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NMP-2007-2.2-1 Organic materials for electronics and photonics
Technical content/scope: Organic materials are starting to release their huge potential in the electronics and photonics industry. New developments in polymer based electronics and photonics (e.g. flexible display technology and lighting), and related photovoltaic innovations, rely to a large extent on new organic materials development. Research should focus on enhancing the materials performance and, in particular, on enabling further progress on low cost processing and large area challenges. Projects should aim at the development of nanostructured organic multifunctional materials with tailored electronic, optical and sensing properties, to be used in applications such as flexible organic devices for electronic labels, electronic paper, optoelectronic devices, light emitting diodes, solar cells, displays and stimuli-responsive materials (sensors and actuators). In particular, controlling the structure of materials at the nanometer scale is important to increase carrier mobility, spectral (emission and absorption) tuning, interface matching, life-time improvement and reliability. Material processing technologies warranting attention include patterning, multilayering, self-assembly, molecular separation and recognition, vapour growth techniques, selective laser treatment, and deposition at surfaces and interfaces leading to low cost and low temperature solutions (e.g. soft-lithography, dip-pen lithography, self-assembled monolayers and molecular imprinting).
Funding scheme: Large-scale integrating collaborative projects
Special features: In line with the objectives of this topic, adequate industrial participation is recommended.
Expected Impacts: Competitiveness of the electronics and photonics industry, for example utilising the potential of roll-to-roll technologies for processing large areas. The development of cost effective organic electronic and photonic devices competitive in performance to alternative technologies is expected. Developments in photovoltaics for energy applications would also bring, for instance, an increase in efficiency and improvement in stability, e.g. by controlling self-thermal degradation.