Optimization of experimental parameters to suppress nozzle clogging in inkjet printing

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 40, 2012, Pages 13195-13204

  Lee, Ayoung ^a,c   Sudau, Kai ^b   Ahn, Kyung Hyun ^a   Lee, Seung Jong ^a   Willenbacher, Norbert ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b INNOVATIONLAB   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED RESEARCH; COLLOIDAL STABILITY; CONVERGING FLOW; DETECTING TECHNIQUE; ELONGATIONAL FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXPOSURE-TIME; HETERO-COAGULATION; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NOZZLE CLOGGING; NOZZLE DIAMETER; NOZZLE EXITS; NUMBER AND SIZE; PARTICULATE SUSPENSIONS; PARTS PER MILLIONS; SIMULTANEOUS FORMATION; SINGLE PARTICLE; SINGLE PHASE FLUIDS; VISCOUS FORCES; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO); ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

AGGLOMERATION; COAGULATION; DROPS; FLOW FIELDS; INK JET PRINTERS; INK JET PRINTING; MICROMETERS; NANOPARTICLES; NOZZLE DESIGN; ROCKET NOZZLES; SURFACE TENSION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); ZINC OXIDE;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84868233746     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie301403g     Document Type: Article

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