David Savastano, Editor04.16.13
As Printed Electronics Europe 2013, organized by IDTechEx, heads into its second day on April 18 for its two-day conference at the International Congress Centrum (ICC) in Berlin, Germany, attendees will be learning about the strides being made in the market place and in the labs.
Track 1 covers the world of Manufacturing, starting with three talks on Breakthroughs in Conductive Inks. Dr. Louis Bollens of ESMA begins with his talk on "Conductive Low Cost Ink Processes Enable Printed Electronics Applications." Dr. Bollens will be followed by Dr .Gunther Dreezen, technical manager, Henkel Electronic Materials Belgium NV, wo will present on "Henkel Innovative Ink Technologies: Transparent Conductors, Fine Line Inks and PTC Heating Inks," which will cover fine-line screen printable and halogen free electrically conductive ink designed for touch screen applications.
"Latest Advances in Lower Cost High Performance Functional Inks" is the topic of the talk by Vince Arancio, senior technologist - microcircuit materials at DuPont (UK) Ltd.
Breakthroughs in Copper Inks is the next session in the Manufacturing track, beginning with Dr. Kazunori Yamamoto, general manager, High-Performance Materials Development Center at Tsukuba Research Laboratory, Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. Dr. Kazunori Yamamoto will discuss "Cu-based Conductive Materials for Printed Electronics," including screen printing and inkjet printing.
Intrinsiq Materials Ltd. managing director Dr. Richard Dixon will cover "Conductive Copper Inks - High Resolution Printing and Laser Curing." Dr. Dixon will be followed by Yasuhiro Kuwana, principal manager, research center, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., whose topic is "Fine Pitch and Low Resistance Cu-ink Patterns by Inkjet Printing with AGC's EPRIMA."
Consumer Goods and Toys will be te next topic for the Manufacturing track. Andreas Meyer, process manager, Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH, will cover "Board Games and Electronics,"
including the requirements for printed electronics.
Jani-Mikael Kuusisto, chief business development officer for Ynvisible, will analyze "Printed Interactive Graphics for Consumer Packaged Goods Companies."
Prof. Norbert Gretz, director of the Institute of Medical Technology and Medical Research Center at the University of Heidelberg, will look at healthcare possibilities in "A Stretchable System for the Transcutaneous Assessment of Different Organ Functions."
Manufacturing and Integration is the next session, beginning with Stan Farnsworth, vice president - marketing at NovaCentrix, who will cover "Applications of Photonic Curing, and Enabled Materials." Frank Schaefer, sales director new products at Kroenert GmbH & Co KG, will discuss "Pushing the Limits in R2R Productions of Printed Electronics."
Matthew Gingerella, sales applications engineer, Tamarack Scientific Co., Inc., A SÜSS MicroTec AG Company, will present on "Laser Ablation - Alternative Method to Pattern Materials for Flexible Electronics." Remco Pennings, strategic marketing manager, Roth & Rau, will talk on "Cluster Tool Using Inkjet Printing for Pattered Multilayer Processing."
Track 2 continues the OLEDs LIVE! session from the first day, with a group of talks focusing on Breakthroughs in Semiconductors TFTs - Inorganics (Metal Oxides and Si). Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx, will start the session with "OLED Displays, Lighting, Barriers and TCT's: Markets and Technologies." Prof. Ryoichi Ishihara, associate professor, Delft University of Technology, will follow with "Flexible Single-Grain Si TFT."
Tobias Stolley, technologist R&D for Applied Materials WEB Coating GmbH, will cover "Roll to Roll Manufacturing of Next Generation Devices & Ultra High Barriers." Prof. Toshio Kamiya, associate professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, will then discuss "The Present Status and New Applications of Oxide Semiconductors."
OLEDs LIVE!’s next area of interest is Breakthroughs in Semiconductors TFTs - Organics. Dr. Anja Haase, a researcher at Joanneum Research, will cover "Sub-micron Self-aligned Organic Thin-film Transistors on 4" Flex for Display Backplanes," analyzing nanoimprint lithography for organic thin film transistors. Dr. Daniel Neumaier of AMO will discuss "Prospects and Challenges for a Graphene-based Transistor."
Two speakers will discuss Emerging New Processes and Materials. European Photocatalysis Federation president Alain Mathurin will cover "Photocatalysis - Dream or Reality," while Dr. Vassilios D Binas, chemist and researcher at Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas (Forth), will focus on "Hybrid Nanostructures for Advanced Photocatalysists."
