Short Courses
Short courses on LAE technologies leading up to innoLAE 2024 allow you to learn more about key technology areas from industry experts.
Organic Bioelectronics
09:00 - 12:30, 20 February 2024
Delivered by Dr Dimitrios A. Koutsouras of IMEC, this course will cover what bioelectronics is and why it holds so much promise for meeting today's unmet medical needs, with a focus on organics, a class of materials extremely suitable for the fabrication of state-of-the-art bioelectronic devices. In this context, we will discuss why conducting polymers’ unique set of features allowed them to enter the world of bioelectronics, giving rise to the era of Organic Bioelectronics.
Wet processing technologies for large-area electronics
13:30 - 17:00, 20 February 2024
Delivered by Printed Electronics Ltd (PEL), this course covers the inks and printer technology required for deposition techniques including screen, inkjet and flexo/gravure printing. The short course also covers coating techniques such as doctor blade and slot die, drawdown, spin and spray coating. In each case the advantages, disadvantages and technological challenges of each technique will be covered, along with issues arising in scale up for manufacture.
Bioelectronic Devices Based On Electrical-double-layers
13:30 - 17:00, 20 February 2024
This course, delivered by Prof Henrique Leonel Gomes of Coimbra University, focuses on electrical methods to characterise devices that use electrical double-layers for bioelectronic sensing. These devices encompass a wide array of applications, such, as skin-adherent devices for monitoring physiological changes on the skin's surface or electrophysiological signals. A critical aspect of developing these types of bioelectrical devices lies in understanding the design principles that yield optimal sensing performance. This involves careful consideration of device geometry and a judicious selection of materials used in their fabrication, which will be covered in this course.