Technologies for printing sensors and electronics over large flexible substrates: A review

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3164-3185

  Khan, Saleem ^a,b   Lorenzelli, Leandro ^a,b   Dahiya, Ravinder S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersion Solutions; Flexible Electronics; Large Area Electronics; Printed Electronics; Printed Sensors; Roll to Roll

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; PRINTING; SUBSTRATES;

DISPERSION SOLUTIONS; LARGE-AREA ELECTRONICS; PRINTED ELECTRONICS; PRINTED SENSORS; ROLL TO ROLL;

FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84927583144     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2014.2375203     Document Type: Article

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