Sensors, MEMS, Electronics – Page 16

The Electrochemical Printing Technique (EPT) for Flexible Electronics

Kadija I., ECSI Fibrotools, US

Contact Electroplating Technology (CET), a novel direct contact electroplating technology, enables electrochemical deposition of desired metals or alloys on patterned flexible substrates by direct uniform contact with the substrates. The capability to electroplate metals is [...]

New Paradigms on Materials Synthesis and Additive Manufacturing of Flexible Electronics for Energy Applications

Torres Arango M.A., Sierros K.A., West Virginia University, US

Innovations in materials and manufacturing are important enablers of new technologies across multiple engineering fields. Additive manufacturing comprises a group of revolutionary fabrication techniques, having as principle the addition of materials layer-by-layer to form a [...]

Direct imprinting of liquid silicon

Masuda T., Shimoda T., Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, JP

Silicon is one of the most important materials for electronics. The most widespread process for microfabrication technology of silicon is photolithography including etching process. However, huge capital outlay and large-scale equipment has been recognized as [...]

Printed & Flexible Electronics

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 [...]

Inkjet Printing of High Index Zirconia Nanocomposite Materials

Healy M.D., Guschl P., Wang X., Weinstein M., Pixelligent Technologies LLC, US

Abstract High refractive index (RI) nanocomposites have properties which surpass traditional polymers while maintaining manufacturability. Nanocrystal-polymer nanocomposites, when inkjet-printed, are useful to many display components and aid the development of next generation displays. This paper [...]

Inkjet printing of carbon nanospheres

Orrill M., Abele D., Banek N., Wagner M., LeBlanc S., The George Washington University, US

Proposed applications of drop-on-demand (DOD) inkjet printing extend beyond printing of text and graphics to include rapid manufacturing of thin electrical devices. The most commonly printed electronic materials are silver nanoparticles due to their potentially [...]

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 [...]

Inkjet Design, Materials & Fabrication

Learning MEMS Design, Simulation and Fabrication Through 3-D Printing

Dahle R., Rasel R., SUNY New Paltz, US

This paper presents a cost-effective learning tool for modeling and simulating the microfabrication process and design aspects of MEMS devices using three-dimensional (3-D) printing. This approach was developed to provide engineering educators a more affordable [...]