Printing ZnO Inks: From Principles to Devices
Solution-based printing approaches permit digital designs to be converted into physical objects by depositing materials in a layer-by-layer additive fashion from microscale to nanoscale resolution. The extraordinary adaptability of this technology to different inks and substrates has received substa...
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| author | Giuseppe Arrabito Yana Aleeva Riccardo Pezzilli Vittorio Ferrara Pier Gianni Medaglia Bruno Pignataro Giuseppe Prestopino |
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| description | Solution-based printing approaches permit digital designs to be converted into physical objects by depositing materials in a layer-by-layer additive fashion from microscale to nanoscale resolution. The extraordinary adaptability of this technology to different inks and substrates has received substantial interest in the recent literature. In such a context, this review specifically focuses on the realization of inks for the deposition of ZnO, a well-known wide bandgap semiconductor inorganic material showing an impressive number of applications in electronic, optoelectronic, and piezoelectric devices. Herein, we present an updated review of the latest advancements on the ink formulations and printing techniques for ZnO-based nanocrystalline inks, as well as of the major applications which have been demonstrated. The most relevant ink-processing conditions so far explored will be correlated with the resulting film morphologies, showing the possibility to tune the ZnO ink composition to achieve facile, versatile, and scalable fabrication of devices of different natures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-359d022f3bb249948c536642fbac164e2023-11-20T02:23:37ZengMDPI AGCrystals2073-43522020-05-0110644910.3390/cryst10060449Printing ZnO Inks: From Principles to DevicesGiuseppe Arrabito0Yana Aleeva1Riccardo Pezzilli2Vittorio Ferrara3Pier Gianni Medaglia4Bruno Pignataro5Giuseppe Prestopino6Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica—Emilio Segrè, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, edificio 17, 90128 Palermo, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica e Chimica—Emilio Segrè, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, edificio 17, 90128 Palermo, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, I-00133 Roma, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica e Chimica—Emilio Segrè, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, edificio 17, 90128 Palermo, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, I-00133 Roma, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica e Chimica—Emilio Segrè, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, edificio 17, 90128 Palermo, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, I-00133 Roma, ItalySolution-based printing approaches permit digital designs to be converted into physical objects by depositing materials in a layer-by-layer additive fashion from microscale to nanoscale resolution. The extraordinary adaptability of this technology to different inks and substrates has received substantial interest in the recent literature. In such a context, this review specifically focuses on the realization of inks for the deposition of ZnO, a well-known wide bandgap semiconductor inorganic material showing an impressive number of applications in electronic, optoelectronic, and piezoelectric devices. Herein, we present an updated review of the latest advancements on the ink formulations and printing techniques for ZnO-based nanocrystalline inks, as well as of the major applications which have been demonstrated. The most relevant ink-processing conditions so far explored will be correlated with the resulting film morphologies, showing the possibility to tune the ZnO ink composition to achieve facile, versatile, and scalable fabrication of devices of different natures.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/10/6/449printed electronicsZnOcrystalsnanorodsthin filmssensors |
| spellingShingle | Giuseppe Arrabito Yana Aleeva Riccardo Pezzilli Vittorio Ferrara Pier Gianni Medaglia Bruno Pignataro Giuseppe Prestopino Printing ZnO Inks: From Principles to Devices Crystals printed electronics ZnO crystals nanorods thin films sensors |
| title | Printing ZnO Inks: From Principles to Devices |
| title_full | Printing ZnO Inks: From Principles to Devices |
| title_fullStr | Printing ZnO Inks: From Principles to Devices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Printing ZnO Inks: From Principles to Devices |
| title_short | Printing ZnO Inks: From Principles to Devices |
| title_sort | printing zno inks from principles to devices |
| topic | printed electronics ZnO crystals nanorods thin films sensors |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/10/6/449 |
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