Technological Challenges for Hybrid Flexible Electronics and Photonics Workshop to be held in April 2010 at Arlington, VA

本次柔性电子研讨会的目标是评估该领域材料、器件和系统方面的最新技术。目的是确定最有希望的新研究领域，以及需要解决的研究问题，以推进柔性电子领域的这些研究领域。知识价值：第一批商业产品是基于光导薄膜的，现在这个行业的年销售额在数十亿美元左右。有机发光二极管（oled）和基于发光二极管的显示器已被引入市场，预计未来十年市场渗透率将大幅扩大。下一个关键领域将是基于oled的固态照明。同样，有机和柔性电子产品提供了与生物医学设备和系统相关的重要机会，可以帮助降低医疗保健的总成本。这包括生物医学传感器，执行器，箔片系统，以及病人护理和监测系统。晶体管也已成功地与led和电泳电池等显示元件集成，并用作化学和生物传感器。另一个令人感兴趣的领域是有机太阳能电池，其能量转换效率超过6%。随着该领域在过去几年的发展，无机材料越来越多地单独使用或与有机/聚合物材料一起使用，因此更合适的说法是混合电子。尽管取得了这些令人印象深刻的进展，但显然还需要进行更多的研究。研讨会的主要目标是帮助确定该领域的未来。为此，将由一系列专家就关键主题发表演讲，并鼓励在一系列小组讨论中所有参与者进行辩论和讨论。研讨会的会议记录将由小组领导的一组报告和讨论摘要组成。更广泛的影响：研讨会还将对柔性电子领域的研究和开发产生影响。在这一研究领域，美国目前的投入是欧洲资助机构的3:1。WTEC研究（由PI领导）评估了欧洲这一领域的状况。在本次研讨会上，将确定美国研究人员和工业界在这一领域的机会。讲习班还将评估与这一领域有关的研究生和本科生教育方面的需要。许多大学开设有机半导体一般领域的课程，讲习班将有助于确定这一领域的方向，并有助于重新培训高技术工人从事有机和混合有机/无机半导体领域的职业。研讨会还将讨论美国在柔性混合电子领域相对于欧洲和亚洲的竞争力问题，以及如何改进这一点。

The goal of this workshop on Flexible Electronics is to assess the state-of-the-art in terms of materials, devices, and systems in this area. The objective is to identify what are the new areas of research that hold most promise and what research issues need to be addressed so as to advance these research areas in flexible electronics. Intellectual Merit: The first commercial products were based on photo-conductive films, a business now with annual sales in the multi-billion dollar range. Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and displays based on light emitting diodes have been introduced to the market and a large expansion in market penetration has been forecast in the next decade. One of the next key areas is going to be solid state lighting based on OLEDs. Similarly, organic and flexible electronics offers significant opportunities related to biomedical devices and systems that can help the total cost of health care. This includes biomedical sensors, actuators, systems in a foil, and systems for patient care and monitoring. Transistors have also been successfully integrated with display elements such as LEDs and electrophoretic cells and used as chemical and biological sensors. Another area of interest is organic solar cells with power conversion efficiencies more than 6% have been reported. As the field has evolved in the past few years, inorganic materials are being increasingly used either singly or together with organic/polymer materials, and it is more appropriate to speak of hybrid electronics. Despite this impressive set of advances, it is clear that more research needs to be done. The chief objective of the workshop is to help define the future of the field. This will be done by having a series of experts give talks on key subjects and also by encouraging debate and discussion amongst all participants in a series of panels. The proceedings of the workshop will be a set of reports and discussion summaries by group leaders.Broader Impact: The workshop will also have an impact on research and development in the area of flexible electronics. This is an area of research in which the United States is currently outspent by about 3:1 by funding agencies in Europe. the WTEC study (led by the PI) has assessed the state of this field in Europe. In this workshop, opportunities in this area for researchers and industry in the US will be identified. The workshop will also assess the needs for graduate and undergraduate education aspects related to this area. A large number of universities offer courses in the general area of organic semiconductors, and the workshop will help define directions in this area as well as in retraining high technology workers for careers in the organic and hybrid organic/inorganic semiconductor fields. The workshop will also address issues of US competitiveness in the field of flexible hybrid electronics vis- -vis Europe and Asia and how this can be improved.