Printed Films

Preface

Traditionally, printing is a process of reproducing text and images with ink on paper. More generally, it is a process of adhering one or more material layers on a surface. In the context of electrical and electronic applications it is understood as the process of adhering electronically functional materials to various flexible or rigid substrates. A significant distinctive feature of printed films as opposed to films deposited in the usual microelectronic technologies is that printed films are obtained via a (semi) direct-write approach, i.e. by means of an additive process, which minimizes material waste: no part of the coating has to be removed after the deposition. Also, generally speaking, the printed films are deposited in air: ...