Barrier Films will be covered by Senthil Ramadas, CTO, Tera-Barrier Films Pte Ltd. ("The Pivotal Role of Nanoparticles in Ultra High Barrier Films") and Dr. Rob Grant, head of business development at VG Scienta Ltd. ("Mass Spectrometric Measurement of WVTR to Better the 10^-6 g/m2/day.”)
For the subject of New Device Breakthroughs, Prof. David Britton, NanoSciences Innovation Centre, University of Cape Town and PST Sensors, will offer his insights into "The Evolution of the Transistor: The Biggest New Development to Transistor Functionality in 65 Years." Dr. Chris Stevens of the University of Oxford will cover "Metaboards and Pinless Chips," which closes OLEDs LIVE!
For Track 3, TCF LIVE! also returns from the first day. Cathleen Thiele, technology analyst, IDTechEx GmbH, starts the session with her presentation on "TCF Alternatives to ITO, Applications & Markets."
Visualplanet director Mike Cole will cover "Large Format Wire Based Film Projective Capacitive Touch Sensors." Bob Mackey, principal scientist, Synaptics, Inc., will follow Cole with his talk on "Is Metal Mesh the ‘ITO Replacement’ for Touchscreens?"
Tactonic Technologies CTO Charles Hendee will follow with "Lossless Mechanical Interpolation for Cost Effective and Continuously Tile-able Surface Sensing via Flexible Printed Electronics."
Touch Screen and ITO Replacement with Graphene is the next topic for TCF LIVE!, with University of Cambridge Prof. Andrea Ferrari delivering a talk on "Graphene for Printed, Flexible and Transparent Electronics," an introduction to graphene, and Graphenea CEO Jesus de La Fuente offering insights into "Graphene Films Synthesis and Transfer."
Carbon Nanotubes will be the focus of talks by Canatu and Brewer Science. Dr. David Brown, CTO and vice president business development at Canatu, will cover "Flexible No-Reflection Carbon NanoBud Touch Sensors Ready For Production," and Stephen Gibbons, director of carbon electronics research at Brewer Science, will discuss "Printable CNT Conductors in Flexible Packaging and Wireless Sensors."
Metal Grids and Nanowires is the focus of the next series of talks, beginning with Printable Electronics Research Centre director Prof. Zheng Cui, who will discuss "Metalgrid-based Transparent Conductive Films for Large Size Touchscreens."
Dr. Rahul Gupta, senior director business development at Cambrios Technologies, will then analyze "Cambrios ClearOhm: Solution Coated and Printed Transparent Conductor for Printed Electronics," noting that ClearOhm is commercially used in the touch panels of Android smartphones and shows improved performance for OLED displays and lighting and OPV.
Prof. Miko Cakmak, director, Center for Multifunctional Polymer Nanomaterials and Devices at University of Akron, will cover "Hybrid Electrospinning Casting Method to Produce Multifunctional Flexible Transparent Conductive Films."
Haptics and Electroactive Polymers is the next session, beginning with SynapTech CTO Eugene Dariush Daneshvar, whose talk will be on "Electroactive Polymer Actuators for Medical Applications." Dr. Christophe Ramstein, president and CEO of Strategic Polymers, Inc. (SPS), will present on "SPS Electro Mechanical Polymers to Enable the Ultimate Haptic User Experience." He will discuss the future of haptics as well as market needs.
Photovoltaics is the focus of Track 4, beginning with Dr. Harry Zervos, senior technology analyst for IDTechEx, who will offer his overview on "Printed Electronics in Photovoltaic Technologies: Market Forecasts 2013-2023"
Dr. Marc Vermeersch, solar technology and strategy - senior advisor at TOTAL S.A. - Gas & Power, will offer his thoughts on "Chances of Success for Organic PV in the Dominancy of Crystalline Silicon." Dr. Emma Kendrick, research supervisor, Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd., will then present on "Domestic Solar Energy Generation and Storage."
"OPV, an Industrial Reality" is the topic of the talk by Francois Barreau, marketing manager/business development for Armor Sustainable Energies (ASE).
Dr. Marie-Beatrice Madec, OPV scientist at Solvay Interox, will present on "Solution Processed Organic Photovoltaics." Fluxim AG CEO Dr. Beat Ruhstaller will discuss "Advanced Opto-electrical Characterization of Solar Cells,” while DisaSolar technical director Laurence Dassas will focus on "Organic Photovoltaics."
Solar Press CTO Dr. Jonathan Halls will cover "Commercialising Flexible Organic Photovoltaics for Effective Energy Harvesting," including the progress being made with roll-to-roll manufacturing of OPV modules.
