Functional Inks
Pressure, stretchable and force sensors
Piezoresistive Ink
Nanopaint piezoresistive inks shows a strong variation of the electrical resistance upon mechanical deformation, allowing the implementation of force, pressure and stretchable sensors on different types of substrates. Some applications are:
- Biomedical: Pressure mattress for beds, smart Insole for foot pressure monitorization; blood pressure measurement; urinary pressure measurement,…
- Automotive industry: Control, touch buttons and monitoring sensors; pressure sensors on car seat and to measure measuring hydraulic systems; Accelerometers, which measure g-forces,…
- Household Appliances: Wall force sensors, smart walls; sensors for washing machines, pressure floor, TV controller,…
- Smart Textiles and Wearable applications
- Sports equipment: rackets, knee brace, smart gloves,…
Impact, Pressure and acceleration sensors
Piezoelectric ink
A piezoelectric material can generate a voltage when a mechanical force is applied and can be deformed under an electrical excitation. Our piezoelectric ink can be used to produce sensors and actuators for different applications:
- Automotive industry: combustion monitoring, control of rotor or linear elements, ultrasonic welding, touch panels
- Consumer electronics: touch pads and tilt sensors of mobile phones, keyboards, printers, speakers, buzzers
- Medical: ultrasound imaging, ultrasonic procedures, smart catheters
- Defense: micro robotics
Sensors and actuators with magnetic properties
Magnetic inks
Our range of magnetic inks are composed by: Ferromagnetic, Magnetoelectric and Superparamagnetic inks. Several types of sensor and actuators can be fabricated with these inks, such as magnetic field and electrical current sensors. Some applications are used in:
- Medical and Healthcare: magnetic low-field sensors
- Robotic, Automotive, Electronics, Packaging: magnetic identification tags
- Learning, Toys and Games: magnetic sensors and actuators
Anode & Cathode inks
Inks to produce printed batteries
Nanopaint have specific inks to produce printed lithium ion batteries, such as the anode and cathode. These inks can be used as:
- Printed batteries
- Energy harvesting
- Green electrodes for batteries
