Book description
Whilst inkjet technology is well-established on home and small office
desktops and is now having increasing impact in commercial printing,
it can also be used to deposit materials other than ink as individual
droplets at a microscopic scale. This allows metals, ceramics,
polymers and biological materials (including living cells) to be
patterned on to substrates under precise digital control. This
approach offers huge potential advantages for manufacturing, since
inkjet methods can be used to generate structures and functions which
cannot be attained in other ways.
Beginning with an overview of the fundamentals, this bookcovers the
key components, for example piezoelectric print-heads and fluids for
inkjet printing, and the processes involved. It goes on to describe
specific applications, e. g. MEMS, printed circuits, active and
passive electronics, biopolymers and living cells, and additive
manufacturing. Detailed case studies are included on flat-panel OLED
displays, RFID (radio-frequency identification) manufacturing and
tissue engineering, while a comprehensive examination of the current
technologies and future directions of inkjet technology completes the coverage.
With contributions from both academic researchers and leading names
in the industry, Inkjet Technology for Digital Fabrication is a
comprehensive resource for technical development engineers,
researchers and students in inkjet technology and system development,
and will also appeal to researchers in chemistry, physics,
engineering, materials science and electronics.
