Abstract Title
Ink Formulation for SIJ in Extreme Environments
Additional Funding Sources
This work was supported under the National Science Foundation REU Site: Advanced Manufacturing for a Sustainable Energy Future, Award No. 2051090. The authors acknowledge infrastructure support under DE-NE0008677, DE-NE0008496, and the Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy (DOE) Idaho Operations Office (an agency of the U.S. Government) Contract DE-AC07-05ID145142. Neither the U.S. Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. References herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the U.S. Government or any agency. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. Government or any agency thereof.
Abstract
Conductive and bio-friendly gold nanomaterial inks are highly desirable for printed consumer electronics, energy, and healthcare. With Ag (silver) being the most commercially available ink for the Super Ink Jet Printer, expanding the library of available inks for SIJ is important. With Au (gold) being one of them. The gold is synthesized using sodium tetrachloroaurate as the gold precursor and reduced to metal gold nanoparticles by dropwise addition of sodium borohydride. After synthesis, the solvent is replaced with pure water and the gold nanoparticles are concentrated to formulate a printable ink. The synthesized gold ink met the technical requirements of the SIJ printer, which was verified through TEM, DSC/TGA, DLS, and contact angle measurements. Based on the observed characteristics it is anticipated that the as-synthesized gold ink can be printed with the SIJ printer.
Ink Formulation for SIJ in Extreme Environments
Conductive and bio-friendly gold nanomaterial inks are highly desirable for printed consumer electronics, energy, and healthcare. With Ag (silver) being the most commercially available ink for the Super Ink Jet Printer, expanding the library of available inks for SIJ is important. With Au (gold) being one of them. The gold is synthesized using sodium tetrachloroaurate as the gold precursor and reduced to metal gold nanoparticles by dropwise addition of sodium borohydride. After synthesis, the solvent is replaced with pure water and the gold nanoparticles are concentrated to formulate a printable ink. The synthesized gold ink met the technical requirements of the SIJ printer, which was verified through TEM, DSC/TGA, DLS, and contact angle measurements. Based on the observed characteristics it is anticipated that the as-synthesized gold ink can be printed with the SIJ printer.