Sonnenrepublik Gmbh director Dr. Oliver Lang will offer his insights into "Novel Solar Based Modular Device Platform for Energy Harvesting Applications."
Dr. Michael Arens, manager plasma process technology, Sentech Instruments GmbH, will cover "ALD Process Technology and Optical Metrology for Flexible Electronics." Dr. Harald Hoppe, OPV Research Group, TU Ilmenau, will discuss "Maturing Polymer Solar Cells."
ProNet Energy managing director Dieter Teckhaus will talk on "Latest Achievements in R2R Process Technology for Slot Die OPV Production," followed by Dr. Christian May, business manager organic materials and systems at Fraunhofer COMEDD, who will close the Photovoltaics track with "Small Molecule PV."
Graphene LIVE! is the theme of Track 5, with talks centering on the topics Graphene Comes to Market, Functional Inks, Touch Screen and ITO Replacement with Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, Composites, Scalling and Roll to Roll Manufacturing.
For Graphene Comes to Market, Vorbeck Materials president Dr. John Lettow will talk about the gains being made by graphene in his talk on "Graphene - Reaching Consumers in Electronics, Composites and Batteries," noting that Vorbeck graphene products have already reached the market in electronics, composites and batteries.
Functional Inks, the next topic for Graphene LIVE!, starts with
Dr Xuesong Li, vice president, advanced materials a Bluestone Global Tech, who will cover "Large-area Graphene: Commercial Readiness and Integration into Electronic Applications," including mass production of graphene and demonstrations of touch-panel and smart film graphene products.
Dr. Chandramouli Subramaniam, post-doctoral research scientist for Nanotube Research Center, AIST, will discuss "Extending the Current-Carrying-Capacity of Copper Using Carbon Nanotubes." Prof. Kurt Stokbro, CEO and founder of QuantumWise, will then present his talk on "Theoretical Study of the Graphene-Metal Contact Resistance."
Touch Screen and ITO Replacement with Graphene is the next topic for Graphene LIVE!, which shares the next four talks with TCF LIVE! University of Cambridge Prof. Andrea Ferrari delivering a talk on "Graphene for Printed, Flexible and Transparent Electronics," an introduction to graphene, and Graphenea CEO Jesus de La Fuente offering insights into "Graphene Films Synthesis and Transfer."
Carbon Nanotubes will be the focus of talks by Canatu and Brewer Science. Dr. David Brown, CTO and vice president business development at Canatu, will cover "Flexible No-Reflection Carbon NanoBud Touch Sensors Ready For Production," and Stephen Gibbons, director of carbon electronics research at Brewer Science, will discuss "Printable CNT Conductors in Flexible Packaging and Wireless Sensors."
Composites will be the focus of talks by Dr. Ana Acosta Martinez, corporate innovation management, nanotechnology, GRAnPH Nanotech, Grupo Antolin, whose topic is "GRAnPH: Highly Crystalline Graphene, Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide Platelets." Dr. Albert Schnieders of CNM Technologies, will follow with "Carbon Nanomembranes - Two-Dimensional Carbon Beyond Graphene."
Prof. Karl Coleman, chief technical director, Durham Graphene Science, will cover the topic of Scaling with his talk on "Scalable Route for the 'Bottom-up' Synthesis of Graphene Platelets and Thin Films."
Roll to Roll Manufacturing is the final topic for Graphene LIVE!, starting with Hanbat National University Prof. Dong Soo Kim, whose topic is "R2R Multi-Coater for Printed Electronics," using a nano gravure coater.
Dr. Mikko Soderlund, director, technical sales for Beneq, will discuss "Roll-to-Roll Atomic Layer Deposition Technology." University of Cambridge’s Felice Torrisi will follow with "Functional inks for Flexible, Transparent and Printed Electronics"
Graphene Laboratories, Inc. CEO Dr. Elena Polyakova, will showcase "Graphene and Beyond: Recent Progress in the Production of 2D Materials," including the recent progress in the synthesis of advanced layered materials by chemical vapor deposition. Dr. Masayuki Kanehara of Colloidal Ink closes Graphene LIVE! with his discussion on "Ambient Conductive Metal Nanoink."
PE Europe closes with a series of three keynote addresses. Stephan Decher, partner at Clean Capital, will look at the state of venture financing in his talk on "Venture Financing for Technology Companies." Dr Janos Veres, area manager for PARC, a Xerox company, will cover "Printed Electronics and Its Impact on the Future of Manufacturing." Dr. Peter Harrop, IDTechEx chairman, then closes the conference with his review of the program.
