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Yuan S, Fan Z, Wang G, Chai Z, Wang T, Zhao D, Busnaina AA, Lu X. Fabrication of Flexible and Transparent Metal Mesh Electrodes Using Surface Energy-Directed Assembly Process for Touch Screen Panels and Heaters. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2304990. [PMID: 37818769 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202304990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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Transparent conductive electrodes (TCEs) are indispensable components of various optoelectronic devices such as displays, touch screen panels, solar cells, and smart windows. To date, the fabrication processes for metal mesh-based TCEs are either costly or having limited resolution and throughput. Here, a two-step surface energy-directed assembly (SEDA) process to efficiently fabricate high resolution silver meshes is introduced. The two-step SEDA process turns from assembly on a functionalized substrate with hydrophilic mesh patterns into assembly on a functionalized substrate with stripe patterns. During the SEDA process, a three-phase contact line pins on the hydrophilic pattern regions while recedes on the hydrophobic non-pattern regions, ensuring that the assembly process can be achieved with excellent selectivity. The necessity of using the two-step SEDA process rather than a one-step SEDA process is demonstrated by both experimental results and theoretical analysis. Utilizing the two-step SEDA process, silver meshes with a line width down to 2 µm are assembled on both rigid and flexible substrates. The thickness of the silver meshes can be tuned by varying the withdraw speed and the assembly times. The assembled silver meshes exhibit excellent optoelectronic properties (sheet resistance of 1.79 Ω/□, optical transmittance of ≈92%, and a FoM value of 2465) as well as excellent mechanical stability. The applications of the assembled silver meshes in touch screen panels and thermal heaters are demonstrated, implying the potential of using the two-step SEDA process for the fabrication of TCEs for optoelectronic applications.
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- Siqing Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN), Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Chai Z, Childress A, Busnaina AA. Directed Assembly of Nanomaterials for Making Nanoscale Devices and Structures: Mechanisms and Applications. ACS NANO 2022; 16:17641-17686. [PMID: 36269234 PMCID: PMC9706815 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c07910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Nanofabrication has been utilized to manufacture one-, two-, and three-dimensional functional nanostructures for applications such as electronics, sensors, and photonic devices. Although conventional silicon-based nanofabrication (top-down approach) has developed into a technique with extremely high precision and integration density, nanofabrication based on directed assembly (bottom-up approach) is attracting more interest recently owing to its low cost and the advantages of additive manufacturing. Directed assembly is a process that utilizes external fields to directly interact with nanoelements (nanoparticles, 2D nanomaterials, nanotubes, nanowires, etc.) and drive the nanoelements to site-selectively assemble in patterned areas on substrates to form functional structures. Directed assembly processes can be divided into four different categories depending on the external fields: electric field-directed assembly, fluidic flow-directed assembly, magnetic field-directed assembly, and optical field-directed assembly. In this review, we summarize recent progress utilizing these four processes and address how these directed assembly processes harness the external fields, the underlying mechanism of how the external fields interact with the nanoelements, and the advantages and drawbacks of utilizing each method. Finally, we discuss applications made using directed assembly and provide a perspective on the future developments and challenges.
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- Zhimin Chai
- State
Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
- NSF
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing
(CHN), Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts02115, United States
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- NSF
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing
(CHN), Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts02115, United States
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- NSF
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing
(CHN), Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts02115, United States
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van Gestel M, He B, Darhuber A. Formation of residual droplets upon dip-coating of chemical and topographical surface patterns on partially wettable substrates. Chem Eng Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2020.115832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Kobaku SPR, Snyder CS, Karunakaran RG, Kwon G, Wong P, Tuteja A, Mehta G. Wettability Engendered Templated Self-Assembly (WETS) for the Fabrication of Biocompatible, Polymer-Polyelectrolyte Janus Particles. ACS Macro Lett 2019; 8:1491-1497. [PMID: 35651187 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Fabrication of charged, multiphasic, polymeric micro- and nanoparticles with precise control over their composition, size, and shape is critical for developing the next generation of drug carriers for combinatorial therapies and theranostics. The addition of charged polyelectrolyte multilayers on the surface of polymeric particles can significantly improve their stability, targeting efficacy, drug-release kinetics, and their ability to encapsulate different drugs within a single particle. Many of the traditional methods for multilayer functionalization of multiphasic polymeric particles are time and energy intensive which significantly limits their scalability, and therefore therapeutic potential. In this work, we combine the bulk layer-by-layer polyelectrolyte application methodology with our previously developed technique of fabricating multiphasic polymeric particles on substrates with patterned wettability to synthesize biocompatible, monodisperse, Janus polymer-polyelectrolyte particles.
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Deagen ME, Schadler LS, Ullal CK. Wetting Regimes for Residual-Layer-Free Transfer Molding at Micro- and Nanoscales. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:36385-36391. [PMID: 28944657 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b09402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Transfer molding offers a low-cost approach to large-area fabrication of isolated structures in a variety of materials when recessed features of the open-faced mold are filled without leaving a residual layer on the plateaus of the mold. Considering both macroscale dewetting and microscale capillary flow, a proposed map of wetting regimes for blade meniscus coating provides a guide for achieving discontinuous dewetting at maximum throughput. Dependence of meniscus morphology on the azimuthal orientation of the stamp provides insight into the dominant mechanisms for discontinuous dewetting of one-dimensional (1-D) patterns. Critical meniscus velocity is measured and residual-layer-free filling is demonstrated for 1-D patterned soft molds (stamps) with periods ranging from 140 nm to 6 μm. Transfer of isolated lines, and multilayer woodpile structures were achieved through plasma bonding. These results are relevant to other roll-to-roll compatible processes for scalable production of high-resolution structures across large areas.
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- Michael E Deagen
- Center for Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , 110 8th Street, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Center for Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , 110 8th Street, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Center for Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , 110 8th Street, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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Mandsberg NK, Hansen O, Taboryski R. Generation of micro-droplet arrays by dip-coating of biphilic surfaces; the dependence of entrained droplet volume on withdrawal velocity. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12794. [PMID: 28986533 PMCID: PMC5630605 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12658-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Droplet array chips were realized using an alignment-free fabrication process in silicon. The chips were textured with a homogeneous nano-scale surface roughness but were partially covered with a self-assembled monolayer of perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane (FDTS), resulting in a super-biphilic surface. When submerged in water and withdrawn again, microliter sized droplets are formed due to pinning of water on the hydrophilic spots. The entrained droplet volumes were investigated under variation of spot size and withdrawal velocity. Two regimes of droplet formation were revealed: at low speeds, the droplet volume achieved finite values even for vanishing speeds, while at higher speeds the volume was governed by fluid inertia. A simple 2D boundary layer model describes the behavior at high speeds well. Entrained droplet volume could be altered, post-fabrication, by more than a factor of 15, which opens up for more applications of the dip-coating technique due to the significant increase in versatility of the micro-droplet array platform.
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- Nikolaj Kofoed Mandsberg
- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
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