Low-cost and customizable inkjet printing for microelectrodes fabrication

Micro and Nano Systems Letters

Table 1 Comparison of inkjet printing performance

Inkjet printer	Printed material	Substrate	Sheet resistance/resistivity	Minimum line width	Ref
MicroJet	SWCNT	Glass	25 μΩ∙m at 8 prints	150 μm	[14]
Canon BJC 4550	MWCNT	Transparency foil	40 kΩ/sq at 90 prints	200 μm	[15]
Micromech Systems	MWCNT	Glass	30 kΩ/sq at 1 print	98 μm	[16]
Microfab JetDrive III	MWCNT	PET film	0.7 kΩ/sq at 14 prints	100 µm	[17]
Dimatix DMP-8200	Ag nanoparticles	Paper	0.083 mΩ∙m	59 µm	[18]
Custom (MIP)	Biological reagents	PDMS	NA	100 µm	[8]
Custom (EJP)	PEDOT/PSS, polyurethane prepolymer	Silicon wafer	NA	700 nm	[10]
Custom	MWCNT	PET film	0.61 kΩ/sq at 5 prints	120 μm	This work

NA Not available, PDMS poly(dimethyl siloxane), EJP electrohydrodynamic jet printing, MIP microfluidic impact printing, SWCNT single-walled carbon nanotube, MWCNT multi-walled carbon nanotube, PEDOT/PSS poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly(styrenesulphonate)