Abstract
Novel electrohydrodynamic atomization of metallo-organic silver ink in fully voltage-controlled form was investigated. During the spray, different atomization modes including pulsation and cone-jet were observed by a high-resolution CCD video microscope. By using an electrified-fluid-jet in either pulsed transient or steady mode, silver relics with ∼200 μm diameters were successfully deposited on a Si substrate. Distinction in the morphology of the relics was revealed by SEM, which can be attributed to the varying jetting throughput at different voltages, and particularly in different modes. EDX analysis confirmed the main composition in all the relics after heat treatment was silver. The results demonstrated that pulsation and cone-jet are both effective modes in electrohydrodynamic jet (e-jet) printing..
Keywords
E-jet printing, Unforced electrospray, Freeform microdeposition, nanofabrication.
Citation
KE WANG, MARK D. PAINE, JOHN P. W. STARK, Novel electrohydrodynamic jet-printing of organic silver ink in unforced form, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 3, March 2010, pp.365-368 (2010).
Submitted at: Sept. 15, 2009
Accepted at: March 12, 2010