<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>EHD (Electrohydrodynamic) printing is a promising technique for alternative fabrication of highresolution micro- and nanostructures without employment of any molds or photo-masks However, the printing precision can be easily influenced by the printing conditions, such as applied voltage, printing distance (the distance between the nozzle tip and the substrate), and flow rate. Unfortunately, up to now there was no work which analyzed those influencing factors in-depth and systematically by theory and numerical simulation. In this paper, the theory of EHD printing was presented and the effect of applied voltage, printing distance, and flow rate on the width of printed line was analyzed by numerical simulation. The simulation results showed that the width of printed lines is proportional to printing distance, nozzle size, and flow rate. However, it is inversely proportional to the applied voltage.</p></abstract>

EHD (Electrohydrodynamic) printing is a promising technique for alternative fabrication of highresolution micro- and nanostructures without employment of any molds or photo-masks However, the printing precision can be easily influenced by the printing conditions, such as applied voltage, printing distance (the distance between the nozzle tip and the substrate), and flow rate. Unfortunately, up to now there was no work which analyzed those influencing factors in-depth and systematically by theory and numerical simulation. In this paper, the theory of EHD printing was presented and the effect of applied voltage, printing distance, and flow rate on the width of printed line was analyzed by numerical simulation. The simulation results showed that the width of printed lines is proportional to printing distance, nozzle size, and flow rate. However, it is inversely proportional to the applied voltage.

The study of electrohydrodynamic printing by numerical simulation

Key Laboratory of Auxiliary Chemistry and Technology for Chemical Industry, Ministry of Education

Shaanxi University of Science and Technology

Journal of Electrical Engineering

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

{"article-title":"The study of electrohydrodynamic printing by numerical simulation"}

EHD (Electrohydrodynamic) printing is a promising technique for alternative fabrication of highresolution micro- and nanostructures without employment of any...

The study of electrohydrodynamic printing by numerical simulation

Published Online: Dec 24, 2020

Page range: 413 - 418

Received: Jun 12, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2020-0056

Keywords
electrohydrodynamic printing, numerical simulation, electrohydrodynamic theory, printing nozzle

© 2020 Xue Yang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The study of electrohydrodynamic printing by numerical simulation

Published Online: Dec 24, 2020

Page range: 413 - 418

Received: Jun 12, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2020-0056

Keywordselectrohydrodynamic printing, numerical simulation, electrohydrodynamic theory, printing nozzle

© 2020 Xue Yang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
electrohydrodynamic printing, numerical simulation, electrohydrodynamic theory, printing nozzle