Printing technology leads to lower-cost chemical and biological sensors
Nanoident Technologies, a leader in printed semiconductor-based optoelectronic sensor technology, is launching the Nanoident Semiconductor 2.0 Platform, which the company describes as the core technology foundation for a wide array of application-specific printed semiconductor platforms and products.
The Semiconductor 2.0 Platform enables the realisation of a new class of printed semiconductor-based electronic devices with innovative technical features for applications in a wide range of markets, including consumer, industrial, life science and security.
Klaus G Schroeter, chief executive at Nanoident, says: “We see an incredible opportunity for our groundbreaking technology. More and more market leaders are recognising the tremendous capabilities of printed electronics to enable new innovative products with unique selling propositions.”
Nanoident’s Semiconductor 2.0 Platform is the core technology for all Nanoident vertical market platforms and comprises four core intellectual property (IP) elements, which include liquid conductive and semi-conductive materials IP, design and simulation IP, production processes and quality assurance IP and functional component IP. The Semiconductor 2.0 Platform enables the design and mass production of printed semiconductor-based functional components such as photo detectors, light emitting diodes, transistors, photovoltaic cells, resistors, capacitors and interconnects.
In order to enable the rapid deployment of printed semiconductor-based products in specific vertical market segments, Nanoident and its market-focused subsidiaries have created additional vertical market platforms for the life science and security markets, the Photoniclab Platform and the Smartbiometrics Platform. These are based on the Nanoident Semiconductor 2.0 Platform technology and are used to create a vast array of custom-specific printed semiconductor devices for the life science and security markets, such as optoelectronic sensors, chemical and biological sensors, biometric sensors, X-ray detectors and lab-on-a-chip systems. In the future, the Platform will also enable printed OLED displays, transistors and integrated circuits or a combination of these functions in a single device.
According to Nanoident, analyst IDTechEx forecasts that the printed semiconductor market is expected to grow to more than US$300billion by 2025. Because devices are produced using liquid conductive and semi-conductive materials, Nanoident makes it possible to print electronic circuits on a wide variety of surfaces using advanced printing systems. This delivers devices with a vast array of technical features and substantial cost and time savings. Printed semiconductor devices based on Nanoident’s Semiconductor 2.0 Platform technology can be flexible, ultra thin, low weight and very large (several square metres), opening up new application areas not accessible with conventional silicon-based technologies. With Nanoident’s new printed semiconductor production process, devices can also be manufactured in hours rather than weeks.
For more information, visit www.nanoident.com
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