Track 1 covers the world of Manufacturing, starting with three talks on Breakthroughs in Conductive Inks. Dr. Louis Bollens of ESMA begins with his talk on "Conductive Low Cost Ink Processes Enable Printed Electronics Applications." Dr. Bollens will be followed by Dr .Gunther Dreezen, technical manager, Henkel Electronic Materials Belgium NV, wo will present on "Henkel Innovative Ink Technologies: Transparent Conductors, Fine Line Inks and PTC Heating Inks," which will cover fine-line screen printable and halogen free electrically conductive ink designed for touch screen applications.
"Latest Advances in Lower Cost High Performance Functional Inks" is the topic of the talk by Vince Arancio, senior technologist - microcircuit materials at DuPont (UK) Ltd.
Breakthroughs in Copper Inks is the next session in the Manufacturing track, beginning with Dr. Kazunori Yamamoto, general manager, High-Performance Materials Development Center at Tsukuba Research Laboratory, Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. Dr. Kazunori Yamamoto will discuss "Cu-based Conductive Materials for Printed Electronics," including screen printing and inkjet printing.
Intrinsiq Materials Ltd. managing director Dr. Richard Dixon will cover "Conductive Copper Inks - High Resolution Printing and Laser Curing." Dr. Dixon will be followed by Yasuhiro Kuwana, principal manager, research center, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., whose topic is "Fine Pitch and Low Resistance Cu-ink Patterns by Inkjet Printing with AGC's EPRIMA."
Consumer Goods and Toys will be te next topic for the Manufacturing track. Andreas Meyer, process manager, Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH, will cover "Board Games and Electronics,"
including the requirements for printed electronics.
Jani-Mikael Kuusisto, chief business development officer for Ynvisible, will analyze "Printed Interactive Graphics for Consumer Packaged Goods Companies."
Prof. Norbert Gretz, director of the Institute of Medical Technology and Medical Research Center at the University of Heidelberg, will look at healthcare possibilities in "A Stretchable System for the Transcutaneous Assessment of Different Organ Functions."
Manufacturing and Integration is the next session, beginning with Stan Farnsworth, vice president - marketing at NovaCentrix, who will cover "Applications of Photonic Curing, and Enabled Materials." Frank Schaefer, sales director new products at Kroenert GmbH & Co KG, will discuss "Pushing the Limits in R2R Productions of Printed Electronics."
Matthew Gingerella, sales applications engineer, Tamarack Scientific Co., Inc., A SÜSS MicroTec AG Company, will present on "Laser Ablation - Alternative Method to Pattern Materials for Flexible Electronics." Remco Pennings, strategic marketing manager, Roth & Rau, will talk on "Cluster Tool Using Inkjet Printing for Pattered Multilayer Processing."
Track 2 continues the OLEDs LIVE! session from the first day, with a group of talks focusing on Breakthroughs in Semiconductors TFTs - Inorganics (Metal Oxides and Si). Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx, will start the session with "OLED Displays, Lighting, Barriers and TCT's: Markets and Technologies." Prof. Ryoichi Ishihara, associate professor, Delft University of Technology, will follow with "Flexible Single-Grain Si TFT."
Tobias Stolley, technologist R&D for Applied Materials WEB Coating GmbH, will cover "Roll to Roll Manufacturing of Next Generation Devices & Ultra High Barriers." Prof. Toshio Kamiya, associate professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, will then discuss "The Present Status and New Applications of Oxide Semiconductors."
OLEDs LIVE!’s next area of interest is Breakthroughs in Semiconductors TFTs - Organics. Dr. Anja Haase, a researcher at Joanneum Research, will cover "Sub-micron Self-aligned Organic Thin-film Transistors on 4" Flex for Display Backplanes," analyzing nanoimprint lithography for organic thin film transistors. Dr. Daniel Neumaier of AMO will discuss "Prospects and Challenges for a Graphene-based Transistor."
Two speakers will discuss Emerging New Processes and Materials. European Photocatalysis Federation president Alain Mathurin will cover "Photocatalysis - Dream or Reality," while Dr. Vassilios D Binas, chemist and researcher at Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas (Forth), will focus on "Hybrid Nanostructures for Advanced Photocatalysists."
