LFE research themes are:
- Flexible/bendable/stretchable electronics
- Integration of printed and conventional electronics (hybrid systems)
- Energy storage and harvesting
- Printed thin-film circuits and systems
Projects
Research Council of Finland
- SOIL – Sustainable Organics and metal oxide ICT via biodegradable, high-performance flexible Low-voltage electronics, 2023 – 2025. SOIL project card
- HI-PHOTO-SINTER – HIgh-resolution, Printing-Based Patterning and PHOTOnic SINTERing for High-Speed, Low-Voltage Metal-Oxide Thin Film Transistors, 2022-2026. HI-PHOTO-SINTER project card
- Intellisense – Funded jointly by Research Council of Finland (RCF) and National Science Foundation (NSF), USA. This project develops ferroelectric based near and in-sensor computing architectures. (Finnish PI: Sayani Majumdar, US PI: Qiangfei Xia)
- AI4AI – AI4AI investigates Machine Learning based Optimization tools for Neuromorphic hardware development. PI: Sayani Majumdar (TAU) and Patrick Rinke (Aalto University)
- FerraRI – Ferroelectric-enhanced Analog accelerators for Robust, ultra-low power edge Intelligence (FeRRARI) aims to develop a library of ferroelectric components, to be fabricated, modelled, and integrated in computer-aided design (CAD) tools. PI: Sayani Majumdar (TAU), Hannu-Pekka Komsa (Oulu University) and Martin Andraud (Aalto University and UC Louvain)
- PREIN – Photonics Doctoral Education Pilot – This project investigates Photonic Neuromorphic components and is a part of the doctoral education pilot.
- PII (FIRI), Printed Intelligence Infrastructure, 2019-2028. PII’s webpage
EU
- ARCTIC (KDT-JU) – Advanced Research on Cryogenic Technologies for Innovative Computing, 2024-2027. ARCTIC webpage
- ARMS (Horizon Europe) – Atomic layer-coated graphene electrodes for micro-flexible and structural supercapacitors, 2023-2027. ARMS webpage ARMS project card
- SUSTRONICS, (KDT-JU) – Sustainable and green electronics for circular economy, 2023-2026. SUSTRONICS webpage SUSTRONICS project card
- SUINK (Horizon Europe) – SUstainable self-charging power systems developed by INKjet printing, 2022-2026. SUINK webpage
- TESLA (CHIST-ERA project) – Transient Electronics for Sustainable ICT in DigitaL Agriculture, 2022 – 2025. TESLA webpage TESLA project card
Recently completed projects
Academy of Finland
- EpiPrint (Research fellow) – Development of epidermal electronics using nano-materials and advanced printing technologies, 2015-2020
- VBA (project) – Vascular Biomechanics Assessment using printed soft electronics and advanced signal processing, 2017-2021
- HiFlex (project) – High frequency printed circuitry for wireless communication, 2017 – 2021
- LightningSense (project, IoT of future, with TAU Chemistry and Aalto Microelectronics) – Energy autonomous wireless sensor node with printed light harvesters (lead-free perovskites) and energy storage (supercapacitors), 2018 – 2021
EU
- InComEss (EU H2020) – INnovative polymer-based COmposite systeMs for high-efficient Energy Scavenging and Storage, 2020-2024. InComEss project card. InComEss webpage.
- UNOPIEZO (H2020, MSCA IF) – Unobtrusive printed piezoelectric sensors for non-invasive biosignal monitoring, 2021-2024. UNOPIEZO project card
- Charisma (ITN) Energy autonomous smart sensor label with electrochromic readout, 2019 – 2023. Charisma webpage
- Smart2Go (H2020) – Smart wearables for sports and safety, 2019- 2022. Smart2Go webpage
- BioÄly (EAKR EU–regional funding) – Sustainable biodegradable materials, 2018 – 2022. BioÄly webpage
Business Finland
- Elastronics (co-innovation) – Stretchable hybrid electronics for wearables; characterization, modeling, fabrication, reliability, 2018-2020. Elastronics project card
- ECOtronics (co-innovation) – Sustainable electronics and optics, 2019-2022. ECOtronics webpage
- Naked Approach (Strategic opening) -Nordic perspective to gadget‐free hyperconnected environments, 2015-2018
- Towards Digital Paradise applying Naked Approach developed technologies, 2017-2018
- VitalSens – Platform Technology for Affordable, Continuous Health, 2014 – 2018. VitalSens webpage
- PAUL (FidiPro) – Technology platform to enable a printable, sustainable Internet of Everything, 2014 – 2019
Austrian FFS
- Self-PoSH – (Bridge funding, coordinator Joanneum Research) – laterally patterned piezoelectric sensors and their use for motion harvesting, 2017 – 2018