Adhesion Characterisation of Inkjet Printed Silver Tracks

Introduction: The ever-growing need for fast prototypes and reduced manufacturing throughput times in the electronics industry has lead to worldwide research aimed at developing novel techniques and process chains. Inkjet Printing is a versatile, flexible and relatively simple process that might fit the bill. It falls under Printed Electronics and is an additive fabrication technique. Typically, metal nanoparticle-based inks and polymer-based inks can be used in combination with inkjet printing to fabricate conducting tracks and circuit components (e. g. resistors, capacitors etc.), respectively.