Barrier Films will be covered by Senthil Ramadas, CTO, Tera-Barrier Films Pte Ltd. ("The Pivotal Role of Nanoparticles in Ultra High Barrier Films") and Dr. Rob Grant, head of business development at VG Scienta Ltd. ("Mass Spectrometric Measurement of WVTR to Better the 10^-6 g/m2/day.”)
For the subject of New Device Breakthroughs, Prof. David Britton, NanoSciences Innovation Centre, University of Cape Town and PST Sensors, will offer his insights into "The Evolution of the Transistor: The Biggest New Development to Transistor Functionality in 65 Years." Dr. Chris Stevens of the University of Oxford will cover "Metaboards and Pinless Chips," which closes OLEDs LIVE!
For Track 3, TCF LIVE! also returns from the first day. Cathleen Thiele, technology analyst, IDTechEx GmbH, starts the session with her presentation on "TCF Alternatives to ITO, Applications & Markets."
Visualplanet director Mike Cole will cover "Large Format Wire Based Film Projective Capacitive Touch Sensors." Bob Mackey, principal scientist, Synaptics, Inc., will follow Cole with his talk on "Is Metal Mesh the ‘ITO Replacement’ for Touchscreens?"
Tactonic Technologies CTO Charles Hendee will follow with "Lossless Mechanical Interpolation for Cost Effective and Continuously Tile-able Surface Sensing via Flexible Printed Electronics."
Touch Screen and ITO Replacement with Graphene is the next topic for TCF LIVE!, with University of Cambridge Prof. Andrea Ferrari delivering a talk on "Graphene for Printed, Flexible and Transparent Electronics," an introduction to graphene, and Graphenea CEO Jesus de La Fuente offering insights into "Graphene Films Synthesis and Transfer."
Carbon Nanotubes will be the focus of talks by Canatu and Brewer Science. Dr. David Brown, CTO and vice president business development at Canatu, will cover "Flexible No-Reflection Carbon NanoBud Touch Sensors Ready For Production," and Stephen Gibbons, director of carbon electronics research at Brewer Science, will discuss "Printable CNT Conductors in Flexible Packaging and Wireless Sensors."
Metal Grids and Nanowires is the focus of the next series of talks, beginning with Printable Electronics Research Centre director Prof. Zheng Cui, who will discuss "Metalgrid-based Transparent Conductive Films for Large Size Touchscreens."
Dr. Rahul Gupta, senior director business development at Cambrios Technologies, will then analyze "Cambrios ClearOhm: Solution Coated and Printed Transparent Conductor for Printed Electronics," noting that ClearOhm is commercially used in the touch panels of Android smartphones and shows improved performance for OLED displays and lighting and OPV.
Prof. Miko Cakmak, director, Center for Multifunctional Polymer Nanomaterials and Devices at University of Akron, will cover "Hybrid Electrospinning Casting Method to Produce Multifunctional Flexible Transparent Conductive Films."
Haptics and Electroactive Polymers is the next session, beginning with SynapTech CTO Eugene Dariush Daneshvar, whose talk will be on "Electroactive Polymer Actuators for Medical Applications." Dr. Christophe Ramstein, president and CEO of Strategic Polymers, Inc. (SPS), will present on "SPS Electro Mechanical Polymers to Enable the Ultimate Haptic User Experience." He will discuss the future of haptics as well as market needs.
Photovoltaics is the focus of Track 4, beginning with Dr. Harry Zervos, senior technology analyst for IDTechEx, who will offer his overview on "Printed Electronics in Photovoltaic Technologies: Market Forecasts 2013-2023"
Dr. Marc Vermeersch, solar technology and strategy - senior advisor at TOTAL S.A. - Gas & Power, will offer his thoughts on "Chances of Success for Organic PV in the Dominancy of Crystalline Silicon." Dr. Emma Kendrick, research supervisor, Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd., will then present on "Domestic Solar Energy Generation and Storage."
"OPV, an Industrial Reality" is the topic of the talk by Francois Barreau, marketing manager/business development for Armor Sustainable Energies (ASE).
Dr. Marie-Beatrice Madec, OPV scientist at Solvay Interox, will present on "Solution Processed Organic Photovoltaics." Fluxim AG CEO Dr. Beat Ruhstaller will discuss "Advanced Opto-electrical Characterization of Solar Cells,” while DisaSolar technical director Laurence Dassas will focus on "Organic Photovoltaics."
Solar Press CTO Dr. Jonathan Halls will cover "Commercialising Flexible Organic Photovoltaics for Effective Energy Harvesting," including the progress being made with roll-to-roll manufacturing of OPV modules.
