Ahmad Salman, Rahman Khalid, Cheema Taqi Ahmad, Shakeel Muhammad, Khan Arshad, Bermak Amine
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Science and Technology, Swabi 23420, Pakistan.
Mechanical Department, CECOS University, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan.
Micromachines (Basel). 2022 Aug 28;13(9):1419. doi: 10.3390/mi13091419.
EHD printing is an advanced deposition technology that is commonly utilized for the direct manufacture of electrical devices. In this study, meander-type resistive electrodes consisting of silver nanoparticles were printed directly on rigid glass and flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates. High-resolution patterns of ≈50 µm linewidth were successfully printed on untreated surfaces utilizing a bigger nozzle of 100 µm inner diameter after improving the experimental settings. The manufactured electrodes were evaluated and used as Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTDs) and micro-heaters in a systematic manner. The temperature sensors performed well, with a Temperature Coefficient of Resistivity (TCRs) of 11.5 ×10-3/°C and 13.3 ×10-3/°C, for glass and PET substrates, respectively, throughout a wide temperature range of 100 °C and 90 °C. Furthermore, the RTDs had a quick response and recovery time, as well as minimal hysteresis. The electrodes' measured sensitivities as micro-heaters were 3.3 °C/V for glass and 6.8 °C/V for PET substrates, respectively. The RTDs were utilized for signal conditioning in a Wheatstone bridge circuit with a self-heating temperature of less than 1 °C as a practical demonstration. The micro-heaters have a lot of potential in the field of soft wearable electronics for biomedical applications, while the extremely sensitive RTDs have a lot of potential in industrial situations for temperature monitoring.
电液动力打印是一种先进的沉积技术,通常用于直接制造电子设备。在本研究中,由银纳米颗粒组成的曲折型电阻电极被直接打印在刚性玻璃和柔性聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯(PET)基板上。在改进实验设置后,使用内径为100 µm的更大喷嘴,在未经处理的表面上成功打印出了线宽约为50 µm的高分辨率图案。对制造的电极进行了评估,并将其系统地用作电阻温度探测器(RTD)和微型加热器。温度传感器表现良好,在100 °C和90 °C的宽温度范围内,玻璃基板和PET基板的电阻温度系数(TCR)分别为11.5×10⁻³/°C和13.3×10⁻³/°C。此外,RTD具有快速的响应和恢复时间,以及最小的滞后现象。作为微型加热器,电极在玻璃基板和PET基板上测得的灵敏度分别为3.3 °C/V和6.8 °C/V。作为实际演示,RTD用于惠斯通电桥电路中的信号调节,自热温度低于1 °C。微型加热器在生物医学应用的软可穿戴电子领域有很大潜力,而极其灵敏的RTD在工业温度监测场合有很大潜力。