| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M06093/01 |
| Title: |
LITHOGRAPHIC CONSTRUCTION OF MULTILAYER DEVICES AND CIRCUITS USING POWDER-FILLED INKS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Evans, Professor JRG |
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| Department: |
Materials |
| Organisation: |
Queen Mary University of London |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 January 1999 |
Ends: |
31 December 2000 |
Value (£): |
100,632
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Complex fluids & soft solids |
Materials Processing |
| Rheology |
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Creative Industries |
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This proposal seeks to establish the underlying rheology needed for direct transfer of established lithographic methods to microengineering. Multilayer 3D printer will be used to create deivces from metallic powders and functional ceramic powders. The success of this technology transfer rests upon an understanding of the factors that allow highly concentrated powder suspensions to be deployed as inks .We seek to extend the recently established lithographic deposition of printed circuits to the mass production of mulitlayer components using materials prepared from powder. We envisage the incorporation of a range of devices involving, inter alia, piezoelectric bimorphs, sensors, sounders and associated onto the printed page. The proposal is a modest request for funds to establish lithography as a generic manufacturing tool for a host of applications involving multilayer ceramics and shallow step (3 mciro units) functionally graded materials. Two manufacturing pathways result. In one, circuitry and on-board components are printed in their final form and surface mount components added. In another, discrete devices, for example capacitators are deposited in arrays at high speed and then removed from the substrate for subsequent sintering. This is a relatively easy technology to transfer because of the excellent support structure in the lithographic printing industry.
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