Paper Electronics to be Addressed at Printed Electronics USA Conference

In the laboratory

In the laboratory, much more is coming along. Electrochemical transistors have been printed onto paper by ACREO in Sweden and others, and paper electronics, including transistors, are being researched by Abo Akademi and The University of Helsinki in Finland. Disposable medical testers made of paper with printed sensors and conductors are about to be launched.

Biopolymers such as paper offer the possibility of creating electronics at very low costs that may even be biodegradable. On the other hand, the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, has “cellulose nanopaper” that is stronger than cast iron that will be useful for long-life, durable printed electronics.