Direct Ink Writing of Alginate–Gelatin Hydrogel: An Optimization of Ink Property Design and Printing Process Efficacy

Effect of Ink Formulation and Paper Surface Morphology on Ink-jet Printing Properties

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of type of alcohols and humectants in inks formulation, and the papers surface morphology on the ink-jet printing properties. In order to investigate the influence of alcohol and humectant types on printing properties, the optimum ink formulation from previous study, which contained C.I. Reactive Blue 21 Ink2 was formulated with different ...

Direct Ink Writing of 3D Functional Materials

New methods for materials fabrication at the microand nanoscale will drive scientific and technological advances in areas of materials science, chemistry, physics, and biology. The broad diversity of potentially relevant materials, length scales, and architectures underscores the need for flexible patterning approaches. One important example is the fabrication of 3D periodic structures comprise...

Direct printing of nanostructures by electrostatic autofocussing of ink nanodroplets.

Nanotechnology, with its broad impact on societally relevant applications, relies heavily on the availability of accessible nanofabrication methods. Even though a host of such techniques exists, the flexible, inexpensive, on-demand and scalable fabrication of functional nanostructures remains largely elusive. Here we present a method involving nanoscale electrohydrodynamic ink-jet printing that...

Poisoning with writing ink.

Hydrodynamics of writing with ink.

Writing with ink involves the supply of liquid from a pen onto a porous hydrophilic solid surface, paper. The resulting linewidth depends on the pen speed and the physicochemical properties of the ink and paper. Here we quantify the dynamics of this process using a combination of experiment and theory. Our experiments are carried out using a minimal pen, a long narrow tube that serves as a rese...