“Plate-forme de l'Université de Bordeaux pour l'organique électronique imprimable : de la molécule aux dispositifs et systèmes intégrés - valorisation et commercialisation”

The “Bordeaux University Facility for the Printed Organic Electronics: from Molecules to Devices and System Architectures as well as their Commercialization” provides the capability to explore interdisciplinary science and technology across the breadth of chemical, physical, life sciences and engineering wherein materials science combined with nanotechnology is the center of gravity. The aim of this facility is to address the understanding, conception, innovation and integration of new materials to devices and systems in the disruptive technology of large area printable flexible organic electronics and nanosystems. It includes the full fledge of the state-of-the-art instrumentation for advanced top-down and bottom-up processing methodologies, synthesis and formulation robots and an integrated ultra-high vacuum facility for the deposition of materials. Functional and structural characterization tools have been acquired, as well as a full set of physical, chemical and electrical characterization tools for all length scales and a set of printing sheet to sheet pilot lines (screen printing, slot die, flexography, heliography and inkjet printing). The instruments infrastructure is housed in a state of the art 850 m² ISO6 clean room facility with 150 m² open office space... The ELORPrintTec opened officially its exploitation phase on the 1^st of 09/2016. Since then, our performance meets the expectations of the exploitation economical model. In 2018 and 2019 we have been very successful in attracting the industrial sector as several start-ups and companies started to work in ELORPrintTec in an upwards ramping tempo increasing significantly the exploitation of the facility. In 2021, even though the pandemic situation persisted, we experienced a slight recovery throughout the year and an increase of our turnover.