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 language | English (US) |
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Article number | 652 |
Journal | Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing |
Volume | 123 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1 2017 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Chemistry
- General Materials Science