FlexOS - Industrially scaling a novel material and process technology for fully flexible and printable organic electronics

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Plastic displays based on flexible printed electronics are predicted to revolutionise theperformance, product differentiation and cost of novel device form factors. Whilst existingrigid screens can benefit from a step change in weight, thickness, ruggedness, power use anduseable lifetime, displays that can be repeatedly bent, folded or rolled will be criticalcomponents in applications such as wearable devices. However, despite established frontplanetechnologies such as OLED showing the required flexibility and long-term performance fordynamically flexible displays (DFD), a corresponding fully flexible backplane technology todrive the display output is yet to be realised.NeuDrive Limited have developed a novel OTFT form factor and fabrication process basedon FlexOS (trademarked) - a proprietary OSC formulation based on soluble smallmolecules/high permittivity semiconductor binders - with world-leading mobility, stability anduniformity performance validated for flexible display backplanes. However, the current pilotscaleprocess is not fully compatible with OEM production line equipment/materials andNeuDrive therefore seek to realise an enabling industrial process technology for economicmanufacture of FlexOS-OTFT, underpinning a robust supply chain for DFD backplanes. Theproject aims to develop new process technology and proprietary passive materials to supportimmediate adoption on OEM production lines.