Development of inkjet conductive ink

Inkjet printing electronics technology has attracted tremendous interests for its high efficiency and environment-friendliness and also its potential applications in the electronic and microelectronic industry.This paper is to summarize the recent development of the preparation,performance,control of ink droplets,coating treatment and applications of ink-jet conductive inks.It indicates that the research on inkjet metal nanoparticle inks is one key to develop inkjet printing electronics technology.The drawbacks of present inkjet metal nanoparticle inks are pointed out and the prospect in the technology development was addressed.