• 文献标题:   Systematic Design of a Graphene Ink Formulation for Aerosol Jet Printing
  • 文献类型:   Article, Early Access
  • 作  者:   GAMBA L, JOHNSON ZT, ATTERBERG J, DIAZARAUZO S, DOWNING JR, CLAUSSEN JC, HERSAM MC, SECOR EB
  • 作者关键词:   printed electronic, nanomaterial ink, 2d material, electrochemical sensing, flexible electronic
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.2c18838 EA JAN 2023
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Aerosol jet printing is a noncontact, digital, additive manufacturing technique compatible with a wide variety of functional materials. Although promising, development of new materials and devices using this technique remains hindered by limited rational ink formulation, with most recent studies focused on device demonstration rather than foundational process science. In the present work, a systematic approach to formulating a polymer-stabilized graphene ink is reported, which considers the effect of solvent composition on dispersion, rheology, wetting, drying, and phase separation characteristics that drive process outcomes. It was found that a four-component solvent mixture composed of isobutyl acetate, diglyme, dihydrolevoglucosenone, and glycerol supported efficient ink atomization and controlled in-line drying to reduce overspray and wetting instabilities while maintaining high resolution and electrical conductivity, thus overcoming a trade-off in deposition rate and resolution common to aerosol jet printing. Biochemical sensors were printed for amperometric detection of the pesticide parathion, exhibiting a detection limit of 732 nM and a sensitivity of 34 nA mu M-1, demonstrating the viability of this graphene ink for fabricating functional electronic devices.