inkjet printing – TechConnect Briefs

Fabrication of Differential Amplifiers Using Inkjet Printing and Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

Sarvestani R.K., Wright B., Triyasakorn K., Utah Valley University, US

Fabrication of Differential Amplifiers Using Inkjet Printing and Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Inkjet printing is a non-contact method in which small droplets of conductive material such as silver nanoparticle ink or functional material are deposited [...]

Development of a Gold Nanoparticle Conductive Ink with a Relatively Low Sintering Temperature

Hamacher S., Bachmann B., Yakushenko A., Forschungszentrum Jülich, DE

Inkjet printing is a widely used and a well-known technique, which has been recently used for deposition of functional materials, such as conductive inks for the fabrication of low-cost electronic systems. Nowadays, a variety of [...]

One-dimensional simulation of drop breakup in inkjet

Jiang H., Tan H., Washington State University Vancouver, US

Drop-on-demand (DoD) inkjet printing technology has a wide variety of applications in research and manufacturing, such as 3D printing, functional material printing, MEMS fabrication and tissue engineering, due to its advantage of high precision, simple [...]

Zinc Oxide optical and chemical sensors fabricated by Ink Jet printing and drop casting

Ewing D.J., Casper M., Stramel A., Morick B., Cook B., Wu J., The Department of Energy's Kansas City National Security Campus, US

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures show great promise for a variety of applications, such as UV detectors, chemical, and gas sensors. Zinc oxide has a direct bandgap (3.4 eV), a high electron mobility, and environmental stability. [...]

All-printed liquid crystal display devices made from sol-gel Indium tin oxide(ITO) ink

Xia N., Gerhardt R.A., Georgia Institute of Technology, US

Indium tin oxide (ITO) is the most widely used transparent conducting oxide due to its high conductivity and transparency. It is currently used in a wide range of devices that require transparent conducting electrodes. Currently, [...]

Thermoelectric temperature sensors by printing with a simple office inkjet printer

Chae H., Jung M., Soum V., Lee J., Kim H., Kim T., Cheong H., Kim H., Kim T., Jeon S., Kwon O-S, Shin K., Sogang University, KR

Recently, printing temperature sensors have been significantly demanded in the paper electronics, such as electronic skin for robots, polymer chain reaction for DNA amplification. Here we present printing thermoelectric temperature sensors by using a simple [...]

Inkjet Printing of High κ-Dielectric Ceramic/Polymer Composite Thick Films

Mikolajek M., Binder J.R., Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), DE

Inkjet printing offers a high flexibility and therefore is increasingly gaining importance for the selective deposition of functional materials, for example in printed electronics. However, till today either particle based inks or inks based on [...]

Fabrication and Design of Carbon Nanomaterials Based Scale Monitoring Smart Sensor Systems

Younes H., Jelbuldina M., Sofela S.O., Tizan L., Al Ghaferi A., Saadat I., Masdar, AE

Scale is the creation of inorganic soluble salts from aqueous brines during oil and gas production. The scale deposits at the internal surface of the pipelines under the supersaturation conditions. The deposition of the scale [...]

Effect of Porosity on Specific Resistance of Inkjet-Printed Silver Nanoparticles during Laser Sintering

Moon S.J., Moon Y.J., Kang H., Kang K., Kang H., Kang K., Lee S-H., Hwang J.Y., Moon S.J., Moon Y.J., Korea Institue of Industrial Technology, KR

In nano-metal sintering, the electrical resistivity of nano-metals is related to their structure. Electrical resistivity is affected by grain size and density. Larger grains and denser films yield lower electrical resistivity. This work investigated the [...]

Reliability Evaluation of Inkjet-Printed Silver Patterns for Application to Printed Circuit Board

Shin K.-Y., Kang H.S., Kang K.T., Kang H.S., Kang K.T., Hwang J.Y., Lee S-H., Kim J-M, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, KR

Recently, several studies on the reliability of inkjet-printed patterns have been conducted to evaluate inkjet printing technology as a fabrication process for the printed circuit board industry. However, the methods and standards for evaluating the [...]