SOFT3L - Soft 3D-Electronics | Tampere universities

Wearable technology is a fast growing industry. In the SOFT3L project, an environment is built in the Kankaanpää unit of the University of Tampere, where new methods are being developed for connecting electronics to textiles and other stretchable substrates using 3D printing. 3D printing makes it possible to implement mass-produced elastic electronics that are reliable and inexpensive. The implemented demonstration environment with the necessary infrastructure and know-how is offered to companies to try out product innovations. The project increases general knowledge about 3D printing in electronics manufacturing and the ability of companies to utilize 3D printing technology as an enabler of new product innovations. International research collaboration with well-known laboratories in the field is also strengthened and the results are published in international journals and conferences.

Impact

1. Teemu Salo, Aki Halme, Juhani Lahtinen and Jukka Vanhala (2020), Enhanced stretchable electronics made by fused-filament fabrication. IOP Publishing Ltd, Flexible and Printed Electronics, Volume 5, Number 4, 9 October 2020. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-8585/abb931/pdf

2. Teemu Salo, Aki Halme, Mikko Kanerva and Jukka Vanhala (2020), Bond Strength and Failure Mechanisms of Nonconductive Adhesives for Stretchable Electronics. IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 770-778, May 2020. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9032177

3. Teemu Salo, Donato Di Vito, Aki Halme, Jukka Vanhala (2020) Additive manufactured deformable carbon fiber composites for wearable and long-term sensing applications. Submitted to Additive Manufacturing.

4. Teemu Salo (2020), Enhancing reliability of stretchable electronics with 3D printing. LOPEC 2020, Messe München, March 24–26, 2020. Available on request: jukka.vanhala [at] tuni.fi

5. Teemu Salo (2021), Encapsulated wearable electronics on textile with 3D printing. LOPEC 2021, Messe München, March 23–25, 2021. Available on request: jukka.vanhala [at] tuni.fi

6. Teemu Salo (2020), Puettavan ja venyvän elektroniikan innovointia yli 20 vuoden ajan. Tekstiililehti 3/2020, s. 24-25. Available on request: jukka.vanhala [at] tuni.fi