Thesis
Characterization of Nano ink printing with XYZ micro plotter
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
01/2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000004462
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/119010
Abstract
The use of nanomaterials in printing technology has gained attention for the processing of nanomaterials. The dispersion of nanomaterials, nanoinks, is used as building material in the printing process. The printing methods can be classified into contact and non-contact printing. Contact printing shows more stable printing quality while potentially damaging some small patterns. The non-contact printing may have less destructive, but the printing consistency and stability remain a challenge. Here, we present a more efficient non-contact printing method by assembling the XYZ plotter with the fountain pen. We utilize the fountain pen to create a capillary induced liquid bridge on the PET film for non-contacting printing. The nanoinks are prepared by dispersion of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in 1% SDS with various concentrations. The substrate temperature is also varied from 30 deg C to 80 deg C on a hot plate to study the quality of printed patterns with nanoinks. The line width, electrical resistant, and surface roughness are examined for characterization of printed patterns. The electrical resistance drops with increasing the nanotube concentration, while it increases at a higher feed speed. The line width is getting larger at lower temperature for both single and double layer regardless of the feed speed. The surface roughness has not yet demonstrated clear trend under room temperature. However, it shows higher value under the high temperature for single- and double-layer printing pattern.
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- Title
- Characterization of Nano ink printing with XYZ micro plotter
- Creators
- Liang-Ting Lin
- Contributors
- Jong-Hoon Kim (Advisor)Xiaolin Chen (Committee Member)Hua Tan (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- School of Engineering and Computer Science (VANC)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 65
- Identifiers
- 99900881631301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis