Smart Materials & Solutions
CeNTI’s role is to drive new materials and devices in order to contribute for product or innovation through all the necessary stages of development. Generally, CeNTI’s R&D services take a multi-disciplinary approach, a lot of experimental work and include technologists and researchers. Main applications include sensors-actuators, OPVs, OLEDs, supercapacitors, electrochromic devices and integrated systems.
This area is divided in 2 major programs:
- Embedded Systems & Electronics
- Thin Films & OPV/OLEDs
CeNTI Smart Materials & Solutions platform includes:
- Roll-to-roll (500 mm): plasma treatment, hotmelt slot-die, CVD, DC Sputtering, Metal evaporation, Polymer Multi Layer deposition w/ E-beam, Plasma enhanced ultrasonic spraying with UV curing
- Polymer Multi Layer deposition at supersonic speed w/ E-beam
- Inkjet Printer (200 x 200 mm), Screen Printer
- SMT (Surface Mount Technology) line (Pick&Place, dispensing and soldering)
- PCBs prototyping in rigid and flexible substrates
- Roll to Roll Etching, screen printing, engraved roller, slot-die, drying and laminating
- Thermal Evaporation Unit (150x150mm) for small molecules and metals
New Technologies:
- 12m R2R Printing, Coating and Lamination line 300mm web
- Pilot scale R2R Printing, Coating and Lamination system 100mm web
- R2R Thin film deposition system 500mm web: Dual Mag Sputtering, Metal Evaporation and PML
- Low temperature and Metal Evaporation technologies for processing OLED devices
- SMT and PCB prototyping technologies
Leading to the following outputs:
- Sensors and actuators
- Thin-films
- Transparent conductive oxides
- Conductive materials
- Flexible electronics and integrated RFID
- Smart and interactive textiles
- Electroactive polymers
- Piezoelectric and piezoresistive materials
- Photovoltaic and Organic Photovoltaics
- OLEDs and electroluminescent materials
- Electrochromic materials
- High barrier thin films