Fully Printed Metallic Arrays For Membraneless Particle Sieving With Hummink's NAZCA Printer

Below are five key takeaways from the live session:

1. Collaborative Innovation in Printed Electronics

The webinar highlighted the strong partnership between Université Paris Cité and Hummink, demonstrating a strong commitment to advancing printed electronics. By combining academic research with cutting-edge technology from industry, such as Hummink's NAZCA printer, the collaboration aims to make microelectronics more accessible and versatile.

2. Cost-Effective Manufacturing with the NAZCA Printer

A major focus was on the NAZCA printer, a platform that enables the fabrication of metallic arrays and brings groundbreaking advancements to this process, offering high precision and resolution for the deposition of silver ink formulations optimized for slow drying, minimizing clogging.

3. Tackling Challenges in Ink Formulation

Developing effective inks for colloidal suspensions remains a key challenge. Ensuring the precision and resolution required for metallice electrodes in printed devices is critical to advancing the field. The discussion underscored ongoing efforts to refine formulations and improve reliability

4. Paving the Way with Multiscale Printing

The future of printed electronics lies in overcoming resolution limitations through multiscale printing techniques. By employing multiple printers and integrating processes, researchers aim to achieve high-performance devices capable of addressing a variety of biosensing needs across diverse applications.