ABSTRACT
One of the ultimate goals in electronics is the ability to directly write electronic components and circuits. Recent scientific and technical articles are emphasizing the role of printing technology in the modern electronic industry for fabrication of items which has been named printed electronics. Advancing materials chemistry and developing print head technology is bringing this goal closer to reality. Printed electronics is a promising technology that has received tremendous interest as a mass production process for low-cost electronic devices, because it increases manufacturing flexibility and decreases manufacturing costs. The market for printed and potentially printed electronics, including organics, inorganics, and composites, is being forecasted to rise from $1.92 billion in 2009 to $57.16 billion in 2019. The low process temperatures allows the use of flexible substrate materials, such as paper or plastics, suitable for a reel-to-reel process [1].
