Critical Research Issues (CRI)

One can identify several topics which will be important in the nearest future, concerning the materials for OTFTs and FOLAE systems and their characterisation and preparation, the devices fabrication and their integration into systems.

For the identification of the most important topics it is necessary however, to establish an internal technical observatory watch to monitor emerging new critical research issues and „bottlenecks” as a base of the task forces' work.

In the first months of the NoE FlexNet, an internal process of gathering information and prioritizing issues has been conducted. The outcome is a public document presenting the results.

White Paper on Critical Research Issues

Within the process of indentifying the critical research issues for the FlexNet Project, 20 pre selected factors had to be evaluated and ranked in order to gain an inside on what to focus the research collaborations.

In a survey, distributed to the partners and industry affiliates, scoreboards were created, showing 7 major issues that need special attention within the project:

Air stability of materials

Lifetime

Measure and increase channel mobility

Determine material properties & evaluate performance

Evaluate and decrease performance dispersion

Foil to foil Integration

On foil integration