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Flexible, transparent, and conductive electrodes are a key enabling technology for the new generation of flexible, printable and wearable electronics. The touchscreens and displays of the future will be curved and flexible and integrated into cars, phones, or medical technology. To allow typing and swiping even on curved smartphones, the touchscreens and electrical circuits on them have also to be curved and flexible. Therefore INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials has developed several techniques that enable touchscreens and circuits on flexible foils.Details…

Einen starken Auftritt legte die Automotive-Delegation des Saarlandes auf der internationalen Automobilausstellung DIFA 2019 im südkoreanischen Daegu hin. Auf dem von saaris – saarland.innovation&standort e.V. und der GW Saar (Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsförderung) initiierten saarländischen Gemeinschaftsstand war auch das INM vertreten.Details…

The INM has developed new processes with photochemical metallization and printing (gravure printing, inkjet printing) of transparent conductive oxides (TCOs), which are significantly more time- and cost-saving.Details…

Tapping and wiping can only work on flexible devices, when flexible materials are used for touchscreens and electric circuits, but not brittle materials like indium tin oxide or silicon. For this purpose, INM is working with the process of electrospinning, a technique that produces ultra-fine fibers.Details…

To allow typing and swiping even on curved smartphones, touchscreens and electric conductor paths have also to be curved. Therefore INM has developed a technique which allows fabrication of such conductor lines on flexible foils and even on stretchable silicone. INM will be presenting the so called photochemical metallization on this year’s Hannover Messe.Details…