Microstructuring by printing and laser curing of nanoparticle solutions

Autor:	Nicole R. Bieri, Dimos Poulikakos, Costas P. Grigoropoulos, S. E. Haferl, Jaewon Chung
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	Solvent Materials science Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) Colloidal gold law Free surface Nanoparticle Nanotechnology Radiation Microstructure Laser Curing (chemistry) law.invention
Zdroj:	Applied Physics Letters. 82:3529-3531
ISSN:	1077-3118 0003-6951
Popis:	In this letter, the process of printing and laser curing of nanoparticle solutions is presented. A liquid solvent is employed as the carrier of gold nanoparticles (the material of interest in this study) possessing a low melting temperature compared to that of bulk gold. Using a specifically designed printing system, the gold nanoparticle solution is deposited on a substrate and cured with laser radiation. In this manner, the potential of writing gold structures on temperature sensitive substrates is demonstrated. The interaction between the laser radiation and nanoparticles drives the solvent evaporation and controls the quality of the microstructures printing process. The latter is also affected by thermocapillary flow at the free surface, developing during the curing process. An optical method for estimating the curing times is also developed and discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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