Control of colloidal particle deposit patterns within picoliter droplets ejected by ink-jet printing |
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Authors: | Park Jungho Moon Jooho |
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Affiliation: | Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea. |
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Abstract: | Particle deposit morphologies that resulted from evaporating ink-jetted microdroplets were controlled by varying the ink compositions and concentrations. The ink was a well-dispersed aqueous dispersion of monodisperse silica microspheres. Silica particles suspended in the microdroplet undergo self-assembly upon the evaporation of the solvent. A ringlike deposit of the self-assembled silica particles was produced from the water-based ink, while a uniform two-dimensional monolayer with a well-ordered hexagonal structure was obtained from the mixed-solvent-based inks. Variations in the deposit patterns can be explained in terms of competing effects between the convective and Marangoni flows, which vary with the types of the high-boiling-point solvent added to the ink. The macroscopic shape and microstructure of the silica colloidal deposits were observed by SEM, AFM, and a confocal microscope. |
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