Flexible Electronics by Printed Circuits

Dr. Hiroki Maeda is a graduate of Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he received his Doctor of Engineering in Self Organizing Molecular Semiconductors under the supervision of Prof. Jun-ichi Hanna. Prior to his graduate work, Hiroki joined Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) in 1991 as a researcher in R&D Center developing printing-oriented novel LCD devices, such as PDLCs, Plastic LCDs. After 5 years involvement in development of backplane for Plasma Display Panel, he started to study on organic semiconductive material from 1998. He is in charge of R&D on plastic electronics, especially, device physics of OLED and OTFT.

DNP is a world-class printing conglomerate with 1.5075 trillion yen in annual revenues and approximately 35,000 employees. Based in Tokyo, Japan, DNP offers a broad range of products and services for publishing, commercial printing, smart cards, networking, and electronics components, among others. Its products in the electronics field include color filters and other components for LCDs, photomasks, PCBs and semiconductor-related components. In the photomask market DNP is a world leader, utilizing its time honored printing techniques and know-how in the fabrication of cutting-edge photomasks.