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Inkjet-Printed Sensors on Flexible Substrates

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Environmental, Chemical and Medical Sensors

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Printing processes are gaining much prominence in sensing technologies through which smart materials can be deposited over flexible substrates. The attractive features of inkjet printing processes to replace other material deposition techniques are in terms of simplicity, low cost, environment friendliness, high resolution, less waste generation and mass production. This chapter presents a summary of various thin-film smart sensors as developed by inkjet printing processes over flexible substrates. The critical parameters for the printable ink, materials for the sensing applications, substrates for flexible electronics, advantages and challenges of inkjet printing method and its exploration for future flexible electronics sensors are visited through this chapter.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Poonam Sundriyal & Shantanu Bhattacharya

  2. Microsystems Fabrication Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Poonam Sundriyal & Shantanu Bhattacharya

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  3. Microsystem Technology Laboratory, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, West Bengal, India

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  4. Department of Biotechnology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Mohali, Punjab, India

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Sundriyal, P., Bhattacharya, S. (2018). Inkjet-Printed Sensors on Flexible Substrates. In: Bhattacharya, S., Agarwal, A., Chanda, N., Pandey, A., Sen, A. (eds) Environmental, Chemical and Medical Sensors. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7751-7_5

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