Silicon transistor circuits are wonderful for numerous high-performance electronics but are unjustifiably costly for many applications which do not require silicon’s high switching speeds. Printed transistor circuits, which can potentially be fabricated on plastic substrates using simple liquid deposition techniques, offer an appealing approach to creating a new generation of ubiquitous large-area, flexible, and ultra low-cost electronics.

This lecture discusses the materials development for printed transistors, focusing on the issues, challenges, and recent advances in materials design. Xerox’s interest in printed electronics and our studies and progress in materials design to enable printed transistor circuits will be presented.