Fast2light: OLED Lighting on a Roll (Printed Electronics and Photovoltaics Europe 2011)

Dr. Mary Kilitziraki completed her Ph.D. in the Centre of Microelectronics in 1996 from the University of Durham, UK. She then accepted a postdoctoral position in the Physics Department of Durham research ing polymer-OLEDs and later moved to the Netherlands to work for Philips. In her time within Philips, she originally performed research in Polymer Electronics and in 2002 moved to Philips PolyLED where she was undertaking work for the polymer light-emitting material development, in collaboration with international Chemical companies. Since 2006, she is working for TNO and particularly the Holst Centre where she originally coordinated the activities on integrating novel techniques to produce a polymer-OLED lighting foil. Since 2008 she is the co-ordinator of the Integrated Project Fast2light, aimed to be completed July 2011.

Holst Centre/TNO (www.holstcentre.com), set up by the TNO and IMEC, is an independent shared-innovation R&D Centre for Flexible Electronics and Sensor Technologies in the Netherlands. A key feature is its partnership model with industry and academia comprising more than 40 international companies. Holst Centre/TNO has major activities in the areas of TOLAE, (hybrid) printed electronics, flexible OLEDs, photovoltaics and oxide transistor technology. Holst Centre has demonstrated solutions for numerous hybrid and printed electronics products, varying from printed temperature and humidity sensing devices, paper electronics, health-patches, smart garments, and (thermoformed) stretchable products