Low-cost and customizable inkjet printing for microelectrodes fabrication
Tallis H. da Costa, Jin‐Woo Choi
Abstract
Abstract Microelectrodes for detection of chemicals present several advantages over conventional sized electrodes. However, rapid and low-cost fabrication of microelectrodes is challenging due to high complexity of patterning equipment. We present the development of a low-cost, customizable inkjet printer for printing nanomaterials including carbon nanotubes for the fabrication of microelectrodes. The achieved spatial resolution of the inkjet printer is less than 20 µm, which is comparable to advanced commercially available inkjet printers, with the advantage of being low-cost and easily replicated.
Topics & Concepts
MicroelectrodeFabricationInkjet printingNanotechnologyMaterials scienceElectrodeComputer scienceInkwellChemistryPhysical chemistryComposite materialPathologyAlternative medicineMedicineElectrowetting and Microfluidic TechnologiesNeuroscience and Neural EngineeringElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics