In-tandem deposition and sintering of printed gold nanoparticle inks induced by continuous Gaussian laser irradiation

@article{Chung1259, abstract = {By employing continuous Gaussian laser irradiation in tandem with a specifically designed drop-on-demand jetting system, nanoparticle inks were printed and sintered on glass substrate. A toluene solvent is employed as the carrier of gold nanoparticles possessing a lower melting temperature than that of bulk gold. Marangoni flow due to radial surface tension gradient combined with a moving substrate displaces nanoparticle ink in front of and around the laser spot. Experiments were carried out changing incident laser power, focused beam waist, and translation speed, and resulting phenomena at different conditions were explained. Strong coalescence occurred from 9000–14000 W/cm 2, and a gold line with 8 μm of width was demonstrated.}, author = {Chung, J. and Bieri, N. R. and Ko, S. and Grigoropoulos, C. P. and Poulikakos, D. }, citeulike-article-id = {3039281}, comment = {Laser curing of nanoparticles gold for fabrication of OFETs - Berkeley group - Grigoropoulos}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00339-004-2731-x}, journal = {Applied Physics A: Materials Science \& Processing}, keywords = {berkeley, gold, groupgrigoropoulos, laser, nanoparticles, sintering}, number = {4}, pages = {1259--1261}, posted-at = {2008-07-24 12:38:20}, priority = {2}, title = {In-tandem deposition and sintering of printed gold nanoparticle inks induced by continuous Gaussian laser irradiation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00339-004-2731-x}, volume = {79}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - Chung1259 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3039281 TI - In-tandem deposition and sintering of printed gold nanoparticle inks induced by continuous Gaussian laser irradiation JF - Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing VL - 79 IS - 4 SP - 1259 EP - 1261 N2 - By employing continuous Gaussian laser irradiation in tandem with a specifically designed drop-on-demand jetting system, nanoparticle inks were printed and sintered on glass substrate. A toluene solvent is employed as the carrier of gold nanoparticles possessing a lower melting temperature than that of bulk gold. Marangoni flow due to radial surface tension gradient combined with a moving substrate displaces nanoparticle ink in front of and around the laser spot. Experiments were carried out changing incident laser power, focused beam waist, and translation speed, and resulting phenomena at different conditions were explained. Strong coalescence occurred from 9000–14000 W/cm 2, and a gold line with 8 μm of width was demonstrated. KW - berkeley KW - gold KW - groupgrigoropoulos KW - laser KW - nanoparticles KW - sintering N1 - Laser curing of nanoparticles gold for fabrication of OFETs - Berkeley group - Grigoropoulos AU - Chung, J AU - Bieri, NR AU - Ko, S AU - Grigoropoulos, CP AU - Poulikakos, D PY - 2004//01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00339-004-2731-x ER -