One-Step Ink-Jet Printing and Anti-Crease Finishing for Silk

An inkjet printing technology that combines printing and anti-crease in one process was developed for silk. Epoxy resin added to the pretreatment paste formulations was used as crease-resistant finishing agent for silk. The fabrics thus processed had satisfactory K/S color yield and colorfastness that were the same as the color quality from conventional inkjet printing. In addition, both dry and wet resiliencies of printed silk fabrics have been improved significantly especially the wet resiliency.

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Effects of the Cotton Fabric Pretreatment on Application Properties of Digital Inkjet Printing with Reactive Dyes

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.331.398 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 331 ◽

pp. 398-401 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Qian Zhu ◽

Jian Da Cao ◽

Wang Wei ◽

Jing Cheng Zhong ◽

Jia Yao ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cotton Fabric ◽

Inkjet Printing ◽

Reactive Dye ◽

Cotton Fabrics ◽

Color Fastness ◽

Light Fastness ◽

Ink Jet ◽

Color Yield ◽

Mass Fractions ◽

Jet Printing

Cotton fabric was directly inkjet printed with reactive dye ink, the ink would appear on the permeability of the fabric, the depth of color yield is low, light fastness is poor. Pretreatment agents with different mass fractions had been used to do the pretreatment of the cotton fabric before ink-jet printing, the results showed that: when the concentration of alginate ester or seaweed was between 1.0% -1.5%, the fabrics had the high color yield and the fixation color rate of the dye was the highest. When the amount of NaHCO3 was 3%, the inkjet printing effect of cotton fabrics was the best; color fastness of colors was all good. After Inkjet printing, the best effect can be achieved by steaming the cotton fabrics under the 100 °Csaturated water vapor for 25min: the colors of black, red and yellow of the K / S value were of the maximum, color fastness was fine.

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Synthesis of Printable Polyvinyl Alcohol for Aerosol Jet and Inkjet Printing Technology

Micromachines ◽

10.3390/mi12020220 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 220

Author(s):

Mahmuda Akter Monne ◽

Chandan Qumar Howlader ◽

Bhagyashree Mishra ◽

Maggie Yihong Chen

Keyword(s):

Polyvinyl Alcohol ◽

Inkjet Printing ◽

Micro Electro Mechanical System ◽

Device Fabrication ◽

Silicon Substrates ◽

Excellent Candidate ◽

Jet Printing ◽

Inkjet Printing Technology ◽

Transistor Fabrication ◽

Aerosol Jet Printing

Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) is a promising polymer due to its high solubility with water, availability in low molecular weight, having short polymer chain, and cost-effectiveness in processing. Printed technology is gaining popularity to utilize processible solution materials at low/room temperature. This work demonstrates the synthesis of PVA solution for 2.5% w/w, 4.5% w/w, 6.5% w/w, 8.5% w/w and 10.5% w/w aqueous solution was formulated. Then the properties of the ink, such as viscosity, contact angle, surface tension, and printability by inkjet and aerosol jet printing, were investigated. The wettability of the ink was investigated on flexible (Kapton) and non-flexible (Silicon) substrates. Both were identified as suitable substrates for all concentrations of PVA. Additionally, we have shown aerosol jet printing (AJP) and inkjet printing (IJP) can produce multi-layer PVA structures. Finally, we have demonstrated the use of PVA as sacrificial material for micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) device fabrication. The dielectric constant of printed PVA is 168 at 100 kHz, which shows an excellent candidate material for printed or traditional transistor fabrication.

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Effect of Sintering Atmosphere on the Electrical and Thermal Properties of Al-Doped ZnO Thin Films Prepared Using Inkjet Printing Method

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.793.440 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 793 ◽

pp. 440-444

Author(s):

J.H. Lim ◽

Cheow Keat Yeoh ◽

Chik Abdullah ◽

Pei Leng Teh

Keyword(s):

Thin Films ◽

Electrical Conductivity ◽

Thermal Properties ◽

Inkjet Printing ◽

Zno Thin Films ◽

Al Doping ◽

Sintering Atmosphere ◽

Ink Jet ◽

Jet Printing ◽

Doped Zno

Al-doped ZnO thin films were prepared by ink-jet printing and their electrical and thermal properties with different amounts of Al doping and sintering atmosphere were investigated. The XRD traces of films show the doped materials did not form additional crystalline phases with increasing amounts of Al doping. Electrical conductivity of film increased from 4.86 S/cm to 120.94 S/cm as the amounts of Al doping increased from 0 wt% to 4 wt%. However, the thermal conductivity decreased from 24 W/mK to 13 W/mK with increasing the Al doping from 0 wt% to 4 wt%. The electrical conductivity of film shows higher values sintered in vacuum (120.94 S/cm) compared to film sintered in air (114.1 S/cm).

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Indium plated carbon nanotubes pattern on flexible substrate defined by ink-jet printing

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/opl.2013.265 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 1505 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Pingye Xu ◽

Michael C. Hamilton

Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotubes ◽

Inkjet Printing ◽

Flexible Substrate ◽

Ink Jet Printing ◽

Ink Jet ◽

Jet Printing ◽

Rf Performance ◽

Interconnect Material

ABSTRACTCarbon nanotubes patterns of micron-level resolution have been achieved using inkjet printing of DNA and SDS assisted CNT dispersions. DNA/CNT film has a significantly higher resistance compared to SDS/CNT film. Taking advantage of the porous nature of printed SDS/CNT film after SDS removal, indium can be electroplated to fill the CNT network and form a CNT/In composite. The CNT/In composite was used as interconnect material. Reworkability and RF performance of In-plated CNT bump structures are studied and the results are presented.

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Graphene Oxide for Ink-Jet Printing Technology

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.748.77 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 748 ◽

pp. 77-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ya Ling Li ◽

Xi Guo ◽

Xiao Juan Feng ◽

Lu Hai Li

Keyword(s):

Surface Tension ◽

Graphene Oxide ◽

Zeta Potential ◽

Inkjet Printing ◽

Laser Scanning Microscopy ◽

Average Particle ◽

Printing Technology ◽

Ink Jet Printing ◽

Ink Jet ◽

Jet Printing

In order to acquire a suitable ink for ink-jet printing technology, a graphene oxide ink was explored based on the GO aqueous dispersion. The GO dispersion was characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The average particle diameter and zeta potential of the GO dispersion was determined by zeta potential & particle size analyzer. The GO ink is composed of 1,2-propanediol, diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, glycerol, polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) and GO dispersion. The surface tension and viscosity of the GO ink was tested by surface tension meter and rheometer. The GO ink was inkjet printed on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate. The optimal inkjet printing parameters were obtained and the printing quality was characterized by confocal laser scanning microscopy. The results show that the GO ink is suitable for inkjet printing technology and the morphology of the GO film with one printing pass has good uniformity.

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Forward electrohydrodynamic inkjet printing of optical microlenses on microfluidic devices

Lab on a Chip ◽

10.1039/c5lc01386k ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 326-333 ◽

Cited By ~ 59

Author(s):

V. Vespini ◽

S. Coppola ◽

M. Todino ◽

M. Paturzo ◽

V. Bianco ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Inkjet Printing ◽

Microfluidic Devices ◽

Ink Jet Printing ◽

Material Type ◽

Ink Jet ◽

Jet Printing ◽

Novel Method

We report a novel method for direct ink-jet printing of viscous polymers based on a pyro-electrohydrodynamic repulsion system capable of overcoming limitations of previous classical EHD ink-jet printing on the material type, geometry and thickness of the receiving substrate.

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Influence of the Viscosity of Edible Ink to Piezoelectric Ink-Jet Printing Drop State

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.200.676 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 200 ◽

pp. 676-680 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jing Mei Sun ◽

Xian Fu Wei ◽

Bei Qing Huang

Keyword(s):

Inkjet Printing ◽

Great Influence ◽

Tail Length ◽

Ink Jet Printing ◽

Printing Quality ◽

Ink Jet ◽

Jet Printing ◽

Different Levels ◽

The Way

Piezoelectric Inkjet Printing is the main ink-jet printing at present, and drop state will have great influence to ink-jet printing quality, so the ink-jet drop state of edible ink is researched based on piezoelectric inkjet printing. The viscosity of the ink is adjusted by the way of adding different levels of resin, and then the samples which have different viscosity are got. Drop state is observed through drops observatory which installs Spectra Polaris nozzle (35pl), then the speed, volume, tail length and roundness of the drops are measured at certain moment in order to evaluate the influence of viscosity to ink-jet drop state. The result shows that viscosity has big influence to ink-jet drop state, when the viscosity becomes larger, the speed of drops becomes smaller, the variation of volume is not so obvious, the tail length of drops becomes smaller and roundness becomes larger accordingly, until the viscosity is 10mPa•s, the tail length is the smallest and roundness is the biggest, the drop state is the best , when viscosity is bigger than 10mPa•s, the tail length will become bigger and roundness smaller.

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Ink-jet printed carbon-based micro-supercapacitor for mobile self-powered modules

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-1127-t04-06 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1127 ◽

Author(s):

Magali Brunet ◽

Pierre-Louis Taberna ◽

Patrice Simon ◽

Norbert Fabre ◽

Véronique Conédéra ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Inkjet Printing ◽

Storage Device ◽

Carbon Electrodes ◽

Power Losses ◽

Capacitance Density ◽

Ink Jet ◽

Inkjet Printing Technology ◽

Self Powered ◽

Good Homogeneity ◽

Carbon Based

ABSTRACTCarbon-based micro-supercapacitors dedicated to energy storage in self-powered modules were fabricated with inkjet printing technology on silicon substrate. The ink containing activated carbon with particles size ranging from 1 μm to 10 μm, mixed with PTFE and glycol was stabilised with a surfactant, Triton X100. After functionalising the electrodes surroundings with octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS), the ink was deposited by inkjet on the electrodes with the substrate heated at 140°C in order to assure a good homogeneity. The resulting structures have a resolution of 10 μm. Micro-supercapacitors with the carbon electrodes were tested in acetonitrile and Et4NBF4 dried salts: the capacitance density obtained was 50 μF.cm−2. The newly developed technology will allow the integration of the storage device as close as possible as the MEMS-based energy harvesting device, minimising power losses through connections.

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