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Fast and versatile electrostatic disc microprinting for piezoelectric elements

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  • Xuemu Li

    (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    City University of Hong Kong)

  • Zhuomin Zhang

    (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    City University of Hong Kong)

  • Zehua Peng

    (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    City University of Hong Kong)

  • Xiaodong Yan

    (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    City University of Hong Kong)

  • Ying Hong

    (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    City University of Hong Kong)

  • Shiyuan Liu

    (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    City University of Hong Kong)

  • Weikang Lin

    (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    City University of Hong Kong)

  • Yao Shan

    (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    City University of Hong Kong)

  • Yuanyi Wang

    (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

  • Zhengbao Yang

    (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    City University of Hong Kong)

Abstract

Nanoparticles, films, and patterns are three critical piezoelectric elements with widespread applications in sensing, actuations, catalysis and energy harvesting. High productivity and large-area fabrication of these functional elements is still a significant challenge, let alone the control of their structures and feature sizes on various substrates. Here, we report a fast and versatile electrostatic disc microprinting, enabled by triggering the instability of liquid-air interface of inks. The printing process allows for fabricating lead zirconate titanate free-standing nanoparticles, films, and micro-patterns. The as-fabricated lead zirconate titanate films exhibit a high piezoelectric strain constant of 560 pm V−1, one to two times higher than the state-of-the-art. The multiplexed tip jetting mode and the large layer-by-layer depositing area can translate into depositing speeds up to 109 μm3 s−1, one order of magnitude faster than current techniques. Printing diversified functional materials, ranging from suspensions of dielectric ceramic and metal nanoparticles, to insulating polymers, to solutions of biological molecules, demonstrates the great potential of the electrostatic disc microprinting in electronics, biotechnology and beyond.

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  • Xuemu Li & Zhuomin Zhang & Zehua Peng & Xiaodong Yan & Ying Hong & Shiyuan Liu & Weikang Lin & Yao Shan & Yuanyi Wang & Zhengbao Yang, 2023. "Fast and versatile electrostatic disc microprinting for piezoelectric elements," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-42159-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42159-9
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