Epoxy Based Ink as Versatile Material for Inkjet-Printed Devices

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 39, 2015, Pages 21975-21984

  Robin, Malo ^a,b   Kuai, Wenlin ^a   Amela Cortes, Maria ^b   Cordier, Stéphane ^b   Molard, Yann ^b   Mohammed Brahim, Tayeb ^a   Jacques, Emmanuel ^a   Harnois, Maxime ^a  

^a IETR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

epoxy based inks; jettability; organic field effect transistors; phosphorescent thin films; thin films drying

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DROPS; FABRICATION; INK; LIGHT EMISSION; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; PRINTING; THIN FILMS;

CONCENTRATION RANGES; DEVICE FABRICATIONS; EPOXY-BASED; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; HEMISPHERICAL CAP; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; JETTABILITY; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84943639077     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06678     Document Type: Article

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