Title
Combined sintering approaches for fast sintering of inkjet printed nanoparticles for R2R applications
Author
Perelaer, J.
Abbel, R.J.
Layani, M.
Grouchko, M.
Magdassi, S.
Schubert, U.S.
Publication year
2011
Abstract
Inkjet printing is a nascent technology that developed during the last decades from only printing text and graphics into an important scientific research tool for R&D, where printers are used as a highly reproducible non-contact patterning tool. In contrast to lithography, inkjet printing is an additive technique that requires only small amounts of functional materials and, therefore, has a high materials efficiency. In particular, inkjet printing of metal nanoparticle dispersion has been used more and more during the last few years, in order to produce conductive features for plastic electronic applications. Here, we present our recent results in the sintering of inkjet printed metal nanoparticles on polymer foils. In order to sinter the particles at speeds that are compatible with roll-to-roll speeds, we have used a combination of sintering methods. Conductivity values between 40 and 60% were obtained in a few seconds to minutes by using either photonic or plasma pre-sintering combined with microwave flash sintering. ©2011 Society for Imaging Science and Technology.
Subject
Mechatronics, Mechanics & Materials
HOL - Holst
TS - Technical Sciences
High Tech Systems & Materials
Electronics
Industrial Innovation
At-speed
Fast sintering
Nano-particle dispersions
Non-contact
Patterning tools
Plastic electronics
Polymer foil
Roll to Roll
Scientific researches
Dispersions
Functional materials
Ink jet printing
Metal nanoparticles
Rolls (machine components)
Sintering
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TNO identifier
461398
ISBN
9780892082964
Source
27th International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies, NIP27 and 7th International Conference on Digital Fabrication 2011, 2-11 October 2011, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 193-196
Document type
conference paper