Graphene nanosheets as ink particles for inkjet printing on flexible board

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 230, Issue , 2013, Pages 296-302

  Lee, Chien Liang ^a   Chen, Chih Hao ^a   Chen, Chin Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Inkjet printing; Pattern; Printed circuit board; Reduced graphene oxide; Sintering

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE BOARDS; FOUR-POINT PROBE; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; LOADING WEIGHT; PATTERN; PRINTING CYCLE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SATURATION VALUES;

GRAPHENE; NANOSHEETS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SINTERING;

INK JET PRINTING;

EID: 84880627964     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.06.093     Document Type: Article

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