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The Focused Electrode Ring for Electrohydrodynamic Jet and Printing on Insulated Substrate

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Drop-on-demand electrohydrodynamic jet (DoD E-Jet) printing is considered a well-known type of fabrication method contemporary since it can be used to print high-resolution microstructures (< 1 μm) on various insulating substrates. This paper presents a numerical study of DoD E-Jet printing using a novel combination of needle and focused electrode ring to print stable and consistent microdroplets on a Polyethylene terephthalate substrate. Primarily, a phase field method was used to generate a stable cone-jet morphology that can allow the production of high-resolution micron/nano structures on PET substrates. The numerical simulation of cone-jet morphology was performed by COMSOL multiphysics software. Further, the impact of key parameters such as flow rate and dc positive pulse voltage was studied on cone-jet morphology through numerical simulation. Subsequently, optimized operating parameters i.e., f = 5.3 × 10–15 m3 s−1, Vn = 1.9 kV and Vr = 0.7 kV were achieved by performing a series of numerical experiments. Then, optimized parameters by simulation were directly used to print arrays of stable droplets on PET substrate using the focused electrode ring in different locations by regulating distance 0.2 mm to 1.3 mm between needles to focused electrode ring. The minimum size of stable microdrop was measured 3 μm on PET substrate (thickness = 0.2 mm) using a 50 μm size quartz capillary maintaining a distance of 0.2 mm between combined needle and focused electrode ring. The experimental results proved that the simulation model is useful for printing different microstructures on insulating substrates and creating a promising production path for micro-electro mechanical system and nano-electro mechanical system (MEMS and NEMS).

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This research was supported by National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFA0703200), National Natural Science Foundation of China (51975104, 62074138), and Ningbo Institute of Dalian University of Technology.

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  1. Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

    Zeshan Abbas, Dazhi Wang, Liangkun Lu, Zhaoliang Du, Xiangyu Zhao, Kuipeng Zhao, Penghe Yin, Xi Zhang, Yan Cui & Junsheng Liang

  2. Key Laboratory for Precision and Non-Traditional Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

    Dazhi Wang, Penghe Yin, Xi Zhang, Yan Cui & Junsheng Liang

  3. School of Optoelectronic Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

    Meng Si

  4. Ningbo Institute of Dalian University of Technology, Ningbo, 315000, China

    Dazhi Wang

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Abbas, Z., Wang, D., Lu, L. et al. The Focused Electrode Ring for Electrohydrodynamic Jet and Printing on Insulated Substrate. Int. J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. 23, 545–563 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-022-00634-1

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