: Overview and Outlook

BiographyProfessor Zheng Cui had his Bachelor, Master and PhD degrees at Southeast University, China, and then worked in the UK for 20 years, first at Cambridge University and then at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the field of micro and nanofabrication technologies for ICs and MEMS. In 2009, he returned to China and setup the Printable Electronics Research Center (PERC). The Center established research themes from electronic ink formulation to printing process development for flexible electronics, with applications oriented towards printed flexible solar cells, thin-film transistors, organic light emission, and stretchable/wearable electronics. He has authored and coauthored over 320 technical papers, 7 books on the subject of micro/nanofabrication technologies and 4 books on the subject of printed electronics. Some of the fabrication technologies his team developed at PERC have been transferred to industry and commercialized.

AbstractThe first book on printed electronics was published in 2012 in China, which was written by the speaker and his team at the Printable Electronics Research Center at the Suzhou Institute of Nanotech. 10 years has passed since then. Recently, the speaker and his team has just finished writing of the second edition of this book. While writing the book, it is an opportunity to look back the happening in development of printed electronics in China, the achievements and lessons learnt. The speaker would like to share with audience of his experience as well to make some outlooks for the future.

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    The conference summary submission activity of "The 2023 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium" has been launched.

    Click to download the conference summary submission template. Deadline: January 20, 2023

    Submission template for "The 2023 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics  Symposium "

    Please send the meeting summary to the email address before the deadline for submission: jiangxf@nanopolis.cn

    Contact person of the organizer: Jiang Xiufen 18866025960



    Download the application form now




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