Hongki Kang

EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2010-44

April 22, 2010

http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2010/EECS-2010-44.pdf

In this report, we study the optimization of the geometry of inkjet-printed polymer films and develop a simple analytic framework to understand our results and establish limitations on inkjet-printed patterns. We show how drop spacing and ink concentration affect the thickness of a printed film and how hydrostatic conditions with contact angle hysteresis have to be considered to print optimized rectangular features. If advancing and receding contact angle are not taken into account, printed features will either bulge or breakup into smaller beads. Thus, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the limits of film formation using regular assemblies of droplets.

Advisors: Vivek Subramanian

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BibTeX citation:

@mastersthesis{Kang:EECS-2010-44,
    Author= {Kang, Hongki},
    Title= {Hydrostatic optimization of inkjet-printed films},
    School= {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley},
    Year= {2010},
    Month= {Apr},
    Url= {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2010/EECS-2010-44.html},
    Number= {UCB/EECS-2010-44},
    Abstract= {In this report, we study the optimization of the geometry of inkjet-printed polymer films and develop a simple analytic framework to understand our results and establish limitations on inkjet-printed patterns. We show how drop spacing and ink concentration affect the thickness of a printed film and how hydrostatic conditions with contact angle hysteresis have to be considered to print optimized rectangular features. If advancing and receding contact angle are not taken into account, printed features will either bulge or breakup into smaller beads. Thus, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the limits of film formation using regular assemblies of droplets.},
}

EndNote citation:

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%A Kang, Hongki 
%T Hydrostatic optimization of inkjet-printed films
%I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
%D 2010
%8 April 22
%@ UCB/EECS-2010-44
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%F Kang:EECS-2010-44