Fraunhofer Insti­tute for Organ­ic Elec­tron­ics, Elec­tron Beam and Plasma Tech­no­logy FEP

The Fraunhofer Insti­tute for Organ­ic Elec­tron­ics, Elec­tron Beam and Plasma Tech­no­logy FEP works on innov­at­ive solu­tions in the fields of vacu­um coat­ing, sur­face treat­ment and organ­ic semi­con­duct­ors. The fields’ core com­pet­en­cies are elec­tron beam tech­no­logy, plasma-assisted large area and pre­ci­sion coat­ing, roll-to-roll tech­no­lo­gies, devel­op­ment of tech­no­lo­gic­al key com­pon­ents as well as tech­no­lo­gies for organ­ic elec­tron­ics and IC/​system design.

Fraunhofer FEP thus offers a broad spec­trum of research, devel­op­ment and pilot man­u­fac­tur­ing cap­ab­il­it­ies, espe­cially for treat­ment, ster­il­iz­a­tion, struc­tur­ing and fin­ish­ing of sur­faces as well as for OLED microd­isplays, organ­ic and inor­gan­ic sensors, optic­al fil­ters and flex­ible OLED light­ing. This broad know-how is increas­ingly being used for med­ic­al tech­no­logy and biotechnology.

Core tech­no­lo­gies can be used to apply bio­func­tion­al coat­ings to sur­faces or to make tar­geted changes to sur­face prop­er­ties, for example to increase com­pat­ib­il­ity for the bio­lo­gic­al envir­on­ment (biocom­pat­ib­il­ity) of implants. The treat­ment of med­ic­al tech­no­logy products with low-energy elec­trons has also proven to be an effect­ive tool for germ reduc­tion and ster­il­iz­a­tion of pack­aging, implants, med­ic­al devices and treat­ment of liquids.

Our goal is to tap the innov­a­tion poten­tial of elec­tron beam, plasma tech­no­logy and organ­ic elec­tron­ics for nov­el bio­tech­no­lo­gic­al pro­duc­tion pro­cesses and make it avail­able to our customers.