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Understanding the Effects of Plasma Parameters on Plasma-Jet Printed Material Films
Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research
  • Kyle D. Kramer, Boise State University
  • Jessica Carlson, Boise State University
  • Joe McCarver, Boise State University
  • Cory RavenCroft, Boise State University
  • Adam Croteau, Boise State University
  • Jacob Tenorio, Boise State University
  • Zeke Kennedy, Boise State University
  • Amanda White, Boise State University
  • Nirmala Kandadai, (Mentor), Boise State University
  • David Estrada, (Mentor), Boise State University
  • Don Plumlee, (Mentor), Boise State University
  • Jim Browning, (Mentor), Boise State University
  • Harish Subbaraman, (Mentor), Boise State University
Additional Funding Sources
This project was made possible by the NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium Seed Grant.
Abstract

The demand for consistent additive manufacturing processes for biosensors that make use of flexible substrates is increasingly desired. Recent work has demonstrated a strong candidate for such processing is likely a plasma jet printing process. Optimization of the plasma jet printing process requires investigating the effects of different plasmas and flow rates, nanomaterial inks, and substrates on print quality and material properties. In this work, we examine the effects of varying parameters for argon plasma and nitrogen plasma on the conductivity of four-point structures printed on polyamide substrates. Print quality is verified through imaging the samples via scanning electron microscopy and examining the atomic spectra. Our future work involves the characterization of other nanoparticle inks and further demonstrating plasma jet printing as a cost effective, time efficient, and viable process.

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Citation Information
Kyle D. Kramer, Jessica Carlson, Joe McCarver, Cory RavenCroft, et al.. "Understanding the Effects of Plasma Parameters on Plasma-Jet Printed Material Films"
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/donald_plumlee/29/