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Printed Electronics Technology from University of Minnesota Set to Be Commercialised

A printed electronics technology developed by engineers from the University of Minnesota is set to be put on production line for mass production onto the market.

Cape Diem Technology a research and products development company serving printing market from around the world has been granted exclusive license to produce and market the printed electronics technology.

The University of Minnesota and the company which is based in Franklin, Minnesota has entered into an agreement which it's terms were not disclosed to the public at the time of writing this report to commercialised the technology which is able to produce print interactive label capable to be used on pharmaceutical products, food, flexible display and self powered sensor.

The duo of Lorraino Frances a Distinguished University Teaching Professor and Dan Frisbie, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and the Head of Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science developed the print electronics technology called SCALE ( Self Aligned Capillarity-Assisted Lithography for Electronics)

The advantage of their invention over the traditional printing tools already in the market like inkjet, screen print and gravure is it ability to print on flexible substrates such as paper and plastic and making small aligned features and with precision.