Laser electrospray printing of nanoparticles on flexible and rigid substrates
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Abstract
Semiconductor and metal nanoparticles are known to possess excellent mechanical, electrical, and optical properties, but harnessing those novel properties for practical applications is impeded by the difficulty in depositing the nanoparticles into large two-dimensional thin films or three-dimensional structures. A new laser-assisted manufacturing process is developed for patterning and sintering nanoparticles to deposit semiconductor and conductor thin films. This technique has the ability to deposit various materials on rigid and flexible substrates such as paper and plastics for manufacturing flexible electronics.
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Research context
OpenAlex topics: Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics · Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies · Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles
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Affiliations
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida 1 , Orlando, Florida 32816
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad en Ingeniería Mecánica y Ciencias de la Producción, Campus Gustavo Galindo 2 , Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral, P.O. Box 09-01-5863, Guayaquil, Ecuador
CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida 3 , Orlando, Florida 32816
Funding
National Science Foundation
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