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Report on Printed Films in Sensors, Electronics and Photonics

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Oct 29 2012

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Woodhead Publishing Ltd's new book "Printed films: Materials science and applications in sensors, electronics and photonics" to their offering.

"Printed Films" provides comprehensive coverage of the most significant recent developments in printed films and their applications. Materials and properties of printed films are the focus of part one. Printed films as electrical components and silicon metallization for solar cells are discussed, as are conduction mechanisms in printed film resistors, and thick films in packaging and microelectronics. Part two goes on to review the varied applications of printed films in devices. Printed resistive sensors are considered, as is the role of printed films in capacitive, piezoelectric and pyroelectric sensors, mechanical micro-systems and gas sensors. The applications of printed films in biosensors, actuators, heater elements, varistors and polymer solar cells are then explored, followed by a review of screen printing for the fabrication of solid oxide fuel cells, and laser printed micro- and meso-scale power generating devices.

Key Topics Covered:

Part 1 Materials and properties of printed films: Technologies for printed films

Materials for printed films
Materials science concepts for printed films
Properties of printed films as electrical components on ceramic substrates
Conduction mechanisms in printed thick film resistors
Multilayer low-temperature cofired ceramic systems incorporating a thick-film printing process.

Part 2 Applications of printed films in devices: Printed resistive sensors for physical quantities