1. Introduction of flexible and printed electronics
2. Current progress on flexible and printed electronics
3. Current progress on printing technologies
4. Transparent conductive oxides for flexible optoelectronics
5. Organic materials for flexible and printed electronics
6. Flexible Thin films for electronics and optoelectronics
7. Polymeric materials based printed and flexible electronics
8. Surface modification techniques for printed electronics
9. Lithographic techniques for flexible and printed electronics
10. Progress on flexible materials for OLEDs and display devices
11. Flexible and printed electronics for photovoltaics
12. Flexible and printed technology for energy storage device
13. Flexible electronics and printing technology for defense applications
14. Future trends for flexible and printed electronics

This book focuses on recent advancements of flexible and printing electronics. Thought to be the future of electronics, this will be divided into 3 important sections:

Section I will focus on novel materials used for active layer, transparent and conductive anode materials, flexible substrates, and materials to enhance the device efficiencies will be discussed in detail. Section II will include new technologies used for the fabrication of the flexible and printed electronics such as 3D printers, screen printing, inkjet, rotogravure, flexography, offset, pad printing, and embossing will be discussed elaborately. Section III covers the applications of flexible and printed electronics. Applications such as illumination and displays, photovoltaics, printed radio frequency identification tags, and printed circuit boards will be discussed.

Necessary figures and tables will be included throughout to clearly explain the concepts or mechanism to the readers. Tables will be used to compare the past and present status of the mentioned subject area.

Dr. Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan is an accomplished researcher with a proven track record in designing, developing, and translating micro- and nano-scale devices. His primary objective is to create next-generation products that enhance quality of life and well-being, making a significant contribution to society. He currently leading a team 'Wearable and Connected Sensors - Functional Materials and Microsystems research group' at RMIT University, with a focus on materials, flexible and stretchable devices, wearables, optics, and photonics. He graduated with a PhD in flexible electronics and secured a competitive postdoctoral fellowship from the Chilean government from 2018 to 2021. His studies have led to publications in referred international journals, book chapters, and books in progress as editor. He has presented plenary/keynote, invited talks and guest lectures, oral and poster presentations at scientific meeting at various universities world-wide. Several outcomes have been highlighted by scientific websites (such as Photonics Media, USA). His research work has led to securing grants from Australian government research schemes, such as the Cooperative Research Centres Projects, the ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health, Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund, and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre's Commercialisation Fund.

He has collaborations with universities from various countries, including India, Australia, Chile, Mexico, and Bangladesh. He has served as a reviewer for over 20 prestigious specialist journals. He also served as a topical editor for highly reputed journals including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, IEEE, Energies, Computer and Electrical Engineering. He is a part of the Editorial Board of American Journal of Optics and Photonics. In addition, he served as a session chair and technical committee member in various international conferences.

Dr. Arun Thirumurugan is an assistant professor at the University of Atacama, Sede Vallenar, Vallenar, Chile. He has completed his PhD (2010-2015) from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, India. He has worked as a postdoctoral fellow (2015-2017) at the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India, and then worked as a FONDECYT postdoctoral fellow (2017-2020) at the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. His research interests are in synthesizing and surface modification of nanomaterials for the potential applications in energy and environmental applications.