Acquring the knowledge in the field of large area electronics or printed, flexible and organic electronics realized on flexible substrates such as foil, papers, etc.

Ability to understand operationals principles of the basic electronics components fabricated on flexible substrates (such as OTFT, OLED, FPD, etc.). Ability to design and manufacture different sensors on flexible substrates Ability to identify the advantages, drawbacks, performances, complementarity and uniqueness of large area manufacturing vs. silicon technology Ability to use different methds for fabrication of flexible electronics components such as ink-jet printer (DMP-3000) Ability to design and manufacture RFID on fleixble substrates

Printed electronics and large area manufacturing: materials, processes, devices and systems, Unique aspects of printable electronics, Status in the field and trends. Organic Materials - organic semiconductors, organic dielectrics organic conductors. Printing and other large area processes. OLEDs and OPVs. Sensors and actuators. Organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) and appropriate circuits. Encapsulation. Applications, commercial products and market, roadmap and innovation.

Lectures. Laboratory exercises.