Patterned surface with controllable wettability for inkjet printing of flexible printed electronics

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4011-4016

  Nguyen, Phuong Q M ^a   Yeo, Lip Pin ^a   Lok, Boon Keng ^b   Lam, Yee Cheong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

controlled wettability; inkjet printing; printed electronics; selective surface modification; surface patterning

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INK; INK JET PRINTING; NICKEL COATINGS; QUALITY CONTROL; WETTING;

3-AMINOPROPYL TRIMETHOXYSILANE; ELECTRONIC GRADE CHEMICALS; HYDROPHILIC AND HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTIES; PRINTED ELECTRONICS; SELECTIVE SURFACE MODIFICATION; SUBSTRATE SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE PATTERNING; WATER CONTACT ANGLE (WCA);

SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 84896960095     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am4054546     Document Type: Article

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