R2R lab

Description

The roll-to-roll laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art tools for sheet-to-sheet and roll-to-roll deposition of thin-films on flexible foils at large volumes. The tools include amongst other:

• Roll-to-roll vacuum deposition of metals and metal oxide thin-films on flexible foils
• Roll-to-roll slot-die coating of solution processable thin-films on flexible foils
• Sheet-to-sheet slot-die coating of solution processable thin-films
• Roll-to-roll lamination
• Roll-to-sheet nanoimprint lithography
• Tools for spray coating
• Device manufacturing tools

We have expertise in coating of various functional (continuous or nanostructured) thin-films from smart materials at large scale. Main application areas include solar cells, light-emitting devices and energy storage applications, but can be extended to other areas where high volume production of thin-films on flexible foils is required.

Services for companies

• Manufacturing of thin functional films at low cost and large scale
• Device design, manufacturing and characterisation
• Characterisation of surfaces and thin-films on flexible foils

Technical specification of equipment

• Roll-to-roll vacuum line with 10 sputter magnetron (2 in pulsed bias mode) targets (web width 305mm)
• Roll-to-roll slot-die coating with web cleaning and drying oven (web width 710mm)
• Roll-to-roll lamination tools
• Sheet-to-sheet slot-die coating lines
• Roll-to-sheet nanoimprint lithography
• Contact angle measurement tool and viscometer