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Zhimin Chai1, Adnan Korkmaz1, Cihan Yilmaz1

  • 1NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.

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  • Printing electronics is crucial for advanced devices.
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  • Need for high-throughput, high-resolution printing methods.

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  • Introduce interfacial convective assembly (ICA) for high-resolution printing.
  • Investigate ICA's parameter influence on nanoparticle assembly.
  • Demonstrate ICA's potential for nanoelectronics and sensors.

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  • Utilized substrate-heating-induced solutal Marangoni convective flow for particle manipulation.
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  • Systematically varied solvent type, substrate temperature, particle concentration, and assembly time.

    • Main Results:

    • Achieved high-resolution nanoparticle assembly down to 25 nm.
    • Demonstrated rapid assembly in minutes, significantly faster than conventional methods.
    • Fabricated single-crystal silver nanorods with low resistivity (8.58 × 10-5 Ω cm).
    • Observed coalescence of nanoparticles <5 nm into sintered structures.

    Conclusions:

    • ICA is a versatile, high-resolution, high-throughput printing technique.
    • ICA enables the fabrication of next-generation nanoelectronics and sensors.
    • Potential for precise nanoparticle arrangement and device fabrication.