Today’s electronics are dominated by solid-state technologies relying on fast electron movement in semiconductors. This has enabled powerful computing, communication, and automation. However, as demand grows for smaller, energy-efficient systems, especially in wearables, implants, environmental sensors, and IoT, traditional electronics face serious limitations. Silicon-based devices are rigid, power-hungry, and not ideal for soft, bio-integrated, or flexible systems. Further miniaturization also leads to performance and thermal issues.
The IONOLOGIC project addresses these challenges by exploring iontronics, devices that use ions alongside electrons to store, sense, and process information. Iontronic devices can function in wet, flexible environments, adapt to stimuli, and combine multiple functions in a single component.
This work aligns with several needs:
• The need for green, sustainable electronics.
• Growth of flexible and printed electronics.
• Advancement in neuromorphic and adaptive computing.
• Demand for energy-autonomous, distributed systems.
IONOLOGIC focuses on developing printed iontronic devices using electrochemical phenomena such as redox reactions and electroadsorption. These devices are fabricated via scalable, additive manufacturing.
Key goals include:
1. Designing multifunctional devices (e.g. CAPodes, G-Caps, G-CAPodes) for energy storage and signal control.
2. Developing printable, non-toxic materials with high electrochemical performance.
3. Understanding ion–electron interactions at hybrid interfaces.
4. Demonstrating scalable fabrication methods, printing and rapid prototyping.
5. Exploring applications in AC filtering, logic, wearables, and soft robotics.
IONOLOGIC aims to unlock a new class of adaptive, sustainable, and bio-compatible electronics, contributing to Europe’s technological leadership in printed systems.
