Inkjet printing and other direct writing methods

Abstract

Inorganic printed electronics produced via advanced printing techniques, e.g. direct write, inkjet and microcontact printing are attractive alternatives to conventional photolithography and electroless deposition routes, which are often time-consuming, complicated, and expensive. With the emergence of flexible electronics, the ability to integrate dissimilar materials, i.e., ceramics, metals, semiconductors, and polymers, onto a single, temperature-sensitive substrate enables the fabrication of volumetrically-concise, multi-functional packages. In this chapter, methods to deposit a variety of conductors, transparent conductors and superconductors via printing methods are detailed. A method to integrate such printed elements into self-powered, wireless telemetry units is detailed.