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Rapid low-pressure plasma sintering of inkjet-printed silver nanoparticles for RFID antennas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 May 2013

Franziska M. Wolf ,
Jolke Perelaer ,
Steffi Stumpf ,
Dirk Bollen ,
Frank Kriebel  and
Ulrich S. Schubert
Franziska M. Wolf
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; and Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
Jolke Perelaer*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; andDutch Polymer Institute (DPI), 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Steffi Stumpf
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; and Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
Dirk Bollen
Affiliation:
Agfa-Gevaert N.V., B-2640 Mortsel, Belgium
Frank Kriebel
Affiliation:
SMARTRAC TECHNOLOGY Dresden GmbH, D-01099 Dresden, Germany
Ulrich S. Schubert*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; andDutch Polymer Institute (DPI), 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
*
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: jolke.perelaer@uni-jena.de
b)e-mail: ulrich.schubert@uni-jena.de
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Abstract

A rapid low-pressure plasma sintering process of inkjet-printed silver nanoparticles is reported, yielding a conductivity of 11.4% of bulk silver within 1 min of plasma exposure and a final conductivity up to 40% of bulk silver for longer sintering times. The maximum processing temperature did not exceed 70 °C, which enabled the use of cost-effective polyethylene terephthalate (PET) foils. Fully functional radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags were prepared with inkjet-printed antennas, which showed similar results as screen-printed devices. The inkjet-printed antennas require significantly less materials, hence thinner layers, than the screen-printed references.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 28 , Issue 9 , 14 May 2013 , pp. 1254 - 1261
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

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