Effect of UV/ozone treatment on interactions between ink-jet printed Cu patterns and polyimide substrates

Young In Lee; Yong Sung Goo; Kun Jae Lee; Yun Gu Hwang; Younghun Byun; Hee Jung Park; Deok Yong Park; Nosang V. Myung; Yong Ho Choa

doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2011.04.050

Effect of UV/ozone treatment on interactions between ink-jet printed Cu patterns and polyimide substrates

Young In Lee
, Yong Sung Goo
, Kun Jae Lee
, Yun Gu Hwang
, Younghun Byun
, Hee Jung Park
, Deok Yong Park
, Nosang V. Myung
, Yong Ho Choa

Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering

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Abstract

In this study, we apply UV/ozone treatment to modify the surface properties of polyimide substrate and investigate the effects of UV/ozone treatment on surface properties of polyimide and the morphologies of ink-jet printed Cu patterns. Wettability of polyimide surface is enhanced by UV/ozone treatment as confirmed by contact angle analysis and XPS results. The change in wettability affected droplet sizes and morphologies of ink-jet-printed lines. The average droplet size increased from 26.8 μm on untreated polyimide to 42.5 μm after UV/ozone treatment. Furthermore, irregular patterns of coexisting beads and short lines were observed in untreated polyimide film, despite minimal overlap of dots. In contrast, patterns that were ink-jet printed on polyimide film that was modified by UV/ozone for 1 h showed continuous lines with straight edges.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6853-6857
Number of pages	5
Journal	Thin Solid Films
Volume	519
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2011.04.050
State	Published - 1 Aug 2011

Keywords

Ink-jet printing
Polyimide film
Surface modification
UV/ozone
Wettability

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Effect of UV/ozone treatment on interactions between ink-jet printed Cu patterns and polyimide substrates

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