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Aerosol jet printing of nickel oxide nanoparticle ink with ultraviolet radiation curing for thin-film temperature sensors

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In this study, the ultraviolet (UV) radiation curing process and furnace curing process for curing aerosol jet printed nickel oxide (NiO) nanoparticle thin films were investigated. NiO has a negative temperature coefficient and can be used to fabricate temperature sensors. Four UV power settings (for 10 min) and four furnace temperatures (for 1 h) were used to cure the aerosol jet printed sensors. The resultant sensor resistance at 100 °C and 180 °C was measured, and the sensor’s sensitivity was characterized by a B value. Confocal microscopy was performed to characterize the sensor surface. The 60% UV power setting yields the lowest resistance and the highest B value among all sensors. The analysis of variations shows that the UV power setting is not a significant factor in the resistance and B value, while the furnace temperature is a significant factor. This indicates that UV curing is a more robust method and does not need to be optimized to achieve good results. The UV curing process not only reduces the required curing time but also improves the performance of the temperature sensor.

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This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant CMMI 1642565 (to Chen) and Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan under Overseas Project for Post Graduate Research 108–2917-I-002–025 (to Chang).

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    Yi-Tse Chang & Roland K. Chen

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

    Yi-Tse Chang, Kuan-Yi Hung, Hong-Tsu Young & Kuan-Ming Li

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Yi-Tse Chang: conception, analysis, execute experiments, writing—original draft preparation and editing, visualization—original draft preparation. Kuan-Yi Hung: conception and analysis, Hong-Tsu Young: writing—review and editing, supervision. Kuan-Ming Li: writing—review and editing, supervision. Roland K. Chen: visualization—review and editing, writing—review and editing, supervision.

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Chang, YT., Hung, KY., Young, HT. et al. Aerosol jet printing of nickel oxide nanoparticle ink with ultraviolet radiation curing for thin-film temperature sensors. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 118, 1957–1965 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-08046-7

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