Electric ejection of viscous inks from MEMS capillary array head for direct drawing of fine patterns

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 272-277

  Ohigashi, Ryoichi ^a   Tsuchiya, Katsunori ^a,b   Mita, Yoshio ^c,d   Fujita, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD   (Japan)

^b DNP Corporation USA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrostatic focusing; Micronozzles; Printing; Wiring

Indexed keywords

AC FIELDS; BACK PRESSURES; ELECTROSTATIC FOCUSING; FIELD APPLICATIONS; FINE PATTERNS; FREE SPACES; MICRO-CAPILLARIES; MICRONOZZLES; TAYLOR CONES; VISCOUS INKS; WIRING;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; INK; PRINTING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CAPILLARITY;

EID: 64649103203     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2007.911374     Document Type: Article

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