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Planar and Three-Dimensional Printing of Conductive Inks
Published on: December 9, 2011
Plasma and microwave flash sintering of a tailored silver nanoparticle ink, yielding 60% bulk conductivity on
Jolke Perelaer1, Robin Jani, Michael Grouchko
1Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany. jolke.perelaer@uni-jena.de
Abstract:
A combination of plasma and microwave flash sintering is used to sinter an inkjet-printed and tailored silver nanoparticle formulation. By using two sintering techniques sequentially, the obtained conductivity is 60%, while keeping the processing temperature well below the glass transition temperature (T(g)) of the used polymer substrate. This approach leads to highly conductive features on cost-effective polymer substrates in relatively short times, which are compatible with roll-to-roll (R2R) production. An electroluminescence device is prepared as an example.
