Electrospray mode transition of microdroplets with semiconductor nanoparticle suspension.

ABSTRACT: Electrosprays operate in several modes depending on the flow rate and electric potential. This allows the deposition of droplets containing nanoparticles into discrete nanodot arrays to fabricate various electronic devices. In this study, seven different suspensions with varying properties were investigated. In the dripping mode, the normalized dropsize decreases linearly with electric capillary number, Ca _e , (ratio of electric to surface tension forces) up to Ca _e  ≈ 1.0. The effect of viscous forces is found to be negligible in the dripping mode since the capillary number is small. For flow rates with low Reynolds number, the mode changes to microdripping mode, and then to a planar oscillating microdripping mode as Ca _e increases. The normalized dropsize

SUBMITTER: Castillo-Orozco E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5506035 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature