Printed Electronics: Shaping the Future of Sensors with New Design and Fabrication Methods

Dear Colleagues,

Recent advances in printed and flexible electronics are highlighting their ever-growing potential; modern material stacks (substrates and ink formulations) have paved the way for sensing in various demanding and sensitive frameworks. Micromachining–microfabrication, with the involvement of printing technologies, allows the design of new generations of sensors which were previously impossible to be fabricated. One the one hand, large-scale and high-speed mass production can be achieved with printing techniques, thus contributing to the development of very low-cost, disposable sensors. On the other hand, combining new materials such as carbon nanocomposites, conductive polymers, insulators, and doped semiconductive inks with biocompatible, ceramic, plastic, and paper substrates can cover a wide area of applications.

This Special Issue aims to collect recent research on printed electronics with emphasis on innovative devices. Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Physical, chemical, optical, and mechanical sensors;
• Printed tags for security applications—physical unclonable functions;
• Biodegradable, implantable sensors and electrodes for biosensing;
• 2.5D/3D printed sensors;
• Micro-nano patterning techniques for printed sensors;
• Hybrid systems (combination of traditional and printed electronics);
• Design for manufacturing printed electronics;
• Electrical contact and material interfaces.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Dimitris Barmpakos
Prof. Dr. Grigoris Kaltsas
Guest Editors

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