About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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Symposium
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Printed Electronics and Additive Manufacturing: Functional Materials, Processing Techniques, and Emerging Applications
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Presentation Title |
Aerosol-Jet Printed Sensors for Environmental, Safety, and Health Monitoring |
Author(s) |
Christine Fisher, Lydia Skolrood, Kai Li, Pooran Joshi, Tolga Aytug |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Christine Fisher |
Abstract Scope |
An emergent direct-write approach, aerosol-jet printing (AJP), is gaining attention for deployment of rapid and affordable micro-additively manufactured energy-efficient sensors and printed electronics. AJP enables a broad range of ink viscosities (0.001–1 Pa-s) for printing diverse materials ranging from ceramics and metals to polymers and biological matter. Reproducible, high-spatial-resolution features (~10 μm) and wide standoff distances (1-11 mm) between the nozzle and substrate facilitate conformal printing of complex geometrical designs on non-planar—e.g., stepped or curved—surfaces. Herein, we provide an overview of state-of-the-art AJP-based sensors. The drive toward cost-effective devices that are smaller, lighter, and better-performing remains a frontier challenge in the field of printed electronics. Consequently, as AJP becomes increasingly utilized in the high-volume manufacturing of miniaturized active and passive sensors, it opens a pathway for facile large-scale fabrication of devices for a range of consumer and industrial applications, including transportation, agriculture, infrastructure, aerospace, national defense, and healthcare. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
Keywords |
Additive Manufacturing, Biomaterials, Electronic Materials |