OLAE Links

...aims to contribute to Europe's leading position in this disruptive technology through the support of R&D activities, crucial for the development and progress in organic and large area electronics.

• http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/ photonics/home_en.html

• http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ find-doc_en.html (Documents)

Organic Electronics Association

...is the information and communication platform for companies and research institutes active in this emerging technology. Our Vision is to build a bridge between science, technology and application.

• http://www.oe-a.com

• http://www.oe-a-wiki.org/

Photonics 21

...is a voluntary association of industrial enterprises and other stakeholders in the field of photonics in Europe and unites the majority of the leading Photonics industries and relevant R&D stakeholders along the whole economic value chain throughout Europe.

• http://www.photonics21.org

Plastipolis

France

… is the only competitive cluster for plastics engineering in France. Its aim is to promote the expertise of French plastics engineering companies on a European and international level.

• http://www.plastipolis.fr/index.php?lg=gb

ProPlast

Italy

… aims to promote the plastic culture in Italy while offering developmental services, promoting creation and co-operation between national and international companies and other.

• http://www.proplast.it/

PPE KTN

UK

…is a cluster that has prioritised key areas such as Photovoltaics, Ultra-Efficient Lighting, Plastic Electronics, Optical Communications, Ultra High Speed Broadband Communications and Healthcare.

• https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/plastic-electronics

Organics Electronics Saxony

Germany

…looks to strengthen the organic centre in Saxony (German federal state) by applying & coordinating various projects, supporting start ups and many other activities.

• http://www.oes-net.de/

Forum Organic Electronics

Germany

…has the goal of establishing a leading position for the development and research of organic electronics while creating an attractive platform fo young researches, specialists and managers.

• http://www.innovationlab.de/en/forschung/spitzencluster-forum-organic-electronics/

...will be a real tool for developing a strong European RTD community on materials science and engineering and for supporting the European economy with respect to the challenges of the 21st century.The project officially started on the 1st February 2012.

• https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/m-era.net

...is a platform where students and young researcher can find information for education and training possibilities in the field of flexible, organic and large area electronics (FOLAE).

• http://bpr.mb.tu-chemnitz.de/flexnet-education/

AIMCAL serves as the global forum for the flexible metallizing, coating and laminating industry by providing resources, services and information. AIMCAL collects and distributes information to increase industry knowledge, while fostering an environment that builds relationships and a spirit of cooperation between member companies worldwide.

• http://www.aimcal.org

...the network of European Micro- and Nanotechnology (MNT) support programmes. Its thematci focus includes the fields of Energy Instrumentation, Manufacturing Materials, Medical Devices, Nanoelectronics and several others.

• http://www.mnt-era.net/

...is an industry-driven policy initiative, defining R&D and innovation needs as well as policy requirements related to Smart Systems Integration and integrated Micro- and Nanosystems

• http://www.smart-systems-integration.org/public

....acts as an exchange forum for the topics of industrial micro and nano manufacturing: materials, equipment, components. It aims to support industry growth in this new field by the development of a common R&D and education strategy and by enabling close cooperation of e.g. SME, Industry, Research Institutions, NGOs and Public Bodies.

• http://www.minamwebportal.eu

...initiative is a public-private partnership, aiming at boosting competitiveness, entrepreneurship and innovation, in knowledge-intensive and exports-oriented technology segments, where Greece has the capacity to build a sustainable innovation ecosystem and can attain a worldwide competitive advantage.

• http://www.corallia.org/

...aims especially to develop printed sensors for packaging and biomedical applications, and embedded solutions in RFID and WSN domains. The main drivers are the development of body area networks and ambient intelligence.

• http://www.pec4.net/

CPI

...a technology innovation centre that uses market knowledge and technology understanding to develop and prototype products and processes quickly and efficiently with minimal risk to its public and private sector partners.

• http://www.uk-cpi.com/

The objective of the 3Neo is to bring the new developements of printing technology to the spanish industrial and business landscape. 3NEO works on Funcional printing technologies such as organic electronics and their derivates: OLED`s devices, solar cells and printing electronics.

• http://www.3neo.org

...targets the support of Organic and Large Area Electronics in Europe by representing an umbrella for 4 major projects in that field: Opera, PolyNet, Prodi, Polymap.

• www.quadriga-org.eu

...aims at overcoming the fragmentation of the European research and educational landscape, and develop concepts for the continuation of research cooperations and a service offering to leverage knowledge in the field of OLAE.

• www.noe-polynet.eu

Opera

.…aims to make Europe a global hub for plastic electronics while fostering the creation of competitive clusters. Major fields of Focus are entrepreneurial and standardized Networking that will develop the visibility of OLAE.

• http://opera-project.eu/

Polymap

…setting up an ERA – Net as well as an open source database will help the mapping of public funding. Supporting European SMEs is an essential part of this process.

