Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages 6168-6177Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02704
Keywords
nanoalloy; nanoink; pulsed -laser sintering; printed flexible device; nanostructured sensing thin films; wearable sensor; printed electronics
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Funding
- DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research
- National Science Foundation [CMMI 1100736]
- SUNY NoE
- SUNY Research Foundation Fund
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While conformal and wearable devices have become one of the most desired formats for printable electronics, it is challenging to establish a scalable process that produces stable conductive patterns but also uses substrates compatible with widely available wearable materials. Here, we describe findings of an investigation of a nanoalloy ink printed and pulsed-laser sintered conductive patterns as flexible functional devices with enhanced stability and materials compatibility. While nanoparticle inks are desired for printable electronics, almost all existing nanoparticle inks are based on single-metal component, which, as an electronic element, is limited by its inherent stabilities of the metal such as propensity of metal oxidation and mobility of metal ions, especially in sintering processes. The work here has demonstrated the first example in exploiting plasmonic coupling of nanoalloys and pulsed-laser energy with controllable thermal penetration. The experimental and theoretical results have revealed clear correlation between the pulsed laser parameters and the nanoalloy structural characteristics. The superior performance of the resulting flexible sensor device, upon imparting nanostructured sensing materials, for detecting volatile organic compounds has significant implications to developing stable and wearable sensors for monitoring environmental pollutants and breath biomarkers. This simple nanoalloy printing laser sintering nanostructure printing process is entirely general to many different sensor devices and nanostructured sensing materials, enabling the ability to easily construct sophisticated sensor array.
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