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- Title
Inkjet Printing of Conductive Patterns on Textile Fabrics.
- Authors
Bidoki, Seyed M.; McGorman, David; Lewis, David M.; Clark, Matthew; Horler, Greg; Miles, Robert E.
- Abstract
This article describes a novel method of printing metallic electrical conductive patterns on different substrates by inkjet printing of metal salt solutions and reducing agents. Compared to conventional nanoparticle printing processes, this two-step printing method is much simpler and cheaper, environmental and user friendly, and capable of producing conductive patterns in ambient conditions. The inkjet deposition of metals is one of the most convenient methods of inserting conductive materials into the textile texture compare to other methods such as sewing, embroidery, weaving , and knitting. The silver layers deposited by this process showed a level of flexibility allowing for printing on different materials such as paper and plastics. The results showed that the conductivities of the prints are dependent to some extent on the substrate and its surface properties. Of the substrates used, paper and PET film had the highest conductivities ranging from 20,000 to 500,000 S/m, whereas metallic silver wire has a conductivity of 61,730,000 S/m. It has been shown that the deposition of conducting film with satisfactory conductivities can be achieved using the two-step inkjet printing process described herein.
- Subjects
INK-jet printing; NONIMPACT printing; TEXTILE printing; TEXTILE industry; GRAPHIC arts
- Publication
AATCC Review, 2005, Vol 5, Issue 6, p11
- ISSN
1532-8813
- Publication type
Article