A numerical study of the ink transfer process for roll-to-roll printing applications

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

Volumn 226, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2496-2509

  Kim, Kyunghun ^a   Nam, Taewon ^a   Na, Yang ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ink transfer; non Newtonian fluid; printed electronics; roll printing pattern; roll to roll process; shear thinning effect; web handling speed

Indexed keywords

INK TRANSFER; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PRINTED ELECTRONICS; ROLL PRINTING PATTERN; ROLL-TO-ROLL PROCESS; SHEAR THINNING EFFECT; WEB HANDLING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR THINNING; VISCOUS FLOW;

PRINTING;

EID: 84870352605     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: 20412983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954406211435581     Document Type: Article

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