Laser induced reverse transfer for microfabrication

Dhami, Gurinderpal Singh

doi:10.32920/ryerson.14663067

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“…Laser-induced backward transfer has also been excluded from this review, since it has mostly been employed with bulk donor materials [28,[43][44][45]. Additionally, optical trapping has widely been applied for micropatterning of cells, motoring of biomolecules (DNA, proteins) and intracellular organelles, with silica, polystyrene microspheres, rare earth-doped luminescent particles, metallic nanoparticles, fluorescence dye microdroplets and quantum dots for biosensing but has not been focused on the fabrication of electronics [46][47][48]. MAPLE-DW is an interesting case and will be discussed separately (see paragraph 4).…”

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Printable conductive inks used for the fabrication of electronics: an overview

Dimitriou

Michailidis

2021

Nanotechnology

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In recent years, a wide range of electronic materials with a great diversity in their chemical and physical properties has been patterned by printing techniques on a variety of substrates. Nanotechnology-based materials appear to be the most promising thereof, increasing the resolution of the printed raster and enhancing the electrical properties of the final patterns. Conductive nanoparticle inks are the main building block of all printed electronic devices and circuit boards, forming their fundamental structure and integrated low-resistance circuit interconnects, antennae, contact electrodes within transistors etc. A plethora of both conventional and novel printing techniques have been employed with nanoparticle-based inks for the fabrication of conductive patterns, dictating different limitations for the properties of the printed inks. Although several articles have reviewed printing techniques of nanomaterials, a comprehensive review on physicochemical properties that need to be considered in order to develop nanoparticle-based conductive inks, sufficiently compatible with each printing technique, is missing. This review firstly summarizes a wide range of printing techniques that are of high potential for printing electronics and then narrows them down to those applied with conductive nanoparticle inks. Next, it focuses on the typical properties of nanoparticle-based conductive inks (chemical composition, particle size and shape, solids loading, ink viscosity and surface tension) and suggests parameters that need to be taken into account when preparing conductive nanotechnology-based inks, corresponding the requirements of each printing technique. General principles that determine the electrical conductivity of the printed patterns are outlined. Lastly, future prospects on the development of novel printable materials are laid out.

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