Abstract: A method of placement of a component on a stretchable substrate is described. A base substrate, having a stretchable substrate layer, and a flexible foil, having an integral arrangement of multiple flexible foil components, are aligned, so as to be used in a reel based manufacturing process. Through lamination of the base substrate and the flexible foil an electro/optical via connection between in plane interconnecting traces on the stretchable substrate layer and component pads of the integral component arrangement is provided. The integral arrangement of flexible foil components are mechanically separated. The method may be used in a manufacturing process for multi-foil systems.

Abstract: An optical sensor for measuring a force distribution includes a substrate, one or more light emitting sources, and one or more detectors provided on the substrate, with the detectors responsive to the light emitted by the sources. A deformable opto-mechanical layer is also provided on the substrate with light responsive properties depending on a deformation of the opto-mechanical layer. The design of the sensor and particularly the use of optical components in a deformable layer make it possible to measure the contact force accurately, including in some embodiments, the direction of the contact force. The sensor is scalable and adaptable to complex shapes.

Abstract: According to one aspect, the invention provides a method of placement of a component on a stretchable substrate, comprising the steps of providing a base substrate having a stretchable substrate layer, providing a flexible foil comprising an integral arrangement (20) of a multiple of flexible foil components; the flexible foil components each comprising component pads for electro/optical access to the flexible foil components, providing in plane interconnecting traces on the stretchable substrate layer in correspondence with the component pads in the integral arrangement; aligning the base substrate and the flexible foil so as to be used in a reel based manufacturing process; providing, through lamination of the base substrate and the flexible foil an electro/optical via connection between the traces and the component pads of the integral component arrangement; and mechanically separating the integral arrangement of flexible foil components to provide a multiple of mechanically separated components from each

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an organic electronic device, comprising providing by electro-deposition an electrode to a surface of an electro-active material—the electro-active material comprising an organic electro-active compound—or providing said electrode to a surface of a substrate for said electro-active material, after which the electro-active material is applied to a surface of the electrode, wherein the electro-deposition comprises the use of a plating liquid comprising an ionic liquid and metal or metalloid ions which metal or metalloid ions are reduced and deposited to form the electrode.

Abstract: According to one aspect, the invention provides an optical sensor for measuring a force distribution, comprising a substrate; one or more light emitting sources and one or more detectors provided on the substrate, the detectors responsive to the light emitted by the sources; wherein a deformable opto-mechanical layer is provided on said substrate with light responsive properties depending on a deformation of the opto-mechanical layer. The design of the sensor and particularly the use of optical components in a deformable layer make it possible to measure the contact force accurately. The sensor is scalable and adaptable to complex shapes. In one embodiment also a direction of the contact force can be determined.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer optoelectronic device comprising at least a transparent conductive oxide layer, an active polymer layer, a back electrode layer and a substrate layer, wherein the transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer has a controlled surface structure which is characterized by having an X-value in the range of from 10 nm to 500 nm, and a Y-value in the range of from 15 nm to 1000 nm, wherein the ratio between the X-value and the Y-value (X/Y) is at most 1, whereby the X-value is defined as the average value of the height of the peaks on the surface, the Y-value is defined as the average peak to peak distance on the surface, and both the X and Y values are measured by means of SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) or Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM).

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a multilayer device exposed surfaces of a first and second layer are joined together. Before joining a depression is created in the exposed surface of a layer and raw material, such as electrically conductive material, for forming an electric circuit is deposited in the depression, typically filling the depression. Excess material is mechanically removed before the layers are joined. In this way conductor tracks may be created between layers. When adjacent fluid chambers are provided, separated by one of the layers, the depression with the material in it makes it possible realize a sensor device with a reduced separation between the chambers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an organic electronic device, comprising providing by electro-deposition an electrode to a surface of an electro-active material—the electro-active material comprising an organic electro-active compound—or providing said electrode to a surface of a substrate for said electro-active material, after which the electro-active material is applied to a surface of the electrode, wherein the electro-deposition comprises the use of a plating liquid comprising an ionic liquid and metal or metalloid ions which metal or metalloid ions are reduced and deposited to form the electrode.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an article comprising a barrier layer, the method comprising—providing an metallic or metalloid layer to a surface of a substrate by electro-deposition, using a plating liquid comprising an ionic liquid and metal ions or metalloid ions, which metal ions or metalloid ions are reduced and deposited to form the metallic or metalloid layer during the electro-deposition; and—preferably at least partially oxidising the metallic or metalloid layer.