Sonnenrepublik Gmbh director Dr. Oliver Lang will offer his insights into "Novel Solar Based Modular Device Platform for Energy Harvesting Applications."
Dr. Michael Arens, manager plasma process technology, Sentech Instruments GmbH, will cover "ALD Process Technology and Optical Metrology for Flexible Electronics." Dr. Harald Hoppe, OPV Research Group, TU Ilmenau, will discuss "Maturing Polymer Solar Cells."
ProNet Energy managing director Dieter Teckhaus will talk on "Latest Achievements in R2R Process Technology for Slot Die OPV Production," followed by Dr. Christian May, business manager organic materials and systems at Fraunhofer COMEDD, who will close the Photovoltaics track with "Small Molecule PV."
Graphene LIVE! is the theme of Track 5, with talks centering on the topics Graphene Comes to Market, Functional Inks, Touch Screen and ITO Replacement with Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, Composites, Scalling and Roll to Roll Manufacturing.
For Graphene Comes to Market, Vorbeck Materials president Dr. John Lettow will talk about the gains being made by graphene in his talk on "Graphene - Reaching Consumers in Electronics, Composites and Batteries," noting that Vorbeck graphene products have already reached the market in electronics, composites and batteries.
Functional Inks, the next topic for Graphene LIVE!, starts with
Dr Xuesong Li, vice president, advanced materials a Bluestone Global Tech, who will cover "Large-area Graphene: Commercial Readiness and Integration into Electronic Applications," including mass production of graphene and demonstrations of touch-panel and smart film graphene products.
Dr. Chandramouli Subramaniam, post-doctoral research scientist for Nanotube Research Center, AIST, will discuss "Extending the Current-Carrying-Capacity of Copper Using Carbon Nanotubes." Prof. Kurt Stokbro, CEO and founder of QuantumWise, will then present his talk on "Theoretical Study of the Graphene-Metal Contact Resistance."
Touch Screen and ITO Replacement with Graphene is the next topic for Graphene LIVE!, which shares the next four talks with TCF LIVE! University of Cambridge Prof. Andrea Ferrari delivering a talk on "Graphene for Printed, Flexible and Transparent Electronics," an introduction to graphene, and Graphenea CEO Jesus de La Fuente offering insights into "Graphene Films Synthesis and Transfer."
Carbon Nanotubes will be the focus of talks by Canatu and Brewer Science. Dr. David Brown, CTO and vice president business development at Canatu, will cover "Flexible No-Reflection Carbon NanoBud Touch Sensors Ready For Production," and Stephen Gibbons, director of carbon electronics research at Brewer Science, will discuss "Printable CNT Conductors in Flexible Packaging and Wireless Sensors."
Composites will be the focus of talks by Dr. Ana Acosta Martinez, corporate innovation management, nanotechnology, GRAnPH Nanotech, Grupo Antolin, whose topic is "GRAnPH: Highly Crystalline Graphene, Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide Platelets." Dr. Albert Schnieders of CNM Technologies, will follow with "Carbon Nanomembranes - Two-Dimensional Carbon Beyond Graphene."
Prof. Karl Coleman, chief technical director, Durham Graphene Science, will cover the topic of Scaling with his talk on "Scalable Route for the 'Bottom-up' Synthesis of Graphene Platelets and Thin Films."
Roll to Roll Manufacturing is the final topic for Graphene LIVE!, starting with Hanbat National University Prof. Dong Soo Kim, whose topic is "R2R Multi-Coater for Printed Electronics," using a nano gravure coater.
Dr. Mikko Soderlund, director, technical sales for Beneq, will discuss "Roll-to-Roll Atomic Layer Deposition Technology." University of Cambridge’s Felice Torrisi will follow with "Functional inks for Flexible, Transparent and Printed Electronics"
Graphene Laboratories, Inc. CEO Dr. Elena Polyakova, will showcase "Graphene and Beyond: Recent Progress in the Production of 2D Materials," including the recent progress in the synthesis of advanced layered materials by chemical vapor deposition. Dr. Masayuki Kanehara of Colloidal Ink closes Graphene LIVE! with his discussion on "Ambient Conductive Metal Nanoink."
PE Europe closes with a series of three keynote addresses. Stephan Decher, partner at Clean Capital, will look at the state of venture financing in his talk on "Venture Financing for Technology Companies." Dr Janos Veres, area manager for PARC, a Xerox company, will cover "Printed Electronics and Its Impact on the Future of Manufacturing." Dr. Peter Harrop, IDTechEx chairman, then closes the conference with his review of the program.