Author(s)

Zhe Song ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 102200, China

Corresponding Author

Zhe Song

ABSTRACT

In the age of swift advancements in science and technology, nanomaterials exhibit significant application potential across various domains owing to their distinctive physical and chemical features, including the realm of printed electronics. Based on the existing literature and data, the paper summarizes the application of nanocomposites in printed electronic applications such as high conductivity circuits and electrodes, sensors and display devices. At the same time, this paper also objectively points out the current nano composite applications in the field of some challenges, such as material dispersion and performance of balance, material green preparation process and large-scale production problems, etc., and the prospect of the future development trend, the study shows that the nanocomposite excellent performance because of unique properties, such as significantly improved conductivity, sensitivity and the optimization of display effect, they can not only promote printing electronic technology to the direction of high precision, high efficiency, more intelligent electronic devices, miniaturization and wearable provides the key material support.

KEYWORDS

Nanocomposites, printed electronics, high conductive circuits with electrodes, sensors, display devices

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhe Song, Review of Nanocomposites in Printed Electronics. Journal of Materials, Processing and Design (2025) Vol. 9: 59-65. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jmpd.2025.090107.

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