Surface analysis of polymeric substrates used for inkjet printing technology
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to find an optimal surface treatment of commonly used polymeric substrates for achieve the high adhesion of printed structures. For this reason, the investigation of substrates surfaces from different perspectives is presented in this paper.
Design/methodology/approach
The contact angle measurements as well as the roughness measurements were realised for the analysis of surface properties of investigated substrates. The impact of applied chemical agents for surface treatment onto the wettability is analysed for polyimide, polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene naphthalene substrates.
Findings
The results prove the correlation among wettability, surface energy and work of adhesion with respect to the theoretical background. The surface treatment of polymeric substrates by chemical agents, such as acetone, toluene, ethanol, isopropyl and fluor silane polymer, has a significant impact onto the wettability of substrates which affects the final deposition process of nanoinks.
Originality/value
The main benefit of the surfaces’ investigation presented in this paper lays in surface modification by readily available chemical agents for optimising the deposition process nanoinks used in inkjet printing technology.
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Acknowledgements
This paper is the result of the Project implementation: University Science Park TECHNICOM for Innovation Applications Supported by Knowledge Technology, ITMS: 26220220182, supported by the Research & Development Operational Programme funded by the ERDF. We support research activities in Slovakia. This project is being co-financed by the European Union.
This paper was developed with support of the project: Effects of behavior of multilayer modules based on LTCC in the high frequency environment, VEGA: 1/0218/13.
This paper was also developed with support of the project Development of New Generation Joints of Power Electronics Using Nonstandard Sn-Based Alloys, APVV-14-0085, and with the support of the Scientific Grant Agency (VEGA), Project No. 2/0061/14, of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic.
Citation
Pietrikova, A., Lukacs, P., Jakubeczyova, D., Ballokova, B., Potencki, J., Tomaszewski, G., Pekarek, J., Prikrylova, K. and Fides, M. (2016), "Surface analysis of polymeric substrates used for inkjet printing technology", Circuit World, Vol. 42 No. 1, pp. 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/CW-10-2015-0047
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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