Abstract
Printed organic field-effect transistors (FETs) have been considered for many novel applications towards the large area and flexible electronics since they can enable pervasive integration of electronic functionalities in all sorts of appliances, their portability, and wearability. Here I will report on our recent efforts in making printed polymer electronics (i) ultrathin, to enhance as much as possible conformability, (ii) fast switching, to enable more applications at Radio-Frequencies and (iii) edible, towards electronics systems made with non-toxic, ingestible materials, serving smart pharmaceuticals and food-tagging applications.
Brief Biography
Mario Caironi obtained his Ph.D. in Information Technology with honors at Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy). In 2007 he joined the group of Prof. Sirringhaus at the Cavendish Lab. (Cambridge, UK) as a post-doc, working for 3 years on high-resolution printing of downscaled organic transistors and circuits, and on charge transport in high mobility polymers. In 2010 he was appointed as Team Leader at the Center for Nano Science and Technology@PoliMi (CNST) of the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT, Milan, Italy). In 2014 he entered the tenure track at the same institution, obtaining tenure in 2019. He is currently interested in solution-based high-resolution printing techniques for microelectronic, optoelectronic and thermoelectric devices, in the device physics of organic semiconductors based field-effect transistors, in biomedical and/or implantable sensors and electronics for healthcare. He is a 2014 ERC Starting grantee and a 2019 ERC Consolidator grantee.