Saleh, E, Zhang, F, He, Y et al. (7 more authors) (2017) 3D Inkjet Printing of Electronics Using UV Conversion. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2 (10). 1700134. ISSN 2365-709X
Abstract
The production of electronic circuits and devices is limited by current manufacturing methods that limit both the form and potentially the performance of these systems. Additive manufacturing (AM) is a technology that has been shown to provide cross‐sectoral manufacturing industries with significant geometrical freedom. A research domain known as multifunctional AM (MFAM) in its infancy looks to couple the positive attributes of AM with application in the electronics sector can have a significant impact on the development of new products; however, there are significant hurdles to overcome. This paper reports on the single step MFAM of 3D electronic circuitry within a polymeric structure using a combination of conductive and nonconductive materials within a single material jetting‐based AM system. The basis of this breakthrough is a study of the optical absorption regions of a silver nanoparticle (AgNP) conductive ink which leads to a novel method to rapidly process and sinter AgNP inks in ambient conditions using simple UV radiation contemporaneously with UV‐curing of deposited polymeric structures.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Authors. Published by WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
Keywords: | additive manufacturing; conductive ink; polymeric ink; UV sintering |
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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) > Future Manufacturing Processes (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Apr 2019 14:35 |
Last Modified: | 11 Mar 2020 11:54 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/admt.201700134 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:144363 |
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