Piezoelectric materials are a marvel. Twist them, squeeze them, bend them, stretch them, and they produce electricity. The last time you started your gas grill with a push-button spark, you likely did so thanks to piezoelectricity.
The latest products and trends in flexible, organic and printed electronics are once again the focus of LOPEC, which will take place in Munich from 5-7 March 2024. Each year, the industry's leading exhibition and most important conference brings together manufacturers, users and scientists from all over the world to present innovations, discuss current developments and initiate cutting edge projects together.
Researchers from Fraunhofer IZM (Berlin, Germany), together with 31 partners from industry and research, have developed a stretchable and wireless patch that can be used to conduct diagnostically relevant cardiac monitoring in every-day life. This will reduce the number of in-patient examinations required for high-risk patients. It also boosts the semiconductor value chain for the medical sector in Europe through the development of new tools, methods and processes for series production.
