Author: Rudy Ghosh, Vice President - Business and Applications Development, NovaCentrix

#PrintedElectronics #AdditiveElectronics #GoldInks #CondutiveInks #Innovation #HighAspectRatio The performance demands of next-generation electronic systems—especially in biomedical devices, sensors, and RF platforms—are outpacing what traditional fabrication methods can deliver. Increasingly, designers require conductive materials that can support not only fine-line patterning but also vertically structured, high-aspect-ratio features on unconventional substrates. At NovaCentrix, we’ve developed advanced gold inks optimized for exactly these challenges, engineered for compatibility with high-resolution deposition systems like inkjet and aerosol jet printers. We are Exhibiting! Visit our booth at the TechBlick event on 11-12 June 2025 in Boston . Contact us for your special discount coupon to attend Material Design for 3D and High-Fidelity Printing NovaCentrix’s Metalon® gold inks are designed to meet the precision demands of modern additive electronics—particularly in biomedical engineering—where fine features, complex 3D geometries, and biocompatibility are all critical requirements. Two of our flagship inks, JG-125 and JG-024UA, exemplify this focus on performance and process adaptability. JG-125 is a water-based gold nanoparticle ink optimized for inkjet printing, offering excellent stability, adhesion, and print fidelity on flexible and rigid substrates. It is well-suited for app...

TechBlick's The Future of Electronics RESHAPED USA - Why Should You Join Us? The Future of Electronics RESHAPED USA (Boston, 11 & 12 June 2025) - co located with the Wearables RESHAPED conference - is nearly a month away. It features a world-class agenda with over 70 presentations covering exciting material breakthroughs, process innovations, manufacturing advances, application developments, and product launches. This is the only event in North America dedicated to additive, printed, sustainable, hybrid, wearable and 3D electronics. See the program  here.   In this article series, we highlight various talks in the program, outlining the technologies and applications that will be showcased. In a previous article we highlighted some process innovations ( here)  and material innovations ( here ) which will showcased In this particular article, we focus on the following Wearable devices and continuous healthcare/vital signs monitoring Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) in biosensors, wound care, and neural simulation Wearable sensor manufacturing Electronic textile development and manufacturing Pioneering R&D in wearable sensors and FHE Enabling materials (inks, substrates, adhesives) and technologies for wearable sensors, biosensors and e-textiles Wearable Healthcare Monitoring Patches and Biosensors GE Healthcare is invited to explore wearable physiological and molecular monitoring patches designed for both medical and defense applications, single-use Vital Signs Monitoring (V...

TechBlick's The Future of Electronics RESHAPED USA - Why Should You Join Us? The Future of Electronics RESHAPED USA (Boston, 11 & 12 June 2025) is less than 6 weeks away. It features a world-class agenda with over 70 presentations covering exciting material breakthroughs, process innovations, manufacturing advances, application developments, and product launches.  This is the only event in North America dedicated to additive, printed, sustainable, hybrid, wearable and 3D electronics. See the program  here.   In this article series, we highlight various talks in the program, outlining the technologies and applications that will be showcased. In a previous article we highlighted some process innovations that will be showcased (see  here). In this particular article, we focus on some of the material innovations that will be showcased in the program from around the world, featuring copper inks and molecular ink systems, liquid metal materials and applications, sustainable PCBs, printable EAPs, high temperature inks, printable nickel and more. In subsequent articles, we cover further material, process and application innovations that will be showcased in the program. Copper Innovations Copper has long been considered an attractive alternative to silver in conductive inks due to its inherent cost advantages as well as its compatibility with IPC standards for reliable solder joints. However, it has not been an easy path developing a copper ink/paste that prints well, dries/cures wi...

#PrintedElectroncis #OrganicElectronics #Themoelectrics #PrintedThermoElectricGenerators Loup Chopplet [1], Jiang Jing[1], Nicolas Battaglini[1], Vincent Noël[1], Benoît Piro[1], Giorgio Mattana[1],* [1] Université Paris Cité, ITODYS, CNRS, UMR 7086, 15 rue J.-A. de Baïf, F-75013 Paris, France The current climate emergency and the perspective of fossil fuel depletion are pushing researchers towards the quest for efficient and environmentally friendly energy sources or conversion technologies. Within this context, thermoelectric materials, i.e. materials capable of recycling waste heat through its partial conversion to electrical power, have attracted considerable attention in the last twenty years[1]. Organic semiconductors (OSCs), such as conjugated polymers and small molecules, have recently become a blooming field of research in the continuous search for potential candidates for the fabrication of thermoelectric systems. Indeed, OSCs possess some important advantages compared to their inorganic counterparts, in particular their processability at room temperature in liquid phase using printing fabrication techniques and their excellent mechanical robustness and flexibility [2][3].
At the PRINT’UP institute, we developed a fabrication and characterisation protocol for all-printed organic thermoelectric generators, fabricated on flexible polyimide substrates. Each generator is composed of two semiconducting legs, one p-type doped and the other n-type doped, electrically con...

