Workshop: Ink Jet Printing Functional Materials

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The advent of Desk top ink jet printing revolutionized the world of personalized printing. The advent of laboratory based ink jet printers is revolutionizing the world of advanced materials and fabricated structures containing them. The ability to design and create novel structures and devices with micron revolution on a range of substrates is having a major impact on fields as diverse as:

• chemical/biosensors
• electrochromic displays
• plastic electronics
• wearable sensor technologies
• RFID tags, and even
• biomaterials

Recent advances in nanotechnology has enabled many highly functional materials to be more processable including improved printability. This workshop will examine the fundamental physical and chemical properties of solutions/dispersions that are required to enable high resolution ink jet printing.

In addition, the most recent advances in fabricating practical devices by ink jet printing will be presented by each of our invited speakers.

Speakers include:

• Prof. Paul Calvert (UMass, Dartmouth, USA)
• Prof. Gyoujin Cho (Sunchon National University, Korea)
• Dr Aoife Morrin (Dublin City University, Ireland)
• Dr Arun Vijayan (CSIRO) – Ink Jet Printing on Textiles
• Dr Bjorn Winther-Jensen (ACES) – Novel Conducting Polymer Structures

Dr Marc in het Panhuis (University of Wollongong) – Ink Jet Printing Polymers and Carbon Nanotubes

The organisers, Dr Marc in het Panhuis and Prof. Gordon Wallace are looking forward to seeing you in Wollongong.

The Venue

The workshop will be held on campus grounds at the University of Wollongong. It is a University of international standing with an enviable record of achievement in teaching and research. It is also located in one of the most beautiful settings in Australia, just an hour's drive south of Australia's largest city, Sydney. Our students and staff come from diverse backgrounds, many from overseas. The University aims to make the experience of visiting the campus a rewarding one, and your host, ACES, is ready to deliver this to participants in our Ink Jet Printing Functional Materials workshop.

Yours Hosts: IPRI and ACES

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) brings together eminent scientists to develop the nano-science and nano-technology related to the movement of electric charge within and between materials. ACES studies these processes as they are fundamentally important to a diverse array of phenomena important in many biological and industrial processes. The host node of ACES is the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), located at the University of Wollongong. IPRI's competencies lie in the design and synthesis of novel intelligent materials, with the team renowned for expertise in the electrochemistry of organic conductors; especially in the applications of artificial muscles, photovoltaics, batteries, and biomedical applications.

Accommodation

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Beach Park Motor Inn [Ph: +61 2 42261577]
Boat Harbour Motel [Ph: +61 2 42289166]
Novotel Northbeach Wollongong [Ph: +61 2 42263555]

Airport Transfers (from Sydney or Wollongong Airport)

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Leisure Coast Limousine Service [Ph: +61 2 42617393]

Thursday December 6th 2007

11:00am-11:15am Welcome: “Ink Jet Printing – Importance to Electromaterials Science”
Prof. Gordon Wallace

11:15am-12:30pm Introduction to Ink Jet Printing
Prof. Paul Calvert

12:30pm-1:30pm Sandwich Lunch

1:30pm-2:15pm Formulating Inks for Ink Jet Printing
Dr Bjorn Winther-Jensen

2:15pm-3:00pm Ink Jet Printing Chemical and Biosensors
Dr Aoife Morrin

3:00pm-3:30pm Coffee

3:30pm-4:15pm Ink Jet Printing on Textiles
Dr Arun Vijayan

4:15pm-5:30pm Printing Polymers and Carbon Nanotubes
Dr Marc in het Panhuis

6:00pm-8:00pm BBQ @ Uni Bar

Friday December 7th 2007

9:00am-10:00am Introduction and Demonstration of the Dimatix Ink Jet Printer
Dr Marc in het Panhuis and Dr Rod Shepherd

10:00am-10:45am Ink Jet Printing Polypeptides, Yeast and Stem Cells
Prof. Paul Calvert

10:45am-11:15am Morning Tea

11:15am-12:00pm Printing RFID Tags
Prof. Gyoujin Cho

12:00pm-12:10pm Closing Remarks – Prof. Gordon Wallace
Sandwich Lunch

1:00pm Lab Tour of IPRI/ACES

For all details please download flyer here.