SBIR Phase I: Inkjet Printed Nanotube Inks for Rapid Prototyping

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将开发可喷墨打印的碳纳米管油墨，用于电子和显示器的快速原型制作。LCD、触摸屏和下一代太阳能电池都需要透明的导电涂层来导电，同时允许光进入或离开设备。喷墨打印允许直接、快速地对电子元件进行图案化。如果这个项目成功，将对印刷电子和显示器行业产生深远的影响。直接加图案化纳米管涂层将取代减法光刻图案化透明导体。反过来，设备设计师将能够快速设计、创建和测试触摸屏、柔性显示器、太阳能电池、有机LED和印刷电子产品的功能原型。使用建议的纳米管墨水，功能原型将以最低的成本在创纪录的时间内制造出来。设备设计的这种范式转变将导致新印刷电子产品的更快发展，以及新材料的采用，这些新材料将导致更明亮、更轻、更便宜、甚至更灵活的显示器。

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will develop inkjet printable carbon nanotube inks for rapid prototyping of electronics and displays. LCDs, touch screens, and next generation solar cells all require transparent conductive coatings to conduct electricity while allowing light to pass into or out of the device. Inkjet printing allows direct, rapid patterning of electronic components. If successful, this project will have a profound impact on the printed electronics and the displays industries. Direct additively patterned nanotube coatings will replace subtractive lithographically patterned transparent conductors. In turn, device designers will be able to rapidly design, create, and test functional prototypes of touch screens, flexible displays, solar cells, organic LEDs, and printed electronics. Using the proposed nanotube inks, functional prototypes will be made in record time at minimum cost. This paradigm shift in device design will lead to faster progress in new printed electronics, as well as adoption of new materials that will lead to brighter, lighter, cheaper, and even flexible displays.