MICROFLEX

Date:

2008-2012

Theme:

Novel Sensors

Funding:

EUFP7

The project concerns flexible materials in the form of high added value smart fabrics/textiles which are able to sense stimuli and react or adapt to them in a predetermined way. The project will exploit screen and inkjet printing together with microfabrication based strategies to achieve functionality. This will result in a low-cost, easy to design, flexible, rapid way to manufacture multi function smart textiles for a large set of multi-sectorial applications.

Primary investigators

• Steve Beeby
• John Tudor

Secondary investigators

• Russel Torah
• Kai Yang

Partners

• IFTH - Institut Francais du Textile et de L'Habillement
• DITF - Deutsche Institute fur Textil- und Fasrforschung Denkendorf
• Klopman International Srl
• JSI - Institut Jozef Stefan
• Verstraete-Hahn OVD Bonfort
• Insensor A/S
• Acondicionamient Tarrasense Leitat
• Saati SPA
• Ardeje SARL
• Elasta Ind.NV.
• Paul Boye Technologies
• UoM - Otto Von Guericke Universtaet Magdeburg

Associated research groups

• Electronic Systems and Devices Group
• Electronics and Electrical Engineering