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Vol. 18 · Monday, 31 August 2026
Organic · Printed · Flexible
Section

Inks & Materials

Conductive inks, substrates, encapsulation and functional chemistry — the layer stack that decides what can be printed, stretched and shipped.

Analysis

Silver ink stays king, but copper and graphene are closing the price gap

Silver flake still dominates conductive ink formulations on performance and process maturity. But with silver trading near historic highs, copper and graphene alternatives are finally winning design-ins where cost-per-gram matters more than conductivity headroom.

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