• http://www.polymap.eu/

• http://www.oe-a-wiki.org/ (OLAE-Wiki by PolyMAP)

PRODI

…aims to derive the required manufacturing equipment and inventory for R2R fabrication and manufacturing of organic electronics. Provides a structured forum for European printing, coating, laser, inter alia.

• http://www.project-prodi.eu/

AEVIOM

…developing a numerical simulation tool for white OLED technology. The underlying models are being experimentally validated and applied to white OLED device structures in order to improve efficiency, lifetime among other things.

• http://aeviom.temp.
  scheepens.nl/

CombOLED

…combines new device structures, advantageous manufacturing approaches and less complex materials with the aim to achieve cost effective OLED lighting solutions.

• http://www.comboled-project.eu/

Fast2Light

… the objective is to develop processes for fabricating light-emitting polymer-OLED foils for intelligent lighting applications. The main goals for these processes are e.g. high cost effectiveness, a high throughput or a roll to roll character

• http://www.fast2light.org/

OLED100.eu

…develops a technology basis for efficient OLED applications. This technology aims to be applicable at a large area, have high efficacy and a long lifetime as well as low production costs.

• http://www.oled100.eu/homepage.as

Cello

…aims to develop thin film, flexible and large area lighting sources based on light-emitting electrochemical cells (LEC). For Deposition onto metal contacts, wet, scaleable and roll-to-roll processes are being advanced.

• http://cello-project.eu/

AMAzOLED

…targets to develop displays and TV products usable in cars, aircrafts and many more on an OLED basis, thus saving space and improving energy efficiency

• http://www.amazoled.com/

Hypoled

…develops next generation virtual displays like head mounted displays(HMD) and mobile projection applications with the help of new OLED microdisplay technology.

• http://www.hypoled.org/

FLAME

…aims to create rollable active-matrix displays using organic transistors as pixel engines. Therefore OLED device structures are planed to be used with organic TFT technology.

• http://www.imec.be/FLAME/

FACESS

…looks to develop roll-to-roll manufacturing processes for organic photovoltaic devices and thin film batteries. Furthermore aiming to combine both with control transistor circuitry to an autonomous energy source and storage device.

• http://www.vtt.fi/proj/facess/

PRIMA

…focuses on improving the light absorption in solar cells by plasmonic effects, enabling them to thin down the cells whilst not sacrificing efficiency.

• http://www.prima-ict.eu/

HiFlex

…aims to develop a cost-effective highly flexible printed ITO-free Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) module technology. HiFlex intends to accelerate the exploitation of this OPV technology for a wide variety of ICT products in the mobile electronics market.

• http://www.hiflexopv.eu/index.php

One-P

…plans to develop the missing high-performance, low-cost multifunctional materials and their process technology to strengthen industrialization of the electronics and photonics sector in Europe.

• http://www.one-p.eu/public/

Ingenious

… focuses on the development, evaluation and validation of novel ultra-sensitive and selective nanostructured optochemical sensors for the detection of PAHs and BTX from complex mixtures.

• http://www.ingenious-project.eu/

bioEGOFET

…aims at creating an organic electronic transistor that can detect biological markers. That means developing disposable biosensors with an electrical response that will be printed on flexible plastic or paper substrates.

• http://www.bioegofet.eu/

Photo-Fet

…looks to develop a photonic miniaturized disposable platform for point-of care diagnostics for performing quantitative diagnostic tests. It is targeted to create a disposable device to monitor cardiovascular health.

• http://www.bo.ismn.cnr.it/photofet/

OLAtronics

…focuses on developing & optimizing the production processes for active&passive materials, creating methods for a more effective encapsulation of those and integrating the developed manufacturing technologies into a pilot-scale.

• http://www.olatronics.org/

Interflex

…enabling technologies for integration and interconnection of foil components, discrete components and foil subsystems into a flexible energy independent tag. Therefore new interconnection and assembly technologies will be developed specifically applied.

• http://www.project-interflex.eu/

PLACE-it

…aims to implement an Integration platform of foil, stretch and fabric technologies with opto-electronic functionality, hence resulting into fabric-based devices for light emission, electronics, sensing etc. The poject further looks to creating design guidelines to implement the technology platform.

• http://www.place-it-project.eu/

Chip 2 foil

…is looking to develop a technology platform for high speed, low cost placement and interconnection of ultra thin chips on thin polymer foils.

• http://www.chip2foil.eu/

e-Lift

…targets the usage of Laser-Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT) process as a high resolution printing technique for organic and inorganic material. Besides validating the printings capabilities, e-lift aims to ensure a successful transfer towards real-world applications.

• http://www.e-lift-project.eu/

LAMP

…aiming at developing a new method for making light-emitting devices, using laser micro-patterning to generate quantum dots (QDs), giving new high performing materials for organic light-emitting transistors (OLET) and diodes (OLEDs).

