FlexSmell - Gas Sensors on Flexible Substrates for Wireless Applications (Printed Electronics & Photovoltaics Europe 2010)

Markku Känsäkoski received his MSc degree in Electrical engineering from the University of Oulu, Finland in 1991. After graduation he joined VTT Electronics and is currently holding a position Customer Manager of both Printable Electronics and Optics and Micromodules. He is also a senior research scientist in multidisciplinary Biomicrosystems team at VTT. During 2000 he was a visiting scientist at the Sira Ltd., UK. He is inventor in five original patents and author in more than 30 scientific peer-reviewed and scientific conference presentations in the fields of on-line process analyzer development and applications and polymer lab-on-a-chips. He is a member of the organising committee of Bio Meets Nano and IT international conference. His current research is focused on the development of biomicrosystems for applications in health care, environmental diagnostics and packaging and advancing latest printable electronics and optics technologies in these applications

VVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is one of the leading research and technology organisations in Europe. We use our scientific and technological excellence to provide innovation services and develop smart technologies for our domestic and international customers and partners. We have strong offering on sensors, high frequency electronics, integrated silicon photonics and superconductivity based quantum technologies. Our contract manufacturing services include graphene processing and CMOS integration on 100-200 mm wafer platforms, IC design for graphene sensors and printed graphene electronics and fabrics.