Printed Electronics 2017

Dear Colleagues,

Printed electronics are a new type of electronic, in which electronic system and components are directly produced on a rigid, flexible, or stretchable substrate using low-cost coating and printing processes, rather than traditional silicon-based processes. Common printing technologies can be used for printed electronics, such as inkjet, flexography, gravure, screen printing, and offset printing. Newly-emerging additive manufacturing can also be considered a new platform for printed electronics applications. The use of printing processes has many advantages, such as low-cost manufacturing, low-temperature fabrication, and less material waste. Printed electronics have attracted a great interest from researchers and industry since their advent in the early 2000s, and it is still considered a very promising novel technology. The field of printed electronics is rapidly advancing from research to commercialization, and the application area is expanding from active or passive electronic components to new forms of functional electronic devices and systems, such as flexible displays, smart labels, batteries, and wearable electronics.

This Special Issue on "Printed Electronics" will highlight challenges and recent advances in all areas of printed electronics including substrates, materials, printing and processing, equipment, fabrication of devices or systems, measurements and evaluations, and various applications. It will cover a broad range of topics and serve as an international forum for the further advancement in the field of printed electronics. Topics are not limited to the aforementioned areas.

Prof. Je Hoon Oh
Guest Editor

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