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Organic Light Emitting Material Direct Writing by Nanomaterial Enabled Laser Transfer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Seung Hwan Ko ,
Heng Pan ,
Nipun Misra  and
Costas Grigoropoulos
Seung Hwan Ko
Affiliation:
max93ko@gmail.com, UC Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering, 5144 Etcheverry Hall, Berkeley, California, 94720, United States, 510-642-1006, 510-642-6163
Heng Pan
Affiliation:
hpan@berkeley.edu, UC Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering, Berkeley, California, United States
Nipun Misra
Affiliation:
misra@berkeley.edu, UC Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering, Berkeley, California, United States
Costas Grigoropoulos
Affiliation:
cgrigoro@me.berkeley.edu, UC Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering, Berkeley, California, United States
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Abstract

Organic light emitting material direct writing is demonstrated based on nanomaterial enabled laser transfer. Through utilization of proper nanoparticle size and type, and the laser wavelength choice, a single laser pulse could transfer well defined and arbitrarily shaped tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline)Al patterns ranging from several microns to millimeter size. The unique properties of nanomaterials allow laser induced forward transfer at low laser energy (0.05 J/cm2) while maintaining good fluorescence. The technique may be well suited for the mass production of temperature sensitive organic light emitting devices.

The combined effects of melting temperature depression, lower conductive heat transfer loss, strong absorption of the incident laser beam, and relatively weak bonding between nanoparticles during laser irradiation result in the transfer of patterns with very sharp edges at relatively lower laser energy than commonly used, thus inducing minimal damage to the target organic light emitting diode material with no evidence of cracks. This technique can be applied to a broad range of laser wavelengths with proper selection of nanoparticle size and size distribution, as well as the material type. Additionally, nanomaterial enabled laser transfer may be particularly advantageous for the mass production of temperature sensitive devices.

Keywords

laser ablationdisplaylaser decomposition
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1179: Symposium BB – Material Systems and Processes for Three-Dimentional Micro-and Nanoscale Fabrication and Lithography , 2009 , 1179-BB06-31
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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