NEWS & EVENTS

SmartLine's 6th month Consortium Meeting took place at LayTec's facilities, in Berlin, on April 13th, with participation of AUTh, CRF, LayTec, Aixtron, IBS, Suragus and OET.

Nanotechnology Lab LTFN participated at Equifund event in Athens, looking for opportunities to make our innovations reach even more people!

Check out some highlights of IDTechEx show and LTFN's participation!

Nanotechnology Lab LTFN, as a Digital Innovation Hub, was present at the Digitising European Industry Stakeholder Forum 2018 to share experiences and discuss the implementation of the Digitising European Industry initiative.

CORNET 2nd Technical Meeting has been successfully completed, with primary focus on Materials' Specifications and the Establishment of the Open Innovation Platform & Database. The meeting took place at the International Congress Center Munich, at Messe Munich, on March 13th, with participation of GRANTA, Fluxim, AUTh, OET, HOPE-A, NPL, UOI and USUR.

Nanotechnology Lab LTFN is officially a member of the European Factories of the Future Research Association. Under the 'Factories of the Future' public-private partnership, together with the other EFFRA members, it will contribute to producing demonstrators and models to be applied in a wide range of manufacturing sectors, with the aim to transform manufacturing in Europe.

Nanotechnology Lab LTFN will participate at Printed Electronics Europe, 11-12 April 2018. The event will take place at Berlin, Germany (Estrel Convention Center). We are looking forward for your visit at our booth 011. More information here.

Nanotechnology Lab LTFN succesfully participated at the International Exhibition & Conference for the Printed Electronics Industry - LOPEC in Messe Munich, which concluded on March 15th.

The Research Committee (Special Account for Research Funds) of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in the framework of the project “Multiscale modelling and characterization to optimize the manufacturing processes of Organic Electronics materials and devices (CORNET)” funded under the Horizon 2020 Call NMBP-07-2017 of European Commission, with Academic Head, Prof. Stergios Logothetidis, Professor of Physics, invites candidates to submit applications for three (3) positions (through the award of a work contract), until 30/6/2020 with a total anticipated remuneration 30.000,00 € (VAT and taxes included). You can find more info here.

You can see the open positions requirements in detail and the application form by downloading the following files.

Call for expression of interest (english)
Call for expression of interest (greek)
Application form (english)
Application form (greek)

This Workshop focuses on the cutting edge advances on 3D Printing, 3D Bioprinting, Digital and Additive Manufacturing approaches for Flexible Organic and Printed Electronics, Healthcare, Wearables, Automotive, etc. and for the fabrication of novel nanomaterials in advanced device architectures. As the world of 3D Printing is evolving, electronics are becoming a new key player. Functional elements such as sensors, biosensors and switches are now being integrated into 3D printed products, paving the way for exciting new markets, applications and opportunities. 3D Printing also encompasses a variety of different manufacturing processes. The processes are all primarily additive, with materials being deposited only where needed, as opposed to traditional substractive processes, like machining. This results in significantly less materials' wastage, which keeps costs and environmental impact down. Also, this workshop connects the Manufacturing with In-Line and Real-Time Monitoring Process and Control approaches to enable low-cost and high-volume manufacturing of Organic Electronic Devices.

More information here.

Nanotechnology Lab LTFN participated at the 30 month Consortium Meeting of NanoReg2 at  CEREGE, while working constructively on Safe-by-Design (SbD) Manufactured Nanomaterials.

The Press Conference on the achievements of Nanotechnology Lab LTFN took place on Monday February 26th, 2018. During the Press Conference, a short presentation of the H2020 Projects SmartLine and Cornet took place, and  information was given about the ongoing discussions with the European Investment Bank for the investment on a National Center of Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine & Organic Electronics.

The Digital Innovation Hub Nanotechnology Lab LTFN attended the 2nd DIHs Working Group Meeting on Access to Finance organized by the European Commission. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the access to finance for the DIHs and their business plans and the ways DIHs support SMEs towards their digital transformation.
For more information visit the European Catalogue of DIHs.

The Workshop: Probing the effects of 3D Bioprinting Processes on Stem Cells’ Functional Properties and Integrity, will take place on Monday, Feb 12 2018, 09:30 am. It is organized with the support of COST Association (CA15214) and the kind hosting support of Nanotechnology Lab LTFN - Dept. of Physics - AUTh.

Program

09:30 Welcome, Prof. Stergios Logothetidis (Thessaloniki), Introduction, Prof. Yannis Missirlis (Patras)
10:00 3D-Bioprinting experiences and challenges, Prof. Michael Gelinsky (Dresden)
10:30 3D-Biopronting experiences and challenges, Prof. Aylin Sendemir-Urkmez (Izmir)
11:00 Coffee/tea break
11:30 Techniques to assess cell damage, including the COMET Assay, Prof. George Miloshev (Sofia)
12:00 Utilizing FT-IR spectroscopy to assess stem cell differentiation, Prof. Mara Grube (Riga)
12:30 Self-introduction of the rest of the participants
13:00 Lunch at a near-by restaurant
14:30 – 17:30 Brainstorming on issues arising from the presentations, discussion, outline of future suggestions addressing the problem

Below you can find the workshop's poster.

In the framework of AGROTICA2018, the Minister of Rural Development and Food Vangelis Apostolou visited the Center of Organic & Printed Electronics (COPE-H) of the Nanotechnology Lab LTFN, where he was presented to the innovations developed at COPE-H, mostly the Organic Photovoltaics, which can boost the Greek economy by being applied to Mediterranean Greenhouses, autonomous Canteens e.t.c. The Minister stated his support to the LTFN endeavor to constantly contribute to the progress of the country. Thermi’s Mayor T. Papadopoulos highlighted the significance of COPE-H for the area of Thermi, Thessaloniki.

The CORNET Kick-Off Meeting took place on Friday 26th of January heralding the official start of this exciting project! CORNET is the H2020 Project "Multiscale modelling and characterization to optimize the manufacturing processes of Organic Electronics materials and devices" and Nanotechnology Lab LTFN will be the Coordinator of its progress and innovations!

To keep up with CORNET visit: www.cornet-project.eu

Nanotechnology Lab LTFN successfully participated at the exciting event of Emerging Technologies 2018. Here are some photos/highlights from the exhibition area. 

Nanotechnology Lab - LTFN, as a Digital Innovation Hub established in the European Catalogue of DIHs, participated in the "Digital Innovation Hubs 1st Working Group Meeting" on 22nd of January organized by DG CONNECT.

The scope of the meeting was the sharing of best practices in motivating SMEs to engage with DIHs towards their digital transformation. Collaboration among the DIHs and regional support were two of the main conclusions.

You can find more information here.