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Introduction of Electrohydrodynamic Printing

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Electrohydrodynamic Direct-Writing for Flexible Electronic Manufacturing

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As an extra introduced electric field, the electrohydrodynamic (EHD) printing is a “pull” processing that can realize three types of printing modes via a same setup, namely E-jet printing, electrospinning, and electrospraying. Among them, the electrospinning is rather versatile for producing ultra-thin fibers with diameters ranging from several micrometers down to dozens of nanometers of over one hundred different materials. By carefully adjusting the process parameters, controlled alignment and patterning of individual micro/nanowires can be easily achieved at a desired position in a large area. This technique shows a great potential in the fabrication of high performance organic electronics such as organic field-effect transistors, stretchable sensors, stretchable energy harvesters and touch screens, in a cost-effective and ingenious nanomanufacturing.

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Yin, Z., Huang, Y., Duan, Y., Zhang, H. (2018). Introduction of Electrohydrodynamic Printing. In: Electrohydrodynamic Direct-Writing for Flexible Electronic Manufacturing. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4759-6_1

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