For drop-on-demand(DOD)inkjet printing,stable and single ink droplet fo rmation without satellite dots is the key to improve the print quality.The formation of stable and single droplet is influenced by filament break...For drop-on-demand(DOD)inkjet printing,stable and single ink droplet fo rmation without satellite dots is the key to improve the print quality.The formation of stable and single droplet is influenced by filament break up and the polymer chain’s coil-stretch transition behavior.In this paper,the droplet formation behaviors of polyfluorene(PFO)ink at various driving voltages(V),polymer chain’s coil-stretch transition mechanism and its effects on single ink droplet formation are investigated.It indicates that when 5863 V,Wi>0.5,the PFO molecular chain is stretched because of the high hydrodynamic forces,resulting unwanted satellite droplets.When 55<V<58V,the droplet shrinks into the nozzle,which indicates that the kinetic energy supplied by the deformation of the piezoelectric transducer isn't enough to force thedroplet to be jetted from the nozzle.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51873212,91833306)National Key R&D Program of"Strategic Advanced Electronic Materials"(Nos.2016YFB0401301,2017YFB0404402)。
文摘For drop-on-demand(DOD)inkjet printing,stable and single ink droplet fo rmation without satellite dots is the key to improve the print quality.The formation of stable and single droplet is influenced by filament break up and the polymer chain’s coil-stretch transition behavior.In this paper,the droplet formation behaviors of polyfluorene(PFO)ink at various driving voltages(V),polymer chain’s coil-stretch transition mechanism and its effects on single ink droplet formation are investigated.It indicates that when 5863 V,Wi>0.5,the PFO molecular chain is stretched because of the high hydrodynamic forces,resulting unwanted satellite droplets.When 55<V<58V,the droplet shrinks into the nozzle,which indicates that the kinetic energy supplied by the deformation of the piezoelectric transducer isn't enough to force thedroplet to be jetted from the nozzle.