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<p>Silicone oil is a type of fluid with low viscosity, but it is not easy to form stable cone jet for electrohydrodynamic printing. In this paper, we proposed a new electrohydrodynamic printing method for patterns fabrication with this kind of low viscosity fluid. Dots array was first printed on the substrate at higher direct current voltage. Then by controlling the moving speed of the platform, the dots were connected into lines according to the fluidity of the silicone oil and its low surface tension. With the proposed method, the patterns with silicone oil can be successfully formed by electrohydrodynamic printing. In the experiment, the influence of main parameters including applied voltage, moving speed of substrate, distance from needle to substrate, and axial length of droplet on the quality of printed lines was studied. Finally, by optimizing the printing parameters, the silicone oil lines with width of 73 <italic>µ</italic>m and low surface roughness were printed.</p>
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Silicone oil is a type of fluid with low viscosity, but it is not easy to form stable cone jet for electrohydrodynamic printing. In this paper, we proposed a new electrohydrodynamic printing method for patterns fabrication with this kind of low viscosity fluid. Dots array was first printed on the substrate at higher direct current voltage. Then by controlling the moving speed of the platform, the dots were connected into lines according to the fluidity of the silicone oil and its low surface tension. With the proposed method, the patterns with silicone oil can be successfully formed by electrohydrodynamic printing. In the experiment, the influence of main parameters including applied voltage, moving speed of substrate, distance from needle to substrate, and axial length of droplet on the quality of printed lines was studied. Finally, by optimizing the printing parameters, the silicone oil lines with width of 73 µm and low surface roughness were printed.

A new electrohydrodynamic printing method for patterns fabrication with low viscosity fluid of silicone oil

Tianjin University of Science and Technology

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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Silicone oil is a type of fluid with low viscosity, but it is not easy to form stable cone jet for electrohydrodynamic printing. In this paper, we proposed a...

A new electrohydrodynamic printing method for patterns fabrication with low viscosity fluid of silicone oil

Published Online: Mar 12, 2022

Page range: 62 - 66

Received: Nov 11, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2022-0009

Keywords
electrohydrodynamic printing, fabrication, low viscosity, silicone oil

© 2022 Suzhou Tang et al., published by Sciendo

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

A new electrohydrodynamic printing method for patterns fabrication with low viscosity fluid of silicone oil

Published Online: Mar 12, 2022

Page range: 62 - 66

Received: Nov 11, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2022-0009

Keywordselectrohydrodynamic printing, fabrication, low viscosity, silicone oil

© 2022 Suzhou Tang et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
electrohydrodynamic printing, fabrication, low viscosity, silicone oil