Seung H Ko et al 2007 Nanotechnology 18 345202 doi:10.1088/0957-4484/18/34/345202
Seung H Ko1, Heng Pan1, Costas P Grigoropoulos1,4, Christine K Luscombe2, Jean M J Fréchet2 and Dimos Poulikakos3
Show affiliationsAll-printed electronics is the key technology to ultra-low-cost, large-area electronics. As a critical step in this direction, we demonstrate that laser sintering of inkjet-printed metal nanoparticles enables low-temperature metal deposition as well as high-resolution patterning to overcome the resolution limitation of the current inkjet direct writing processes. To demonstrate this process combined with the implementation of air-stable carboxylate-functionalized polythiophenes, high-resolution organic transistors were fabricated in ambient pressure and room temperature without utilizing any photolithographic steps or requiring a vacuum deposition process. Local thermal control of the laser sintering process could minimize the heat-affected zone and the thermal damage to the substrate and further enhance the resolution of the process. This local nanoparticle deposition and energy coupling enable an environmentally friendly and cost-effective process as well as a low-temperature manufacturing sequence to realize large-area, flexible electronics on polymer substrates.
81.16.Mk Laser-assisted deposition
Issue 34 (29 August 2007)
Received 11 April 2007, in final form 15 June 2007
Published 1 August 2007
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