scholarly journals High-Speed Roll-to-Roll Nanoimprint Lithography on Flexible Plastic Substrates

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 2044-2049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Se Hyun Ahn ◽  
L. Jay Guo
Keyword(s):  
Nanoimprint Lithography ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Plastic Substrates ◽  
Roll To Roll

Contact pattern sensitivity and precision machine control in roll-to-roll microcontact printing

2013 ◽  
Vol 1529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph E. Petrzelka ◽  
Melinda R. Hale ◽  
David E. Hardt
Keyword(s):  
Nanoimprint Lithography ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Microcontact Printing ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Precise Control ◽  
Lithographic Patterning ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
Positioning Stage ◽  
Pattern Sensitivity

ABSTRACTScaling contact lithography (microcontact printing, microflexography, and nanoimprint lithography) to large roll-to-roll platforms will enable high speed, low cost lithographic patterning of surfaces. However, many details of robust implementations at the roll-to-roll scale remain an engineering challenge, including precise regulation of printing pressures and the stamp-substrate interaction. This paper introduces a method for precise control of contact pressure that can accommodate large dimensional variations, i.e. varying stamp and substrate thicknesses. This control algorithm is implemented on a simply supported roll positioning stage. Experimental results for microcontact printing and microflexography are shown both with in situ contact measurements on a pseudo substrate and with 5 um silver nanoparticle prints. Ultimately, this approach enables robust printing despite sensitive stamp patterns and large dimensional variations (> 10 μm) in substrates, stamps, and roll equipment.

An Investigation onto Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Printing Plate of Multiple Functional Solid Line by Flexographic

2013 ◽  
Vol 844 ◽  
pp. 158-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.I. Maksud ◽  
Mohd Sallehuddin Yusof ◽  
M. Mahadi Abdul Jamil
Keyword(s):  
Laser Ablation ◽  
Line Width ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Printed Electronics ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Flexible Substrates ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Printing Plate ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
Printing Processes

Recently low cost production is vital to produce printed electronics by roll to roll manufacturing printing process like a flexographic. Flexographic has a high speed technique which commonly used for printing onto large area flexible substrates. However, the minimum feature sizes achieved with roll to roll printing processes, such as flexographic is in the range of fifty microns. The main contribution of this limitation is photopolymer flexographic plate unable to be produced finer micron range due to film that made by Laser Ablation Mask (LAMs) technology not sufficiently robust and consequently at micron ranges line will not be formed on the printing plate. Hence, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is used instead of photopolymer. Printing trial had been conducted and multiple solid lines successfully printed for below fifty microns line width with no interference between two adjacent lines of the printed images.

High resolution UV roll-to-roll nanoimprinting of resin moulds and subsequent replication via thermal nanoimprint lithography

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (48) ◽  
pp. 485310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarrett J Dumond ◽  
Kambiz Ansari Mahabadi ◽  
Yew Sok Yee ◽  
Christina Tan ◽  
Jerry Ying Hsi Fuh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Nanoimprint Lithography ◽  
Roll To Roll

scholarly journals Uniform Pressing Mechanism in Large-Area Roll-to-Roll Nanoimprint Lithography Process

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 9571
Author(s):  
Ga Eul Kim ◽  
Hyuntae Kim ◽  
Kyoohee Woo ◽  
Yousung Kang ◽  
Seung-Hyun Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Contact Pressure ◽  
Nanoimprint Lithography ◽  
Applied Pressure ◽  
Machine Learning Techniques ◽  
Conventional System ◽  
Large Area ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Roller Machine

We aimed to increase the processing area of the roll-to-roll (R2R) nanoimprint lithography (NIL) process for high productivity, using a long roller. It is common for a long roller to have bending deformation, geometric errors and misalignment. This causes the non-uniformity of contact pressure between the rollers, which leads to defects such as non-uniform patterning. The non-uniformity of the contact pressure of the conventional R2R NIL system was investigated through finite element (FE) analysis and experiments in the conventional system. To solve the problem, a new large-area R2R NIL uniform pressing system with five multi-backup rollers was proposed and manufactured instead of the conventional system. As a preliminary experiment, the possibility of uniform contact pressure was confirmed by using only the pressure at both ends and one backup roller in the center. A more even contact pressure was achieved by using all five backup rollers and applying an appropriate pushing force to each backup roller. Machine learning techniques were applied to find the optimal combination of the pushing forces. In the conventional pressing process, it was confirmed that pressure deviation of the contact area occurred at a level of 44%; when the improved system was applied, pressure deviation dropped to 5%.

