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Investigation of ink modification for aerosol jet printing process on FR-4 substrate

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Non-contact, direct-write aerosol jet (AJ) printing technology using a variety of functional nanomaterial inks has been regarded as one of the most promising approaches for large-area additive manufacturing. The development and atomization of inks have a considerable effect on the printing quality. Therefore, in this study, the effect of a specific ratio of silver nanoparticle ink and a co-solvent of propylene glycol monomethyl ether (PGME) and ethylene glycol (EG) was investigated. The results indicated that the proportion of the solvent in the silver nanoparticle ink could affect the electrical characteristics of the printed lines. The prepared conductive ink with 95% silver nanoparticle ink and 5% co-solvent at a curing temperature of 180 °C demonstrated superior electrical conductivity and adhesion on the substrate.

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This research was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan) under contract nos. MOST 107-2221-E-002-135-MY2.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan

    Kuan-Yi Hung, Yi-Tse Chang, Chih-Hsuan Chien & Hong-Tsu Young

  2. National Applied Laboratories, Taiwan Instrument Research Institute, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan

    Chien-Fang Ding

  3. Academia Sinica, Institute of Chemistry, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan

    Ming-Chih Tsai

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Hung, KY., Chang, YT., Chien, CH. et al. Investigation of ink modification for aerosol jet printing process on FR-4 substrate. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 111, 1147–1156 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-020-06186-w

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