Effects of actuating waveform, ink property, and nozzle size on piezoelectrically driven inkjet droplets

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 575-586

  Liou, Tong Miin ^a   Chan, Chia Yen ^a   Shih, Kuan Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electric waveform; Ink property; Nozzle diameter; Piezoelectric inkjet; Puddle formation; Satellite droplet

Indexed keywords

INK PROPERTIES; NOZZLE DIAMETER; PIEZOELECTRIC INK JETS; PUDDLE FORMATION; SATELLITE DROPLETS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; DROP FORMATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FLOW VISUALIZATION; INK; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SATELLITES; SURFACE TENSION;

SPRAY NOZZLES;

EID: 77954763197     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0488-4     Document Type: Article

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