Speaker: Dr. Dianne Corsino
The field of thin-film electronics, primarily built using its basic units called thin-film transistors,
has progressively evolved to achieve bespoke functionalities. This does not only mean high
performance and fast speed, but also flexibility, sustainability, and intelligence. The
relevance of flexible electronics lies on its larger envelope encompassing a wider range of
innovative applications such as wearables, implantable devices, flexible sensors, and
autonomous and intelligent devices. Considering the massive research on and production of
electronics system, the topical issue on electronic waste generation has motivated the quest
for fabrication approaches to help realize sustainable, green, and biocompatible devices. In
this talk, we will cover strategies to realize flexible oxide-based thin-film transistors featuring
high performance and fast speed, sustainability, and intelligence by tackling device
architecture and tailored fabrication techniques adaptable to novel fragile substrates which
are heat-sensitive (plastics), dissolvable (cellulose-based), and biocompatible (hydrogels).
Contact Person:
Dr. Giuseppe Cantarella, giuseppe.cantarella@unimore.it