• http://www.lamp-project.eu/

Lotus

…looks to produce highly conductive patterns while targeting flexible thin-film photovoltaics, RFIDs, and OLEDs for lighting. Hence the project aims to provide a R2R compatible platform to produce highly conductive structures with high resolution.

• http://www.lotus-fp7.eu/

MOMA

…will develop low-cost re-programmable polymer memory, that is integrated with organic transistor circuitry on thin flexible, plastic substrates.

• http://moma-project.eu/

PRIAM

…targets the development of radically new autonomous road signals and lighting modules (tail light) integrating heterogeneous functionalities on plastic foils by high throughput homogenous processes.

• http://www.priam-project.eu

3Plast

…a novel concept combining physical polymer sensors with organic electronics printed on large-area flexible substrates is developed. Those sensors provide accurate information on changes in temperature and pressure and are highly flexible in design.

• http://www.3plast-sensor.eu/

ORICLA

…aims at becoming the world’s benchmark for RFID performance with OLAEs by realizing new OLAE chip technologies, based on complementary logic with organic and oxide semiconductors and on self-aligned imprint lithography as upscaleable patterning technology that can provide suitable dimensions.

• http://www.oricla.eu/

COSMIC

…looks to advance the state of the art in the field of omplementary organic circuits, i.e. circuits combining n-type and p-type organic thin film transistors (OTFTs). The volume of the project contains extensive research on technology, circuit design and OTFT modelling among others.

• http://www.project-cosmic.eu

POLARIC

…plans to increase the performance of organic electronics and decrease the cost of fabrication. That includes the upscaling of fabrication processes , downscaling the feature sizes of organic circuits or the design, testing, and standardisation of organic electronics.

• http://www.vtt.fi/sites/polaric/

PriMeBits

…in the PriMeBits project, a printable electric low-voltage nonvolatile memory is developed for printed sensors, media and wireless-ID applications, while the focus is on inorganic nanoparticulate metal and ferroelectric metal-oxide memory materials.

• http://www.primebits.eu/

...aims at developing a foil that integrates optical sensing elements, that can include optical and electrical powering as well as onboard signal processing and wireless communications and that is flexible and stretchable.

• http://www.phosfos.eu/

...an EC initiative which aims to stimulate the wider exploitation of state-of-the-art micro/nanoelectronics and Microsystems technologies by European industry. The ultimate goal of EUROPRACTICE is to enhance European industrial competitiveness in the global marketplace.

• http://www.eurotraining.net/

...goal of the project is to research and develop textile solar cells in order to get flexible photovoltaic textiles based on novel fibres allowing taking benefit from the solar radiation so as to turn it into energy.

• http://www.dephotex.com/

...is an ICT project co-ordination initiative based on 12 partners from 5 European countries to build up a market-driven framework and orientation in the area of e-textiles and wearable micro systems.

• http://www.systex.org/

... is a European-funded Framework 7 Large scale project bringing together 18 partners from Industry, Academia and Private Institutes to develop scalable nanomanufacturing processes for arbitrary 3-dimensional surfaces for the use in the fields of optical components and life sciences.

• http://www.napanil.org/

... is a pan-European initiative to promote the commercial exploitation of organic and large area electronics in Europe. The project combines 18 partners from 12 countries, representing all major European OLAE competence clusters.

• http://colae.eu/

...aims at significantly advancing the competitiveness of Europe in the area of multifunctional, ultra-lightweight, ultra-thin and bendable OLAE systems.

• http://www.flexibility-fp7.eu/

... is a 3 years project under the EU’s 7th framework program for ICT. The goal is to make large-area OLED-based lighting modules with built-in intelligent light management.

• http://www.imola-project.eu/

... is a transnational call for collaborative research and development proposals under the European Commission’s (EC’s) ERA-NET Plus scheme. The aim is to seek proposals to develop and stimulate the technology and business relationships within the European OLAE community, building the supply chain and removing barriers to industrialisation.

• http://www.olaeplus.eu/

= ROll To ROll production of Organic Tandem cells.
The project proposes to comprise a complete solution process using significant advances in R2R techniques ending up with an environmentally friendly and safe deposition process.

... is a FP7 EC founded STReP and is focused on high performance microdisplays based on the combination of OLED technology with CMOS technology.

• http://www.scoop-oled.eu/

... is a collaborative research project of 17 partner institutions from science and industry. Its goal is the development of highly efficient, long-lasting, cheap and environmentally friendly printed organic photovoltaics.

• http://sunflower-fp7.eu/

The goal is to set a fundamental change in the way printed electronics (PE) are designed and manufactured in Europe. The aim is to reducing costs and the time-to-market and to create more complex designs than ever before.

• http://www.tdk4pe.eu/

The objective is to develop efficient, low-cost, stable tandem organic solar cells by applying new designs, materials and manufacturing technologies to create market-competitive OPV modules.

• www.x10d-project.eu