NANOIDENT CTO To Speak About Applications Of Printed Semiconductors On October 29 At 3rd Global Plastic Electronics Conference

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Linz, Austria – October 24, 2007
Franz Padinger, co-founder & CTO of NANOIDENT Technologies AG, will speak about “Semiconductor 2.0: Products and Perspectives” at the 3rd Global Plastic Electronics Conference & Showcase taking place October 29 and 30 in Frankfurt, Germany. Mr. Padinger will present applications of the NANOIDENT SEMICONDUCTOR 2.0™ Platform technology in mobile analytics and diagnostics, enabling cost-effective point-of-use test results for medical and environmental testing and chemical/biological threat detection.
NANOIDENT Technologies AG is the technology leader in the development and manufacture of printed semiconductor-based sensor solutions. NANOIDENT’s SEMICONDUCTOR 2.0 Platform technology enables a number of innovative solutions. The company’s American subsidiary, BIOIDENT Technologies Inc., has used NANOIDENT’s printed sensor technology in its lab-on-a-chip solutions, enabling cost-effective, highly sensitive, real-time detection for medical, environmental, and chemical/biological testing applications.

WHO:
Franz Padinger, co-founder & CTO of NANOIDENT Technologies AG
Mr. Padinger, a world-renowned specialist in the field of organic semiconductor photo physics and developer the world’s first large area solar cells based on printed semiconductors, is responsible for all of NANOIDENT’s R&D activities as well as for production processes in the NANOIDENT ORGANIC FAB. Based on the results of his diploma work, Quantum Solar Energy Linz (QSEL) was founded, where from 1998 to 2003 he headed R&D and project activities. Under his guidance, the company became the world leader for plastic solar cells and at the and of 2002 was sold to Konarka Technologies Inc. (Boston, US) and renamed Konarka Austria, where Mr. Padinger worked with Dr. Alan Heeger, Nobel Laureate and inventor of organic semiconductors.

WHEN:
Monday, October 29, 2007
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CET

WHERE:
3rd Global Plastic Electronics Conference & Showcase
Sheraton Frankfurt Hotel & Towers, Conference Centre Frankfurt, Germany
The Plastic Electronics Foundation is working in partnership with IntertechPira on the 3rd Global Plastic Electronics Conference & Showcase, an annual global meeting platform for professionals and executives from business, industry, research and academia with interests and stakes in organic electronics. With 135 speakers across 9 parallel symposia, the Plastic Electronics Conference is the biggest event of the year to find out about the latest technologies, who’s using them, what really works and who’s leading the field, offering a breadth and depth of industry knowledge and networking like no other event in the plastic electronics industry.

WHY:
Standard “mobile” testing today in medicine, environmental protection and security requires the use of bulky, expensive test and analysis equipment; in most cases, this means that analysis still occurs in a specially designed lab environment. NANOIDENT’s printed semiconductor technology allows the production of cost-effective, disposable chemical and biological sensors, which can be read using only a small handheld reader. As a result, highly sensitive, affordable analytics and diagnostics are available at the point of use. Doctors and patients can get almost instant test results in the doctor’s office; chemical or biological water contaminants can be detected in the field, without time- and cost-intensive transport of samples to a central test laboratory.

About NANOIDENT Technologies AG
NANOIDENT is the world leader in the development and manufacture of printed semiconductor-based optoelectronic sensors. The company’s core technology merges the latest breakthroughs in materials science and nanotechnology with modern printing techniques to create a new class of semiconductor devices. The revolutionary SEMICONDUCTOR 2.0™ Platform is the basis of the world’s first commercial printed photonic sensors, enabling a whole new generation of applications in the industrial, biometric and life science markets.
NANOIDENT’s high speed, environmentally friendly manufacturing process utilizes liquid nanomaterials and additive production techniques. These liquids are used to print electronic circuits on a wide variety of surfaces, producing products in mere hours for prototype as well as high volume applications. The company’s printed semiconductor devices can be bendable, disposable, light, ultrathin and large area. They have application specific spectral and electronic properties, and can contain light sources and light detectors as well as electronic circuits. These unique characteristics enable cost effective, custom designed devices for applications such as industrial, chemical, biological, biometric and X-ray sensors, printed OLED displays for smart packaging and electronic signage.

Privately held, the company is headquartered in Linz, Austria, with subsidiaries in Menlo Park, California; Nuremberg, Germany; and Grenoble, France.