David Savastano, Editor04.28.21
Printed electronics are, for the most part, manufactured on plastics. It has always been a hope that printing on paper could become a mainstream approach. This would have many benefits, beginning with sustainability; the EU Packaging Regulation is looking to control the use of plastic packaging. However, paper has hardly played a role as a carrier material for electronic devices.
Creating printed sensors on paper would be an ideal opportunity, and is one that is being worked on with the EU project SUPERSMART. The concept is to get paper printed electronics from the lab to fabrication. The project, which ended in December, was honored by the OE-A competition at LOPEC 2021 within the category "Best Publicly Funded Project Demonstrator.”
SUPERSMART’s partners developed two application examples - a shock detection sensor and an intelligent anti-counterfeit label – which can be read out via a cell phone app. They can easily be integrated i
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