The origin and development of printed electronics

The domestic printed electronics technology started slightly later, and only a few research institutions conducted research on printed electronics before 2010. The Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics (SINANO), founded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2010, opened a boom in printed electronics research in China. Subsequently, in 2011, Tianjin University and Beijing Institute of Printing jointly established the Printed Electronics Research Center. In the same year, the national Innovation Alliance of Printed Electronics (IAPE) was formed. The alliance is committed to uniting the electronic information and printing industry, as well as accelerating the development of domestic printed electronics technology, and provides a platform for cooperation and exchange for domestic research institutions and enterprises in the development of printed electronics. In 2013, Changzhou Printed Electronics Research Institute with a total investment of 8 million US dollars was established, becoming an important force in the domestic printed electronics field. Due to the rapid development of domestic printed electronic technology, The 5th International Conference on Flexible and Printed Electronics (ICFPE 2014) was successfully held in China. In the government's 13th Five-Year Plan, printed electronics also has clear project support. The above shows that the domestic printed electronics industry shows a trend of accelerated development, after several years of efforts, the level of domestic printed electronics development is basically synchronized with international development. Printed electronics is an emerging field based on the development of traditional printing technology, therefore, the traditional printing process, such as inkjet printing process, screen printing process, transfer printing process, gravure printing process, scraping process, etc., can be applied to the development and production of printed electronic products, but it is not a printing process to complete the integration of electronic technology requirements. The common use of different printing technologies is usually required, as well as the characteristics and processes of printed electronic materials