Abstract
A drop-on-demand ink-jet printer has been used in the production of conductive silver tracks onto glass, polyimide, polytetrafluoroethylene, carbon and glass fibre reinforced epoxy substrates. Silver patterns were obtained from an organometallic solution by heat treatment at 150°C in air and were found to have resistivity values of 1.3 to 2 times the theoretical resisitivity of bulk silver. Printed track lateral resolution is a function of the ink/substrate wetting behaviour and a simple model is presented that relates track width to equilibrium contact angle. The influence of printing parameters and substrate surface properties on line quality is discussed.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
K. F. TENG and R. W. VEST, IEEE T. Compon. Hybr. 11 (1988) 291.
K. F. TENG and R. W. VEST, IEEE T. Compon. Hybr. 10 (1987) 545.
T. CUK, S. M. TROIAN, C. M. HONG and S. WAGNER, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77 (2000) 2063.
S. MOLESA, D. R. REDINGER, D. C. HUANG and V. SUBRAMANIAN, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 769 (2003) H8.3.1.
T. KAYDANOVA, A. MIEDANER, C. CURTIS, J. PERKINS, J. ALLEMAN and D. GINLEY, in Proceedings of the National Centre for Photovoltaics and Solar Program Review Meeting (Denver, Colorado, March 2003).
D. R. LIDE (Eds.) in Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 77th edn. (Boca Raton, CRC press, 1996) p. 12.
R. W. VEST, in Ceramic Films and Coatings Chapter 9, edited by J. B. Wachtman and R. A. Haber (William Andrew Publishing/Noyes, 1993) p. 303.
S. B. FULLER, E. J. WILHELM and J. M. JACOBSON, J. Microelectromech. S. 11(1) (2002) 54.
J. B. SZCZECH, C. M. MEGARIDIS, D. R. GAMOTA and J. ZHANG, IEEE T. Electron. Pack. 25 (2002) 26.
N. REIS, C. AINSLEY and B. DERBY, J. Appl. Phys. (in press).
R. D. DEEGAN, O. BAKAJIN, T. F. DUPONT, G. HUBER, S. R. NAGEL and T. A. WITTEN, Nature 389 (1997) 827.
R. W. VEST, E. P. TWEEDELL and R. C. BUCHANAN, Int. J. Hybrid Microelectron. 6 (1983) 261.
https://doi.org/www.microfab.com/equipment/pdf/MicroJet_Dev_Spec.pdf (last accessed on the 16th February 2005).
J. F. DIJKSMAN, J. Fluid. Mech. 139 (1984) 173.
N. REIS and B. DERBY, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 624 (2000) 65.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Smith, P.J., Shin, DY., Stringer, J.E. et al. Direct ink-jet printing and low temperature conversion of conductive silver patterns. J Mater Sci 41, 4153–4158 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-6653-1
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-6653-1