FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GS
to Speak on Silicone Rubber for Flexible Electronics MP Solution at
Flex Conference
Materials
Innovation for Commercialization of Flexible Hybrid Electronics
Hsinchu,
Taiwan, February 18, 2021 - General Silicones (GS), a
steering committee member for flexible electronics at SEMI Taiwan, is
announcing it will share innovations in silicone material for flexible electronics
manufacturing at the Flex
2021 Virtual Conference on February 23.
The presentation will be held during the session of Flexible Materials &
Technology From Asia at 4:30 PM Pacific Standard Time
(PST) by Dr. Anupam
Mukherjee, Technical Director at the R&D Center of
General Silicones.
Making
Green Silicone Rubber Mass Production Friendly
Silicone rubber is a well-known environmentally friendly material with
many chemical and physical properties that would make it ideal for
flexible electronics. But the low wettability of cured silicone rubber
excluded silicone so far as a material from broader usage in flexible
hybrid electronics (FHE) design and manufacturing. Until now, companies
have had no choice to use the outstanding elastomeric properties of
silicone in the mainstream of FHE, only limited in advanced academic
research using only liquid PDMS for prototyping. Realizing this
innovation gap, GS is offering a sustainable industrial solution of printable silicone film for high
volume production of wearable, e-skin, and stretchable electronics.
Need
Gap Analysis
With an experience of over 50 years, considering a huge gap between the
industry and academia about the use of silicone materials in flexible
hybrid electronics, GS developed Compo-SiL®
focusing the following
issues:
- A silicone based printable film with tunable mechanical and
elastic properties that can support the academia and the upcoming
flexible hybrid electronics supply chain and speed up the development
of FHE.
- Along with printability, silicone films must provide
laminability to other surfaces for encapsulation purposes. Also, these
printable and laminable films should have the capability to bind with
textile for wearable electronics industry applications.
- Dr. Anupam Mukherjee will be sharing how the GS R&D
Center overcame this surface energy enhancement of silicone
problem and
now creates silicone rubber sheets with ultra-thin modified PU layers.
To cover a wide range of applications, there is a need of roll-to-roll
printable silicone film for the flexible hybrid electronics market.
Compo-SiL®
films are broadly separated into these categories:
- Printable & Wearable Film
Having silicone along with a printable and laminable modified layer
available in large scale roll-to-roll process opens the scope of
designer clothing and fashion technology. The printable wearable film
allows for building up flexible circuits by inkjet printing, screen
printing etc. As all raw materials used are high grade and non-toxic,
harmful impact on the environment is prevented.
- Printable E-skin Film
As silicone is a bio-friendly and sustainable material, silicone-based
printable films are the best candidates for e-skin industry. They are
well suited for the healthcare industry as well as wearable electronics
due to the low mechanical stiffness comparable to the human skin.
Based on the 50 years of experience in manufacturing silicone products,
all Compo-SiL®
rubber sheets/films are manufactured to be printable,
laminable and wearable to textile and e-skin.
For more information on the presentation, visit
https://flex.semi.org/program/flexible-materials-and-technology-from-asia-compo-sil%C2%AE-a-sustainable-industrial-solution-of-printable-silicone-film-for-high-volume-production-of-wearable-e-skin-and-stretchable-electronics
About
General Silicones
General Silicones (GS) was founded in 1970 in Taipei, Taiwan, and is
now represented worldwide – including Europe, China, Japan, and
South-East Asian countries. GS is a major distributor of silicone
materials and an active silicone products manufacturer with ISO 9001,
IATF 16949, and ISO 14001 certifications. The company has manufacturing
plants in Hsinchu, Taiwan; Wujiang, China; and Bac Giang, Vietnam. With
decades of experience in this field, GS has the ability and capacity to
provide a wide range of silicone products for many industries,
including medical, automobile, consumer products, electronics, and IT.
GS listed on Taiwan's Emerging Stock Market in 2011 (TPEx: 4730). For
more information about GS, please visit www.generalsilicones.com.
For more information on Compo-SiL®,
please visit www.compo-sil.com