Making a Material Difference

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1 Making a Material Difference

(R&D, Production and BD Europe) Team of 30-80% technical/scientific Technology

2 Founded as a QinetiQ corporate investment in January 2002 Spun out in 2007 Locations: Rochester, NYS, USA (HQ and Production) Farnborough and Malvern, UK (R&D, Production and BD Europe) Team of 30-80% technical/scientific Technology Platform Fabrication of Inorganic Nanoparticles Business Model: License or Product Sale

5 Copper Nickel Silicon Phosphors TEG s Basic Materials Research Optimisation Application Development

6 High Cost and Technical Issues with Silver Comex Silver Spot Price 2 years - $/Troy oz Silver Technical Problems! Annealing temperatures! Dendritic Growth! Antimicrobial! Environmental

7 Why Copper? Highly Conductive Low Cost, readily available Flexible Ease of connection Electroplated Non-toxic Disadvantages Readily oxidises

8 Issues with Copper for Printed Electronics!"#$%&'()! "#$%&'()*!+,!-)$./#!0(-1#2-(34-!!"#$%&'*+)! 546!73289/$&34-!732!(46!:#)!;#$0-!34!$!2$4<#!37!-9.-)2$)#-!!!"#$%&'*,)! =3>!%3-)!123%#--!);$)!%92#-!)3!7328!$!%3409%&'#!)2$%6!$)!2338! )#81#2$)92#!(4!$(2!(4!8(//(-#%340-!

9 Problem 1: Copper Reactivity STEM image of nanocopper produced by standard method c.2004 STEM image of nanocopper produced by modified method (patented process) with organic coating which encapsulates the nanoparticles

Problem 2: Ink Formulation and Printing -#.

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10 Problem 2: Ink Formulation and Printing -#./&0*-#11&"*2.3*$&&4*3566&3375%%8* 7#"'5%./&0*94/#*.4*:4;<&/*1"94=4>*94;?*?;#!(46!(-!0#-(<4#0!)3!! C9'.=D!!?;#!(46!%$4!.#!12(4)#0!-9%%#--79//*!34)3!$! 1$1#2A!13/*(8(0#A!! 13/*#-)#2A!BC?A!! D"EA!FGHIJA!! </$--A!$/98(4$A!! %$2.34!K.2#! Carbon Fibre GX-13 Kapton (polyimide) Primed Alumina

11 Problem 3: Curing A9')*65"&0*540&"*.9"*./*"##'*/&'1&"./5"&*94* '9%%93&6#403E*359/.$%&*7#"*B+B*383/&'3?*?;#!%92(4<!123%#--!LMN?!OP?!0$8$<#!);#!-9.-)2$)#! N9()$./#!732!89/&1/#!-9.-)2$)#-!Q1$1#2A!13/*8#2-A! %3813-()#-A!%#2$8(%-R! S38.(4#!12(4&4<!$40!1;3)34(%!%92(4<!(4)3!$!-(4</#!1$--! 123%#--!

12 Pulsed broadband emission system (Xenon) Laser based

13 Pulsed broadband emission system (Xenon) Laser based LAPS-60

14 Xenon Laser Wavelength Broadband 1064nm Area covered 1.9cm x 30.5cm 5-100µm Line widths As printed <5µm Cure Time Fast Slow/medium (raster) Advantages High volume Single Wavelength Cost effective Integrated into R2R systems Flexibility in control Thin lines Each technique has specific advantages for specific applications

15 Applications Currently in Development Displays Specialist Antenna Photo-Voltaic Biosensors OLEDs Antennas Military CI-002 Ink on Polyester Substrate

16 Screen Printed Copper TU!)3!UVV!W8!/(4#-!-%2##4!12(4)#0!$40!%92#0!34!BXSA!BC?A!BS!$40!5?P!!S9-)38!73289/$&34-!$'$(/$./#!!!

17 Copper InkJet and Screen Print Comparison Property CI-002 CP-001 Print Method Inkjet R2R, semi-automatic, manual screen printing Viscosity cps 10,000-30,000 cps Metal Loading 12 % % Sheet Resistivity 5x Bulk 5x Bulk Typical Cured Thickness µm µm Line Resolution 70 µm 150 µm Average Particle Size 25 nm Nano and Micron material Substrates PI, Glass, PET, Paper Paper Curing System Xenon, UV,VIS,IR lasers Xenon, IR lasers

18 Future Developments Nickel Inks 5L=!;$'#!-9%%#--79//*! 12(4)#0!$40!%92#0!4(%6#/! (46-!9-(4<!);#!1;3)34(%! %92(4<!8#);30-!! Silicon Inks 5L=!$2#!0#'#/31(4<! -(/(%34!(46!-*-)#8-!732! 89/&1/#!$11/(%$&34-! (4%/90(4<!BX!

Credit Card numeric images successfully printed

19 Results to Date: Nickel Inks Successful ink-jet printing on low temperature substrates such as paper Credit Card numeric images successfully printed Printing of Nano nickel based films using the Dimatix DMP system.

Silicon Ink Formulation and Printing IM Silicon

doped IM also have experience of producing ink

20 Silicon Ink Formulation and Printing IM Silicon inks already achieved mobility approx 1 cm 2 /V-s Inkjet printing successfully achieved with Dimatix DMP2800 Inks can be p-type or n-type doped IM also have experience of producing ink formulations for other printing techniques such as gravure

Conformal printing for aerospace applications (BAe, Sun Chemical++) PROCID

21 LightTouch Application of IM ink to produce narrow lines for one sided touch sensitive transparent display systems (with MSOLV, Touchnetix) COPE Conformal printing for aerospace applications (BAe, Sun Chemical++) PROCID Disease detection systems for (with Leeds U, ELISHA, TRG, TNG, P1, Amies Innovation)

22 NANOFLAM Nano phosphors for biotags for R&D in bio systems research (Bath U, AbCam) HYPERCONNECT Thermal and electrical connections systems for flip chips (LORD, IBM) LAPTRANS Application of IML ink to OLED Lighting systems (Orbotech, PEL, BU)

23 Light manipulation and conversion to maximise DSSC energy output for DSSC Grand Challenge Programme Part 2 Down Converting Up Converting Up Converting

development underway Biosensors, touchscreens, PV Industry proof of concept studies underway

24 Development work on novel nanoscale copper metal inks complete Ink jet / screen product now available Demonstrators successful (reel to reel) Curing methods addressed Application development underway Biosensors, touchscreens, PV Industry proof of concept studies underway Nickel and silicon systems in development IM always looking for partners to address new applications and opportunities

25 Thank you! Contact: Dr Paul Reip Director, Government and Strategic Programmes mobile: +44 (0)

shaping global nanofuture ULTRA-PRECISE PRINTING OF NANOMATERIALS

shaping global nanofuture ULTRA-PRECISE PRINTING OF NANOMATERIALS WHO ARE WE? XTPL S.A. is a company operating in the nanotechnology segment. The interdisciplinary team of XTPL develops on a global scale