This book provides an overview of the newly emerged and highly interdisciplinary field of printed electronics
• Provides an overview of the latest developments and research results in the field of printed electronics
• Topics addressed include: organic printable electronic materials, inorganic printable electronic materials, printing processes and equipments for electronic manufacturing, printable transistors, printable photovoltaic devices, printable lighting and display, encapsulation and packaging of printed electronic devices, and applications of printed electronics
• Discusses the principles of the above topics, with support of examples and graphic illustrations
• Serves both as an advanced introductory to the topic and as an aid for professional development into the new field
• Includes end of chapter references and links to further reading
Author Biography:
Prof Zheng Cui, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Zheng Cui?obtained a?PhD in electronic engineering in 1988 and became a Visiting Fellow at the Microelectronics Research Center, Cambridge University, UK, in 1989. Cui?joined the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, in 1993 and subsequently became a Principal Scientist and group leader there in 1999. In October 2009, after working in the UK for 20 years, Cui returned to China and founded the Printable Electronics Research Center at the Suzhou Institute of Nanotech, which was the first research center dedicated to printed electronics R&D in China.
Dr Song Qiu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Song Qiu received a B.S. Polymer Materials and Engineering in 2000, followed by a PhD in Polymer Chemistry and Physics?from Jilin University in 2005.
Dr Jian Lin,?Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Jian Lin received his PhD degree in Polymer Chemistry and Physics from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2008.
Dr. Jianwen Zhao,?Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Jianwen Zhao received his PhD degree in Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academic of Science, in 2008.
Dr. Chang-Qi Ma,?Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Chang-Qi Ma received his bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Beijing Normal University in 1998. In 2003 he obtained his PhD degree at the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing with Professor B.-W. Zhang.
Dr. Zheng Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Zheng Chen received the B.S. degree in materials physics and PhD degree in condensed matter physics from the University of Science and Technology of China, in 2002 and 2007, respectively.
Dr. Wenming Su, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Wenming Su is anAssociate professor of Printable Electronics Research Center, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