Thermal roll to roll nanoimprint lithography for micropillars fabrication on thermoplastics

2018 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 54-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aritz Retolaza ◽  
Aritz Juarros ◽  
Jorge Ramiro ◽  
Santos Merino
Keyword(s):  
Nanoimprint Lithography ◽  
Roll To Roll

scholarly journals High-throughput roll-to-roll production of polymer biochips for multiplexed DNA detection in point-of-care diagnostics

Lab on a Chip ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (22) ◽  
pp. 4106-4117
Author(s):  
Pelin Toren ◽  
Martin Smolka ◽  
Anja Haase ◽  
Ursula Palfinger ◽  
Dieter Nees ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Throughput ◽  
Nanoimprint Lithography ◽  
Dna Detection ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
Flexible Polymer ◽  
Nano Structures ◽  
Point Of Care Diagnostics ◽  
Polymer Foils

Roll-to-roll UV nanoimprint lithography has superior advantages for high-throughput manufacturing of micro- or nano-structures on flexible polymer foils with various geometries and configurations.

scholarly journals High Speed Roll-to-Roll Printable Transistor Enabled by a Pulsed Light Curable CNT Ink

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Peter Mack Grubb ◽  
Farzad Mokhtari Koushyar ◽  
Travis Lenz ◽  
Aref Asghari ◽  
Gongwen Gan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Flash Lamp ◽  
Pulsed Light ◽  
Production Methods ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
Drop On Demand ◽  
Visible Light Range ◽  
Strong Energy ◽  
Triton X

This paper reports the first high speed roll-to-roll printable transistor using a carbon nanotube (CNT) semiconducting layer. The transistor is made possible through the development of a pulsed light curable CNT ink compatible with typical drop on demand inkjet cartridges. This CNT ink uses a xylene based solvent with methanol, glycerin, and Triton X-100 modifiers to create an evaporable solution with appropriate absorption spectra for a mercury or xenon flash lamp with strong energy transmission in the UVB to mid visible light range, allowing the solution to absorb the energy from the flash lamp and evaporate. Transistor dimensions were defined by the capabilities of a typical roll-to-roll drop on demand cartridge. The final device demonstrated an on/off ratio of 104, representing performance similar to gravure printed devices. This represents the first CNT ink which can be used in high speed production methods without long thermal curing steps in the workflow.

A Feasibility Study of Roll to Roll Printing on Graphene

2015 ◽  
Vol 799-800 ◽  
pp. 402-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Hassan ◽  
Mohd Sallehuddin Yusof ◽  
M.I. Maksud ◽  
M.N. Nodin ◽  
Noor Azlina Rejab
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Electronic Device ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Printing Industry ◽  
Micro Scale ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
Printing Technique ◽  
Printing Ink ◽  
Variable Substrate ◽  
Printing Techniques

Roll to roll process is one of the famous printing techniques that are possible to create graphic and electronic device on variable substrate by using conductive ink. Graphene is an example of material that can be used as printing ink which usually used in producing micro-scale electronic devices. Here, it is proposed that extending roll to roll printing technique into the multiple micro-scale printing fine solid line onto substrate by using graphene as a printing ink. Flexography is a high speed roll to roll printing technique commonly used in paper printing industry. And this study elaborates the feasibility of graphene as a printing ink use in combination of flexography and micro-contact or micro-flexo printing for micro fine solid line. This paper will illustrates the review of graphene in producing multiple micro-solid lines printing capability for the application of printing electronic, graphic and bio-medical.

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