Characterization of laser-sintered thick-film paste on polycarbonate substrates

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-27

  Putaala, Jussi ^a   Sobocinski, Maciej ^a   Ruotsalainen, Saara ^b   Juuti, Jari ^a   Laakso, Petri ^b   Jantunen, Heli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Laser sintering; Low temperature; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMIZATION OF COMPONENTS; LASER SINTERING; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW-TEMPERATURE MATERIALS; MATERIAL COMBINATION; POLYCARBONATE SUBSTRATES; SENSITIVE COMPONENTS; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LASER HEATING; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYCARBONATES; PROCESSING; SILVER; SINTERING; TEMPERATURE;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84891589544     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2013.08.023     Document Type: Article

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