The world market for Organic Electronics (OE) devices should reach EUR 69 billion in 2026, and companies across the world want their share of the pie. An EU-funded consortium set out to take the lead with pilot lines combining smart fabrication tools and smart materials. Their innovative nanomaterials were successfully demonstrated in a solar roof for the Fiat 500L.
The SMARTONICS project had the ambition to make the European organic electronics and photonics industry more competitive by allowing it to meet future market demands. Led by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, it consisted in the development of smart nanomaterials and precision sensing and fabrication tools, as well as their integration into three unique pilot lines based on Roll-to-Roll (R2R) printing, Sheet-to-Sheet (S2S) printing and Organic Vapour Phase Deposition (OVPD).
Further details: Highly efficient production technologies to take over the OE market