Stringer, J, Althagathi, TM, Tse, CCW et al. (8 more authors) (2016) Integration of additive manufacturing and inkjet printed electronics: a potential route to parts with embedded multifunctionality. Manufacturing Review, 3. 12. ISSN 2265-4224
Abstract
Additive manufacturing, an umbrella term for a number of different manufacturing techniques, has attracted increasing interest recently for a number of reasons, such as the facile customisation of parts, reduced time to manufacture from initial design, and possibilities in distributed manufacturing and structural electronics. Inkjet printing is an additive manufacturing technique that is readily integrated with other manufacturing processes, eminently scalable and used extensively in printed electronics. It therefore presents itself as a good candidate for integration with other additive manufacturing techniques to enable the creation of parts with embedded electronics in a timely and cost effective manner. This review introduces some of the fundamental principles of inkjet printing; such as droplet generation, deposition, phase change and post-deposition processing. Particular focus is given to materials most relevant to incorporating structural electronics and how post-processing of these materials has been able to maintain compatibility with temperature sensitive substrates. Specific obstacles likely to be encountered in such an integration and potential strategies to address them will also be discussed.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2016, J. Stringer et al., Published by EDP Sciences. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Inkjet Printing / Additive Manufacturing / Printed Electronics |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2017 12:09 |
Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2017 12:09 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | EDP Sciences |
Identification Number: | 10.1051/mfreview/2016011 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:121785 |