Micromachining of Roller Mold for Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing

2018 ◽  
pp. 183-213
Author(s):  
Rui Huang ◽  
XinQuan Zhang ◽  
Kui Liu
Keyword(s):  
Roll To Roll

Adjustable wetting of Liquid Flame Spray (LFS) TiO2-nanoparticle coated board: Batch-type versus roll-to-roll stimulation methods

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikko Tuominen ◽  
Hannu Teisala ◽  
Janne Haapanen ◽  
Mikko Aromaa ◽  
Jyrki M. Mäkelä ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Argon Plasma ◽  
Ultra Violet ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Flame Spray ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Batch Type ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Liquid Flame Spray

Abstract Superhydrophobic nanoparticle coating was created on the surface of board using liquid flame spray (LFS). The LFS coating was carried out continuously in ambient conditions without any additional hydrophobization steps. The contact angle of water (CAW) of ZrO2, Al2O3 and TiO2 coating was adjusted reversibly from >150° down to ~10−20° using different stimulation methods. From industrial point of view, the controlled surface wetting has been in focus for a long time because it defines the liquid-solid contact area, and furthermore can enhance the mechanical and chemical bonding on the interface between the liquid and the solid. The used stimulation methods included batch-type methods: artificial daylight illumination and heat treatment and roll-to-roll methods: corona, argon plasma, IR (infra red)- and UV (ultra violet)-treatments. On the contrary to batch-type methods, the adjustment and switching of wetting was done only in seconds or fraction of seconds using roll-to-roll stimulation methods. This is significant in the converting processes of board since they are usually continuous, high volume operations. In addition, the creation of microfluidic patterns on the surface of TiO2 coated board using simple photomasking and surface stimulation was demonstrated. This provides new advantages and possibilities, especially in the field of intelligent printing. Limited durability and poor repellency against low surface tension liquids are presently the main limitations of LFS coatings.

scholarly journals Sustainable roll-to-roll manufactured multi-layer smart label

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liisa Hakola ◽  
Elina Jansson ◽  
Romain Futsch ◽  
Tuomas Happonen ◽  
Victor Thenot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Colour Change ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Printed Antennas ◽  
Free Paper ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
Final Yield ◽  
Smart Label ◽  
Dark Blue

AbstractSustainability in electronics has a growing importance due to, e.g. increasing electronic waste, and global and European sustainability goals. Printing technologies and use of paper as a substrate enable manufacturing of sustainable electronic devices for emerging applications, such as the multi-layer anti-counterfeit label presented in this paper. This device consisted of electrochromic display (ECD) element, NFC (near field communication) tag and circuitry, all fully roll-to-roll (R2R) printed and assembled on plastic-free paper substrate, thus leading to a sustainable and recyclable device. Our setup uses harvested energy from HF field of a smartphone or reader, to switch an electrochromic display after rectification to prove authenticity of a product. Our novelty is in upscaling the manufacturing process to be fully printable and R2R processable in high-throughput conditions simulating industrial environment, i.e. in pilot scale. The printing workflow consisted of 11 R2R printed layers, all done in sufficient quality and registration. The printed antennas showed sheet resistance values of 32.9±1.9 mΩ/sq. The final yield was almost 1500 fully printed devices, and in R2R assembly over 1400 labels were integrated with 96.5% yield. All the assembled tags were readable with mobile phone NFC reader. The optical contrast (ΔE*) measured for the ECDs was over 15 for all the printed displays, a progressive switching time with a colour change visible in less than 5 s. The smart tag is ITO-free, plastic-free, fully printed in R2R and has a good stability over 50 cycles and reversible colour change from light to dark blue.

scholarly journals Quantized electronic transitions in electrodeposited copper indium selenide nanocrystalline homojunctions

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shalini Menezes ◽  
Anura P. Samantilleke ◽  
Bryon W. Larson
Keyword(s):  
Scale Up ◽  
Indium Selenide ◽  
State Density ◽  
Single Step ◽  
Copper Indium Selenide ◽  
Ambient Atmosphere ◽  
Inorganic Semiconductors ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
Copper Indium

AbstractPairing semiconductors with electrochemical processing offers an untapped opportunity to create novel nanostructures for practical devices. Here we report the results of one such pairing: the in-situ formation of highly-doped, interface-matched, sharp nanocrystalline homojunctions (NHJs) with single step electrodeposition of two copper-indium-selenide (CISe) compounds on flexible foil. It produces a homogenous film, comprising inherently ordered, 3-dimensional interconnected network of pn-CISe NHJs. These CISe NHJs exhibit surprising non-linear emissions, quantized transitions, large carrier mobility, low trap-state-density, long carrier lifetime and possible up-conversion. They facilitate efficient separation of minority carriers, reduce recombination and essentially function like quantum materials. This approach mitigates the material issues and complex fabrication of incumbent nanoscale heterojunctions; it also overcomes the flexibility and scale-up challenges of conventional planar pn junctions. The self-stabilized CISe NHJ film can be roll-to-roll processed in ambient atmosphere, thus providing a promising platform for a range of optoelectronic technologies. This concept exemplified by CISe compounds can be adapted to create nano-scale pn junctions with other inorganic semiconductors.

scholarly journals Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell for Indoor Applications: A Mini-Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dheeraj Devadiga ◽  
M. Selvakumar ◽  
Prakasha Shetty ◽  
M. S. Santosh
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ◽  
Low Light ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Energy Demands ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
Wearable Systems ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Sustainable Power ◽  
The Internet Of Things

AbstractLightweight computing technologies such as the Internet of Things and flexible wearable systems have penetrated our everyday lives exponentially in recent years. Without a question, the running of such electronic devices is a major energy problem. Generally, these devices need power within the range of microwatts and operate mostly indoors. Thus, it is appropriate to have a self-sustainable power source, such as the photovoltaic (PV) cell, which can harvest indoor light. Among other PV cells, the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) has immense capacity to satisfy the energy demands of most indoor electronics, making it a very attractive power candidates because of its many benefits such as readily available materials, relatively cheap manufacturing methods, roll-to-roll compatibility, easy processing capabilities on flexible substrates and exceptional diffuse/low-light performance. This review discusses the recent developments in DSSC materials for its indoor applications. Ultimately, the perspective on this topic is presented after summing up the current progress of the research. Graphic abstract

scholarly journals Roll-to-Roll In-Line Implementation of Microwave Free-Space Non-Destructive Evaluation of Conductive Composite Thin Layer Materials

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 378
Author(s):  
Grigorios Koutsoukis ◽  
Ivan Alic ◽  
Antonios Vavouliotis ◽  
Ferry Kienberger ◽  
Kamel Haddadi
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Free Space ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Line Production ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
Corrugated Horn ◽  
Evaluation Module ◽  
Microwave Nondestructive Testing ◽  
Non Destructive

A free-space microwave nondestructive testing and evaluation module is developed for the low-power, non-ionizing, contactless, and real-time characterization of doped composite thin-film materials in an industrial context. The instrumentation proposed is built up with a handled vector network analyzer interfaced with corrugated horn antennas to measure the near-field complex reflection S11 of planar prepreg composite materials in a roll-to-roll in-line production line. Dedicated modeling and calibrations routines are developed to extract the microwave conductivity from the measured microwave signal. Practical extraction of the radiofrequency (RF) conductivity of thin film prepreg composite materials doped with nano-powders is exemplary shown at the test frequency of 10 GHz.

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