• 文献标题:   A novel method to improve the line resolution of stretchable graphene-based line by embedded uniform droplet printing
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG RR, QI LH, LUO J, LIAN HC
  • 作者关键词:   line resolution, narrow track, embedded printing, graphene line, uniform droplet ejection
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS DAPPLIED PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   0022-3727 EI 1361-6463
  • 通讯作者地址:   Northwestern Polytech Univ
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1088/1361-6463/ab9469
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Solution-phase printing of nanomaterials is a low-cost and effective way to build functional devices. While a multitude of industries have witnessed steady progress in it, the low line resolution remains a challenge for inkjet printing, since the droplet spreading on a substrate inevitably widens the printing tracks. In the present work, a novel embedded printing method based on a liquid viscous film to produce high-resolution lines without a small nozzle (mu m in diameter) or modified substrates was demonstrated. The influences of pre-cured time, substrate velocity and solvent ratio on the diameter of a single droplet and the continuity of multiple droplets were explored. A cylindrical reduced graphene oxide (rGO) line with a diameter of 10 mu m had been deposited on the surface of the viscous liquid substrate and slowly wrapped into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) thin film by using a nozzle of 110 mu m in diameter after optimizing the experimental parameters. The rGO lines encapsulated into PDMS could be stretched to 180% of its original length, during which no shedding or breaking occurred. This work presents a facile way to improve the line resolution of flexible/stretchable graphene-based lines, which probably contribute to further application of inkjet printing technology in the field of flexible and stretchable devices.