Screen Printing Liquid Metal Ink for Wearable Technology Applications

Screen Printing Liquid Metal Ink for Wearable Technology Applications

Presenter(s)

Elizabeth Shafer

Comments

Presentation: 1:15-2:30 p.m., Kennedy Union Ballroom

Description

Liquid metal inks are printed onto a variety of substrates to create stretchable, flexible, wearable technology. Methods like blade coating and drop coating have been consistently effective to print liquid metal inks through masks onto flexible, stretchable substrates. These methods require a significant amount of time and manual labor to create each individual print. While effective, there is a need for a more efficient method to make this technology more accessible. We demonstrated that screen printing is an effective and efficient process to print liquid metal ink. It is simple, repeatable, and accessible. Anyone with the resources could learn how to print liquid metal ink. Screen printing also makes it possible to cleanly print smaller features than blade coating or drop coating. Intricate, precise masks can be designed and created.

Publication Date

4-19-2023

Project Designation

Independent Research

Primary Advisor

Alex Watson

Primary Advisor's Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Keywords

Stander Symposium, School of Engineering

Screen Printing Liquid Metal Ink for Wearable Technology Applications

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