Responsive Manufacturing of High Value Thin to Thick Films

Refining and unifying the non-systematic approach to the manufacturing process of high-value flexible electronic films.

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The project aims to refine and unify the non-systematic approach to the manufacturing process of high-value flexible electronic films. These films are used in displays, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµ cells, electronic devices, batteries, and sensors and are of different qualities.

The current production method is trial and error, which is time-consuming, wasteful, and costly. The proposed solution of responsive manufacturing technology will have sufficient flexibility to overcome current production problems by utilising intelligent machine learning to control the printing parameters in real-time and therefore maintain an optimised printing process robustly in the face of variations in feedstock materials and/or the required output.

This project is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

Additional members

  • Dr Nathan Dodd, Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµ

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