The PhD project topic is “printable electronics for environmental monitoring”. Printable electronics have emerged as a promising technology for environmental monitoring due to their versatility and cost-effectiveness. These flexible and lightweight electronic components can be printed onto various substrates, enabling the development of sensors and monitoring devices for a wide range of environmental applications. By leveraging printable electronics, researchers and engineers can create low-cost, disposable sensors for monitoring air and water quality, detecting pollutants, and assessing environmental conditions. The adaptability and scalability of printable electronics make them particularly well-suited for distributed sensor networks, allowing for comprehensive environmental monitoring across vast areas. This technology shows significant potential in revolutionizing how we track and understand environmental changes, offering innovative solutions for sustainable resource management and environmental protection. In particular, in this project printable films and circuits will be implemented in both flexible and silicon-based sensors, for the development of advanced sensors (e.g., gas sensors for air quality monitoring, sensors for precision farming, etc.) that will be tested in operative conditions, favoring high-TRL impact.
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