期刊
LANGMUIR
卷 37, 期 7, 页码 2334-2340出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03154
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资金
- National Key R&D Project of China [2019YFB1310901]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51975102, 51875083]
- Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities [DUT19LAB22]
- Dalian Science & Technology Innovation Fund [2020JJ25CY018]
A novel electrostatic loading method for high-viscous liquids is presented, aiming to precisely control the formation and breaking of a cone-shaped liquid bridge. By adjusting electrical and geometric parameters, and utilizing the electric field intensity and formation process of the liquid bridge, the volume of the loaded droplet can be further regulated.
In transfer printing, the loaded droplet on the probe has a significant influence on the dispensing resolution. A suitable loading approach for a high-viscous liquid is highly required. Herein, a novel electrostatic loading method is presented, in which the main aim is to control precisely the formation and breaking of a cone-shaped liquid bridge. An experimental device is developed. The influence of electrical and geometric parameters on the feature size of the liquid bridge is investigated in detail. In the formation of the liquid bridge, the increase of voltage or the decrease of the air gap can enhance the electric field intensity, thus reducing the formation period and increasing the initial cone tip diameter of the liquid cone. After the liquid bridge is formed, both the circuit current implying the liquid wetted area on the probe surface and the lifting velocity of the probe are utilized to further regulate the volume of the loaded droplet. Loaded droplets ranging from 60 to 600 pL are obtained via the method with a standard deviation of 4 to 30 pL. Moreover, a dot array is transferred with different loaded droplets. The minimum diameter of the printed dots is about 140 mu m with a variation less than 5%. The advantages include the reduced risk of contamination, the droplet-size independent of the size of the probe, and the low cost of the device.
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