| Scope |
Additive manufacturing and direct-write printing technologies employing metal, dielectric, semiconductor, polymer, and ceramic materials have the potential to enable new products and markets. Accordingly, many emerging applications in sensing, energy harvesting and storage, robotics, wearables, healthcare, aerospace, and communication necessitate electronic materials with low energy consumption, of novel form factors and fabricated via unique processing approaches. The proposed symposium will concentrate on the emerging additive manufacturing concepts and printing techniques for the processing of functional thin films, low-dimensional materials, 3D architectures, organic and composite structures. Technical sessions will focus on fabrication methods and characterization of active and passive functional components on technological substrates as well as integrated into engineered geometries. Topics related to patterning and processing 1D/2D/3D material systems for functional applications are within scope, including advances in materials, processing technologies, or device development. Invited and contributed papers will discuss both the fundamental aspects underlying materials and process development, the correlation of material and device design and functionality, and the particular challenges and opportunities related to scalability, reliability, and sustainability.
Research fields of interest included but are not limited to the following topics:
- Direct-write printing and additive manufacturing of functional 1D/2D/3D structures and geometries: Materials, Processes, and Characterization - Nanomaterials, inks, and substrates for direct-write printing and additive manufacturing
- Nanostructured materials for energy generation and storage devices (e.g., batteries and supercapacitors)
- Low thermal budget processing and characterization of functional inks and 1D/2D/3D materials
- Flexible/stretchable and organic devices enabled by printed electronics (e.g., robotics, wearables, and healthcare)
- Methods and materials for printing on porous, biodegradable and water-soluble substrates
- Design and fabrication of multimaterial and multifunctional structures and devices (i.e., active/passive sensors, detectors, biomedical and optical/photonic devices, TFTs, antennas, PVs, and large area electronics)
- Fabrication strategies and device concepts for hybrid electronics that integrate disparate manufacturing technologies (i.e., printed electronics and conventional microelectronics)
- Testing and quality control for qualification and standardization of printed flexible and hybrid electronics
- Computational modeling/learning methods for predictive understanding of ink formulation, print process control, and design |