Transfer Printing Technologies and Applications

Transfer Printing Technologies and Applications is a complete guide to transfer printing techniques and their cutting-edge applications. Sections in the book explore the fundamentals behind these technologies, along with state-of-the-art applications enabled by transfer printing techniques, including areas such as flexible sensors, flexible transistors, wearable devices, thin film-based energy systems, flexible displays, microLED-based displays, metal films, and more. A concluding chapter addresses current challenges and future opportunities in this innovative field. This book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students across nanotechnology, materials science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry, and biomedicine, as well as scientists, engineers, R&D professionals, and more.

• Examines a range of transfer printing technologies and their specific features for different applications
• Highlights breakthrough results and systems enabled by novel TP techniques
• Offers an insightful outlook into trends and future directions in each sub-area of transfer printing

Changhong Cao is the Director of the McGill Nano Factory, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at McGill University, in Quebec, Canada. His research activities focus on the development of printing technologies (2D and 3D), mechano-electrochemical studies of energy storage materials, as well as synthesis, assembly, and multi-scale characterizations of low-dimensional materials. Dr. Cao was a recipient of the Microsystem and Nanoengineering Outstanding Young Researcher Award (2020) and has authored publications in premium journals such as Science Advances, Nano Letters, and ACS Nano.

Dr. Yu Sun is a Professor at the University of Toronto. He holds a Tier I Canada Research Chair and is the founding Director of Robotic Institute at the University of Toronto. His Advanced Micro and Nanosystems Laboratory specializes in developing innovative robotic and AI technologies for reproductive medicine. His techniques have been applied in clinical centers from multiple countries.