Hybrid piezo-electrostatic inkjet head for printed electronics

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 842-857

  Choi, K H ^a   Muhammad, N M ^a   Rehmani, M A A ^a   Kim, D S ^b  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrohydrodynamics; Inkjet; Piezo electrostatic hybrid inkjet; Piezoelectric actuator

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE LINES; DROP SIZE; DROPLET GENERATION; ELECTROSTATIC INKJET; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; HIGH THROUGHPUT; HIGH VOLTAGE; INKJET; INKJET HEAD; PIEZO ACTUATOR; PIEZO-ELECTROSTATIC HYBRID INKJET; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATION; PRINTED ELECTRONICS;

DROPS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC PRINTING; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 84859719898     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: 20412983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954406211414985     Document Type: Article

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