Organic Electronics

The Organic Electronics group is focused on developing smart materials based on carbon derivatives, polymers, nanoparticles, together with nano processing solutions, and their development towards new advanced applications in flexible, transparent, wearable, and sustainable electronics for health and energy applications. The group projects are multidisciplinary, often with international and industrial collaborations, aiming to develop valuable technical solutions to solve industrial and societal problems.

Presently, most of the work is towards the development of wearable monitoring solutions for workers in extreme conditions and patients with chronic diseases, textile embedded flexible and self-charging systems, organic photosensors for bionic and energy solutions, and digitally printed smart tags for sustainable industrial textile process.

RESEARCH TOPICS:

• Wearable and transparente electronics

• Carbon based electronics

• Organic Photonics

SCIENTIFIC AREAS:

• Health and well being

• Energy

• Rescue and protection

• Sustainability

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

• Embedded electronics in flexible substrates (e. g. textiles, plastics)

• Smart responsive materials (e. g. chemical, light, electro-, magnetic)

• Micro and Nanofabrication

• Advanced electronics applications (e. g. wearable health monitoring garments, bionic device implants, energy solutions)

PROJECTS (ONGOING)

• Lusitano (PRR 02/C-05-i01/2022)

• Safefire (PCIF/SSO/0163/2019)

• Epilfootsense (POCI-01-0247- 113480)

Contact:
Helena Alves