VTT won this award for building up a printed electronics pilot factory capability. The facility includes a R&D printing environment from small lab scale material testing to proof-of-production. In addition to extensive roll-to-roll printing facilities pilots are available e.g. for thermal nanoimprinting, printing in nitrogen atmosphere, laser processing and post-processing. Photo: Mikko Paakkolanvaara, Antti Kemppainen

 

Helitek won this award for achieving the world record in OPV efficiency using new oligomer absorber materials. With this new type of absorber material, Heliatek was able to set two new efficiency world records in the field of low temperature processed organic solar cells. All materials that have been used in the currently best solar cell with an efficiency of 9.8 % are suitable for production. Best modules (122cm²) with a series interconnection show efficiencies of up to 9.0% on the active area. This shows the excellent scalability of the process.

One judge reported, "Heliatek materials have reached unparalleled performance for small molecules and have significantly stimulated this area." Photo: Martin Pfeiffer, Thibaud Le Séguillon

 

UCLA in collaboration with Aneeve Nanotechnologies has developed the first fully printed ink-jet CNT transistor technology platform. These unique transistors employ the superior electronic performance of semiconducting carbon nanotubes (CNTs), going beyond materials such as amorphous silicon and metal oxide semiconductors that are typically used in display backplane applications. Performances such as µ= 50cm²/(Vs), Ion/Ioff= 1000, Vth=1.0V have been demonstrated. Photo: Kos Galatsis

 

Thinfilm won this award for the creation of the world's first printed, rewritable memory device addressed with complementary organic circuits, combining Thinfilm's polymer-based memory technology with PARC's transistor technology. Designed for commercial production, Thinfilm addressable memory is the first step in integrating Thinfilm memory with other devices such as sensors, displays, power sources and antennas. One judge commented, "The ThinFilm product is very significant for Printed Electronics." Photo: Jakob Nilsson (center)

 

Printechnologics won this award for producing more than 20 million "Touchcodes" in 2011 which were used in a wide variety of markets. Touchcode bridges the gap between physical products and digital contents. Within seconds common paper communicates with smartphones, tablets or information displays just by a simple touch - without using a camera or any other special reading device. Thus, the technology creates a seamless unity between products and digital contents for the first time. Photo: Sascha Voigt

 

Of the posters in the exhibit area, the best poster was awarded to Professor Cameron from Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland. Photo: David Cameron

 

This award was chosen by attendees at the event, who voted for what they thought was the most impressive exhibitor. The winner was Printechnologics. Photo: Sascha Voigt