Control of the particle distribution in inkjet printing through an evaporation-driven sol-gel transition

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 9572-9583

  Talbot, Emma L ^a   Yang, Lisong ^a   Berson, Arganthaël ^a   Bain, Colin D ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coffee ring; droplet deposition; inkjet printing; laponite additive; profile control; sol gel transition

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; EVAPORATION; INK JET PRINTING; POLYSTYRENES; RADIAL FLOW; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS;

COFFEE RINGS; DROPLET DEPOSITION; LAPONITES; PROFILE CONTROL; SOL-GEL TRANSITIONS;

DROPS;

EID: 84903515049     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am501966n     Document Type: Article

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