Abstract:
Methods for coating wires to apply a silver cladding are disclosed herein. Silver nanoparticles are dispersed in a low surface tension solvent to form a coating solution. A wire is drawn through the coating solution to form a coating layer of silver nanoparticles on the wire. The coating layer is then annealed to form the wire with a silver cladding thereon.
Abstract:
A transparent conductive film. The film comprises a transparent polymer comprising fused latex polymer particles. A plurality of nanowires comprising silver are partially dispersed in the transparent polymer. Devices employing the transparent conductive film and methods of making the devices are also disclosed.
Abstract:
Processes for purifying diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) copolymers are disclosed. An organic phase containing the DPP copolymer is treated with an aqueous ammonia solution and then with a palladium scavenger. The DPP copolymer is then isolated, and has a very low palladium content. The resulting DPP copolymer has high mobility.
Abstract:
A method of forming a printed pattern on a substrate includes printing a pattern onto the substrate with a conductive ink including a conductive material, a thermoplastic binder and a solvent, curing the printed pattern, and fusing the printed pattern by feeding the printed pattern through a fusing system operated at a temperature of about 20° C. to about 130° C. above the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic binder and at least 120° C. at a minimum, a pressure of from about 50 psi to about 1500 psi, and a feed rate through the fusing system of about 1 m/min to about 100 m/min. The method may be done continuously. The method improves the sheet resistivity of the printed ink.
Abstract:
A solder mask ink composition is disclosed. The solder mask ink composition includes an epoxy resin; a solvent in an amount of at least 20% by weight relative to the total weight of the solder mask ink composition; and optionally a non-ionic surfactant. The ink composition has a viscosity that is less than 1000 cps at a shear rate of 10 s−1 and greater than 30 cps at a shear rate of 495 s−1 and a temperature of 25° C.
Abstract:
An ink composition suitable for ink jet printing, including printing on deformable substrates. In embodiments, the stretchable ink composition is based on an aqueous ink formulation that provides a more cost-efficient ink over formulations and provides robust images, even when printed on deformable substrates. These ink compositions can be used for ink jet printing.
Abstract:
An electronic device, such as a thin-film transistor, includes a substrate and a dielectric layer formed from a dielectric composition. The dielectric composition includes a dielectric material, a crosslinking agent, and a thermal acid generator. In particular embodiments, the dielectric material comprises a lower-k dielectric material and a higher-k dielectric material. When deposited, the lower-k dielectric material and the higher-k dielectric material form separate phases. The thermal acid generator allows the dielectric layer to be cured at relatively lower temperatures and/or shorter time periods, permitting the selection of lower-cost substrate materials that would otherwise be deformed by the curing of the dielectric layer.
Abstract:
A metal nanoparticle dispersion is made by mixing ingredients. The ingredients comprise a solvent; a plurality of metal nanoparticles, the metal nanoparticles comprising an oxide formed thereon; and a reducing agent. The reducing agent is included in an amount sufficient to react with the oxide to significantly increase a conductivity of a metal film that is formable from the nanoparticle dispersion using a deposition and heating process compared with the conductivity of a metal film formable from the same nanoparticle composition without the reducing agent using the same deposition and heating process. Methods for making the metal nanoparticle dispersion, as well as for making a film from the dispersion, are also disclosed.
Abstract:
Processes for preparing diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) copolymers are disclosed. A Suzuki polycondensation method is used in which a DPP monomer is reacted with an aryl comonomer using a palladium catalyst in a solvent. The solvent contains an organic phase and an aqueous phase. Reaction conditions are optimized.
Abstract:
A silver paste ink composition comprises a plurality of first particles comprising silver; a polymer binder; a carrier solvent; and a plurality of second particles comprising silver. The second particles are nanoparticles that are different than the first silver particles, the amount of second particles in the ink composition being sufficient to impart a first color to the uncured ink composition, the first color being different than the color of the same ink composition without the nanoparticles. The silver nanoparticles have a property of causing a change in the color of the ink composition when the ink composition is cured.