Designer Precursor Development for Metal Inks for Inkjet Printing
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Chemistry
Abstract
The aim of this project is to develop novel molecular precursors of copper and aluminium, formulate these into metal inks and subsequently print highly conductive metal features onto low cost flexible substrates. The project will involve synthesis to isolate precursors, some of which are air and moisture sensitive, so Schlenk and glovebox techniques may be necessary. Characterisation will include mass spec, elemental analysis and multinuclear NMR. The rheology of formulated inks will be studied with further investigations into shear thickening or thinning. Films of metal deposited will be analysed by a variety of techniques including SEM/EDAX, XRD and their conductivity studied.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Caroline Knapp (Primary Supervisor) | |
| Samuel Douglas (Student) |
Studentship Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP/N509577/1 | 01/10/2016 | 24/03/2022 | |||
| 1928364 | Studentship | EP/N509577/1 | 01/10/2017 | 30/09/2021 | Samuel Douglas |
| Description | A series of novel aluminium complexes have been synthesised and fully characterised, including thermal characterisation. These novel compounds so far have not be used to produce aluminium metal coating and their further reactivity hasn't been probed. Known alane precursors from the literature have been used to deposit aluminium metal using only thermal sintering, which is rare in the literature. |
| Exploitation Route | Research will be continued into the types of complexes I have synthesised, along with their further reactivity. |
| Sectors | Electronics,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |