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3D Printed Electronics of Non-contact Ink Writing Techniques: Status and Promise

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Non-contact ink writing techniques are a newly developed three-dimensional printing technology to fabricate customized and flexible electronic devices, while dramatically reducing chemical waste and lowering manufacturing costs. However, the use of non-contact ink writing technologies for fabricating electronics is still limited due to printing quality. To develop an electronic device with high performance, conductive lines should be printed with high controllability and excellent uniformity. Under such circumstances, many traditional optimization methods have been proposed to improve the printing quality. However, as the non-contact ink writing process is very sensitive to the system drifts and random variations, in situ process monitoring and online optimization technologies to optimize the printed line quality are in demand for practical printing. In this paper, we describe the processes of non-contact ink writing techniques based on inkjet printing (IJP) and aerosol jet printing (AJP). The key influencing factors in the non-contact ink writing processes are also discussed based on the three main printing stages. Then we analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the IJP and AJP techniques and review the state of art in quality optimization and precise control techniques that can be adopted in non-contact ink writing process. Additionally, to further develop a non-contact ink writing system, the major challenges and limitations of the current printing quality optimization technologies are also highlighted in this paper.

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Zhang, H., Moon, S.K. & Ngo, T.H. 3D Printed Electronics of Non-contact Ink Writing Techniques: Status and Promise. Int. J. of Precis. Eng. and Manuf.-Green Tech. 7, 511–524 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40684-019-00139-9

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