Fabrication of electrically conductive metal patterns at the surface of polymer films by microplasma-based direct writing

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3099-3104

  Ghosh, Souvik ^a   Yang, Rui ^a   Kaumeyer, Michelle ^a   Zorman, Christian A ^a   Rowan, Stuart J ^a   Feng, Philip X L ^a   Sankaran, R Mohan ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

direct write; electrodiffusion; flexible electronics; microplasma; printed electronics; sheet resistance

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; METAMATERIALS; PLASMA DEVICES; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; SHEET RESISTANCE; SILVER; SURFACES; THIN FILMS;

DIRECT WRITE; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; ELECTRODIFFUSION; MATERIALS ANALYSIS; MICRO-PLASMAS; PRINTED ELECTRONICS; SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY; VOLUME CONCENTRATION;

LOADING;

EID: 84896384241     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am406005a     Document Type: Article

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