The Printed Electronics and Materials Laboratory realises novel thick-film electronic sensors, actuators, circuits and systems printed with a screen printer or inkjet printer on a variety of substrates using commercial and in-house inks and pastes. The printed devices developed within the facility include micropumps, heaters, multi-layer flexible printed circuit boards, accelerometers, gas and liquid sensors, electroluminescent displays, pressure sensors and energy harvesters. A bead mill is used to develop our own printed electrically active materials, and materials analysis tools are used to study the effects of particle size and distribution upon electrical performance.