Printed electronics: ink on the brink - 8/16/2007 - EDN

Printed electronics: ink on the brink - 8/16/2007 - EDN: "Printed electronics may be the next big thing in our technological future and promises extremely low-cost, flexible, and disposable circuitry that you can manufacture with custom ink-jet printers or high-speed presses. Leading-edge companies are using specialized ink technology to transform basic circuit elements, such as thin-film transistors, resistors, inductors, and capacitors into printed batteries, displays, sensors, RFID tags, interactive packaging, solar panels, and even speakers. Although the printed-electronics concept has been around for years, recent advances in conductive-ink chemistry and flexible substrates promise to deliver a flood of new markets and application areas."