Wetting and print quality study of an inkjet-printed poly(3-hexylthiophene) on pigment coated papers

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 367, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 76-84

  Määttänen, Anni ^a   Ihalainen, Petri ^a   Bollström, Roger ^a   Toivakka, Martti ^a   Peltonen, Jouko ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Inkjet printing; Paper; Poly(3 hexylthiophene); Print quality; Wetting

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHYLENE; INK JET PRINTING; MICA; MULTILAYER FILMS; MULTILAYERS; PAPER; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PRINTING PRESSES; SUBSTRATES;

FILM FORMATIONS; INK-JET DROPLETS; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ORTHO-DICHLOROBENZENE; PAPER SUBSTRATE; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) (PET); PRINT QUALITIES;

WETTING;

1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; INK; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; FILM; PAPER; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77955574558     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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