Comparison of jets from Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids induced by blister-actuated laser-induced forward transfer (BA-LIFT)

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Abstract

Blister-actuated laser-induced forward transfer (BA-LIFT) is a high-resolution printing technique, where small droplets are ejected from a thin liquid layer onto a receiver substrate. Experiments with a high-speed camera imaging setup demonstrate novel regimes during the jet formation for the transfer of viscoelastic shear-thinning polymer solutions compared to Newtonian fluids. The ratio of the ink film thickness Hf to the blister height Hb is used as a dimensionless number Hf/ Hb to classify different jet behaviors. We show that different Hf/ Hb thresholds can be defined depending on the elasticity of the ink layer for the induced jets to result in breakup.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number652
JournalApplied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
Volume123
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemistry
  • General Materials Science

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