Objective Flexible electronic devices (FEDs) will have a major impact in our daily life if we succeed to encapsulate them into transparent, ultra-high barrier, flexible materials, providing protection against oxygen and vapor, long-term stability and endurance. The realization of such materials, compatible with roll-to-roll (r2r) production processes will allow cost effective large scale FEDs production. FLEXONICS goals are to develop: 1) materials systems consisting of alternating inorganic/organic layers few nm thi ck to improve the current barrier properties of flexible films by at least a factor of 1000, 2) the relative r2r processes, which will be used for the production of such materials, 3) optical real-time techniques for process control and optimization, with final and specific goal the effective encapsulation of flexible OPV and OLED devices. The above objectives conform to the NMP activity on "Materials processing by radically innovative technologies". The project will extend our knowledge on hybrid organic/i norganic systems, their interfaces and their optical and barrier properties. New techniques will be developed to measure and model the ultra-low gas permeation. Finally, the optical properties of the hybrid organic/inorganic layers and the light interactio n with complex-structured materials will be studied at the fundamental level.The duration of FLEXONICS is 36 months; the project involves 5 leading industries (vacuum equipment and optical instrumentation providers, polymer film producers and converters, p roducers of electronic devices) and 3 research organizations. The deliverables of the project include: 1)ultra-high barrier organic/inorganic materials, 2)production process for such materials, 3)modeling of permeation mechanisms, 4)new techniques for perm eability measurements, 5)modeling of the light interactions with complex structures, 6)new optical instrumentation for process control, and 7)demonstration of operational FEDs properly encapsulated. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicsoptoelectronicsnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsnatural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssemiconductivityengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energyphotovoltaic Programme(s) FP6-NMP - Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices: thematic priority 3 under the 'Focusing and integrating community research' of the 'Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area' specific programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) NMP-2003-3.4.2.2-1 - Materials processing by radically innovative technologies Call for proposal FP6-2003-NMP-TI-3-MAIN See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI Address Administration building - university campus Thessaloniki Greece See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Hansastr. 27 c Munchen See on map Links Website Opens in new window JOBIN YVON S.A.S. France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 16-18 rue du canal Longjumeau See on map Links Website Opens in new window APPLIED FILMS GMBH & CO. KG Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Siemensstrasse 100 Alzenau See on map Links Website Opens in new window ISOVOLTA AG Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Isovolta ag noesued Wiener neudorf See on map Links Website Opens in new window ALCAN PACKAGING SERVICES LTD. Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Bad. bahnhofstr. 16 Neuhausen See on map Links Website Opens in new window SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Wittelsbacherplatz 2 Muenchen See on map Links Website Opens in new window GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rechbauerstrasse 12 Graz See on map Links Website Opens in new window KONARKA AUSTRIA FORSCHUNGS- U. ENTWICKLUNGS GMBH Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Gruberstrasse 40 - 42 Linz See on map Links Website Opens in new window