From AI-powered AR smartglasses to defect-free red micro-LEDs: Innovations shaping the future of electronics This edition dives into work by LetinAR, Arkema, ADDEV Materials, Micropen Technologies, and Verticle. You’ll learn how LetinAR’s plastic reflective waveguides are bringing high-performance AI into everyday smartglasses, how Arkema’s printable piezoelectric polymers are enabling smarter human-machine interfaces, and how ADDEV’s ultra-thin heating film is already being used by battery manufacturers for safety testing. We also explore Micropen’s unique 5-axis printing system for space-grade materials and Verticle’s solution to a long-standing bottleneck in red micro-LEDs: defect-free mesa etching. LetinAR | Advancements in plastic reflective waveguides for enhanced AI integration in AR smartglasses Arkema | Piezoelectric Polymers: Transforming Sensor Technology with Innovative Solutions ADDEV Materials | Flexible Printed Substrate as a Smart Heating Solution for Industrial applications Exxelia Micropen | Thermoformable and lightweight dielectric materials for use in 3D additive manufacturing Verticle | Defect-free AlGaInP micro-LEDs by wet chemical etching The Future of Electronics RESHAPED USA   #AdditiveElectronics #3DElectronics #PrintedElectronics #WearableElectronics #FlexibleHybridElectronics #WearableElectronics #SustainableElectronics #ElectronicTextiles 🗓️ 11 & 12 June 2025 📍 Boston, USA 🔗 Agenda & Registration: 🎤 70+ World-Class Speakers 🏢 75+ Global...

Author: Dr. Erika Rebrosova, Electronic Materials Technology Manager at Sun Chemical Corp Biosensor Applications Biosensor applications are a growth application area, where material technologies, bioengineering and sensor design are continuously and rapidly evolving. Among the various types of biosensors, electrochemical (EC) biosensors are relevant for the printing industry as some of the components of EC biosensors are already being manufactured by printing technologies. The end applications for electrochemical (EC) biosensors are shown in Figure 1. In medical diagnostics and health monitoring , printed EC biosensors are used to monitor glucose levels in diabetic patients, detect pathogens, and identify biomarkers for diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular conditions. They enable immediate analysis of biological samples, such as blood or saliva, allowing for quick decision-making and timely medical interventions. In the pharmaceutical industry , they are employed for drug development and monitoring therapeutic drug levels in patients. In environmental monitoring, these biosensors help detect pollutants, heavy metals, and pesticides in water and soil, ensuring environmental safety and compliance with regulations. The food and agriculture industry benefits from screen-printed biosensors by using them to detect contaminants, pathogens, and allergens, thereby ensuring food safety and quality. Portability and ease of use make them ideal for on-field testing, providing quick...

In this edition we get into microLED, printed electronics, and flexible tech in this edition, featuring expert insights on electroluminescence (EL) vs. photoluminescence (PL) for accurate microLED testing, scalable RGB microLED assembly with high yield, and silver nanowire (AgNW) materials enabling transparent heaters and smart surfaces for automotive applications. Learn how printed piezoelectric sensors are revolutionizing structural health monitoring in aerospace composites, and discover a bioelectronic breakthrough with gold ink ECG electrodes printed on flexible TPU. Ideal for professionals in display technology, automotive, aerospace, and wearable electronics, this newsletter highlights scalable manufacturing solutions using advanced materials, screen and aerosol jet printing, and sensor integration. InZiv  | Unleashing microLED’s Future: The Power of Electroluminescence Testing Fraunhofer IZM  | An R&D study on feasibility of Massive parallel assembly for contacting Micro-LEDs DuPont   | Transparent heater, Smart surface and In-Mold Electronics Fraunhofer IFAM  | Printed sensors for structural health monitoring of composite components Voltera  | Printing ECG Electrodes with Gold Ink on TPU The Future of Electronics RESHAPED USA   #AdditiveElectronics #3DElectronics #PrintedElectronics #WearableElectronics #FlexibleHybridElectronics #WearableElectronics #SustainableElectronics #ElectronicTextiles 🗓️ 11 & 12 June 2025 📍 Boston, USA 🔗 Agenda & Registration: 🎤 70+ Worl...

#PrintedElectronics #MultiMaterialPrinting #LaserPrinting #Disruption #AdditiveElectronics Author: Masoud Mahjouri-Samani | CEO and Founder NanoPrintek, [email protected] In labs across the world - whether in industry, government, or academia - there’s a shared frustration: the path from concept to product is too slow, too expensive, and often restricted by the limitations of the tools themselves. For decades, R&D and Production labs have had to work around the constraints of ink-based printing systems - formulating complex inks, fighting clogs and contamination, dealing with post-processing steps, and adapting their ideas to match the tool rather than the other way around. At NanoPrintek , that paradigm is being reimagined.

Figure 1. The paradigm is being reimagined. NanoPrintek’s ink-free multimaterial printing platform  doesn’t just eliminate inks - it eliminates the compromises that come with them. Instead of using liquid formulations with short shelf life and questionable reliability, NanoPrintek’s technology prints directly from solid pellets of the desired material — metal, ceramic, dielectric, or composite. Using a combination of laser-induced nanoparticle generation  and real-time laser sintering , the platform creates pure, high-performance printed features right where you want them - on many substrates. There’s no drying time, no curing stage, and no solvents to remove. What you get is a clean, fast, and incredibly versatile system that can take you from ...