The Samtel Centre for Display Technologies, known more popularly as Samtel Centre or SCDT, is a multi-disciplinary research and development centre which caters to prototype building and eventual productisation of technology related to Flexible Electronics. The areas of focus broadly includes large area electronics which are typically printable and are likely to be built on an organic electronics base. The ideas explored at the centre are necessarily linked to a real-world application with some practical value. The prototype building and productisation are carried out primarily at its industry outreach arm - which is the National Centre for Flexible Electronics (FlexE Centre) - typically with active involvement and participation of industry partners right from the early stages of development and product conception.

Some of the research activities currently being explored at the centre include:

• Inks for various printing processes to form thin films
• Various wet processing based film formation for flexible electronics
• Vacuum process based film formation for flexible electronics
• Studying conducting and semiconducting properties of different layers
• Encapsulation properties of films to help extend device lifetime
• Two-D materials for flexible electronic applications

Some of the key components that are actively researched and developed at SCDT include:

• Organic Light Emitting diodes for displays and lighting
• Large Area Thin Film Transistors including OTFTs to build circuits
• Sensors to bio-medical, scientific and practical applications
• Organic Phototovoltaic devices and modules