Partners

Concept Prototyping – Nano ePrint works with a selection of carefully chosen partners in order to integrate our unique printed logic circuits into compelling products driven by end-user requirements. Most of these activities are confidential, however we have announced a £300,000 project, funded by the Northern Way, collaborating with Novalia Ltd to deliver all-printed electronic greeting cards for Hallmark subsidiary Tigerprint Ltd.

Nano-Embossing Process – Since embossing is a commercially proven fabrication technique (e.g. for optical microstructures), Nano ePrint is able to leverage partners with existing expertise in this area. For example, the Technology Strategy Board has awarded grants of over £600,000 for a joint project with Optaglio Ltd, whose proprietary Optically Variable Microstructure (OVM) technology is currently used for low cost, high speed printed fabrication of holographic security features.

Printable Semiconductor Materials – Nano ePrint is working with a variety of partners to optimise the intrinsic performance and physical characteristics of materials for use with Nano ePrint’s planar devices. One example is a joint project with Kodak Ltd and the University of Cambridge focused on a low-cost Atmospheric Vapour Deposition (AVD) process for metal oxide semiconductors (supported by grants of over £500,000 from the Technology Strategy Board). Nano ePrint is also working with the Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Centre on a range of material optimisation activities.

Long Term Research – Nano ePrint maintains an ongoing relationship with the University of Manchester to explore alternative materials and process technologies as well as device and circuit architectures.