David Savastano, Editor05.16.12
Roll-to-roll processing of conductive materials is quickly becoming adopted among producers of printed electronics. Indium tin oxide, or ITO, has been the standard approach used for producing transparent conductors. However, ITO also has numerous disadvantages, including cost, future availability, brittleness and flexibility.
This is where UniPixel, Inc.’s Performance Engineered Films come in. Headquartered in The Woodlands, TX, UniPixel, Inc. was founded on a novel display technology called TMOS (Time Multiplexed Optical Shutter). The company opted to license its TMOS technology, but saw opportunities for other technologies that it discovered along the way, notably on the inkjet side.
Rather than using a UV curable coat as a protective layer, UniPixel forms a template that uses UV curable materials to produce a 5 to 10 micron line width grid, which serves as a transparent, flexible pattern for conductive nano inks. This allows the user to rep
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