Recyclable silver inks, Green water-soluble PCBs, Green Wearable Patches, Cellulosic transparent inks

In this newsletter, you can learn about the following technologies. We will have the opportunity to download the full slides.

1. VTT | Towards roll-to-roll manufacturing of green wearable electronics

2. Swansea University | Enabling Sustainable Electronics Through Recyclable Silver Ink

3. Encres DUBUIT | Inks based on cellulosic materials for flexible, conformable and stretchable printed electronics

4. Jiva | Jiva Soluboard Introduction

The Future of Electronics RESHAPED Europe is the flagship TechBlick event. This event will take place at the Estrel Hotel and Convention Center (ECC) in Berlin on 23-24 October 2024. Explore the preliminary agenda here.

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1. Towards roll-to-roll manufacturing of green wearable electronics

VTT | OCT2023

Here you can learn about the following:

✅Elastic ECG (stretchable electrocardiogram system)

✅Highly conformal multi-lead printed ECG patch

✅Roll to roll processing including conductor printing, laser cutting, kiss cutting and lamination etc

✅R2R converting including CO2 laser, 2x industrial robot arms, LED and Hg UV units, automatic registration, etc

✅Wearable photoplethysmograpy (PPG)

✅Nanocellulose films as sustainable substrates for printed electronics

✅Results of printing complex patches with direct chip assembly on nanocellulose films substrates

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2. Enabling Sustainable Electronics Through Recyclable Silver Ink

Swansea University | DEC2023

Here you can learn about recyclable silver inks including:

✅How are electronics recycled

✅The novel filler for the recyclable inks (silver coated ferrite flakes)

Ink rheology

✅Performance and Cost of recyclable inks with AgFe fillers

✅The special magnetic recycling process

✅Recovery rates

✅Reusability of particles after magnetic recovery

✅Future roadmap

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3. Inks based on cellulosic materials for flexible, conformable and stretchable printed electronics

Encres DUBUIT | DEC2023

In this presentation, you will learn about cellulosic materials for conductive inks including:

✅Short overview of nano celluloses

✅ Water-based silver nanowires using composites of silver nanowire and nanocellulose

✅Properties including screen and slot die printing features

✅Stability of transparent nanocellulose-based silver nanowire inks

✅Stretchability results including change in resistance with bending cycle

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4. Jiva Soluboard Introduction

Jiva | May 2024

Here you can learn the following:

✅Challenges with unsustainable existing PCB laminate technologies

✅Alternative to glass fibre-epoxy PCG laminates produced with biodegradable natural fibres and recyclable in hot water

✅Properties such as density, permittivity, POP content, carbon footprint, etc

✅Examples of prototypes

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