Photonic flash sintering of silver nanoparticle inks: A fast and convenient method for the preparation of highly conductive structures on foil

MRS Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 145-150

  Abbel, Robert ^a   Van Lammeren, Tim ^a   Hendriks, Rob ^a   Ploegmakers, Jeroen ^a   Rubingh, Eric J ^a   Meinders, Erwin R ^a   Groen, Wilhelm A ^a,b  

^a HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85011463467     PISSN: 21596859     EISSN: 21596867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2012.28     Document Type: Article

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