BASF New Business presents new semiconductor inks with versatile uses at Printed Electronics USA 2016. Researchers at BASF have improved the composition of the individual semiconductor ink components to double the mobility of the charge carriers in the printed circuits. This, among others, allows to further reduce the structures in size.
Besides improvements in circuitry, high resolution LCD or OLED screens on plastic substrates become accessible. The printing inks are based on semiconducting polymers featuring good solubility allowing easy adjustment of viscosity. This property is important for the use in various coating and printing processes, such as large-area processing (e.g. slot die coating). The combination of printability and high mobility makes applications like circuits and memories for intelligent packaging or sensors accessible.
BASF’s portfolio of Printed Organic Electronic ready-to-use inks allows to produce thin film transistors (TFT) for paper-thin circuitry e.g. smart packaging, labels and other new product ideas as well as truly flexible displays.
Printed Electronics USA
BASF Presents New Inks for Flexible Circuitry and Displays at PE USA 2016
New inks increase performance of printed transistors.
By: IWM Staff
