NSERC green electronics network (GreEN)

可印刷电子(PE)领域将传统印刷方法与导电、半导体和介电油墨相结合，以高通量的方式经济地生产电子设备。在印刷和电子工业的交汇处，这种独特的协同作用使人们能够制造出轻便、灵活和环保的低成本电子设备。这些功能与可扩展和大批量生产相结合，将极大地惠及物联网(IoT)，在物联网中嵌入的智能设备和传感器无处不在地收集和交换数据。为了让加拿大在日益激烈的国际竞争中获得领先地位，我们建议建立一个新的NSERC网络，利用加拿大在材料科学和有机电子领域的国际公认优势和我们世界领先的印刷和包装机构来制造用于食品包装和其他相关应用领域的印刷电子传感器。该网络的主要重点将是开发环境友好的材料和工艺，以实现所谓的绿色电子。由来自加拿大各地的世界级化学家、物理学家和工程师参与的NSERC-Green Electronics Network(GREEN)的目标是建立一个合作小组，开发先进的材料、电子设备和制造技术。该网络是一个跨学科的学术和工业团队，包括来自13所大学和1所技术学院的19名研究人员，以及36个工业伙伴和国家和国际组织。它还涉及来自7个不同机构的10名科学合作者。NSERC-GREEN还将受益于参与机构目前可用的最先进的设施和设备(1.3亿美元)。该网络着眼于5年的范围，将推动技术创新，主要是食品包装的新型环保材料、先进的传感和传感性能以及专门改编的设计和无害环境的印刷工艺。这些项目还将为生物医疗和能源应用创造新的机会。

The field of Printable Electronics (PE) combines conventional printing methods with conducting,semiconducting, and dielectric inks to economically produce electronic devices in a high throughput fashion. This unique synergy at the intersection between the printing and the electronics industries allows for the fabrication of low-cost electronic devices that are light, flexible, and environmentally friendly. These features, combined with scalable and high-volume production, will strongly benefit to the Internet of Things (IoT), in which smart devices and sensors embedded ubiquitously collect and exchange data. In order for Canada to gain a leading position in the face of intensifying international competition, we propose the creation of a new NSERC Network exploiting the internationally recognized strengths of Canada in materials science and organic electronics and our world leading printing and packaging institutions to fabricate printed electronic sensors intended for food packaging and other related field of applications. The main focus of this network will be the development of environmentally-benign materials and processes to implement the so-called green electronics. Involving world-class chemists, physicists and engineers from all across Canada, the goal of the NSERC-Green Electronics Network (GreEN) is to establish a collaborative group that will develop advanced materials, electronic devices and manufacturing technologies. This Network is a transdisciplinary academic and industrial team including 19 researchers from 13 universities and 1 technical college, as well as 36 industrial partners and national and international organizations. It also involves 10 scientific collaborators coming from 7 different institutions. NSERC-GreEN will also benefit from state-of-the-art facilities and equipment (>$130M) currently available at participating institutions. Focusing on a 5-year horizon, the Network will enable technical innovation in the form of new eco-friendly materials, advanced sensing and transducing properties and specifically-adapted designs and environmentally-benign printing processes for mainly food packaging. These projects will also create new opportunities for bio-medical and energy applications.