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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="aggregator">72010410</journal-id>
      <journal-title>NIP &amp; Digital Fabrication Conference</journal-title>
      <abbrev-journal-title>nip digi fabric conf</abbrev-journal-title>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2169-4451</issn><issn pub-type="epub"/>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Society of Imaging Science and Technology</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA</publisher-loc>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2012.28.1.art00042_2</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="sici">2169-4451(20120101)2012:2L.436;1-</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">nip_v2012n2/splitsection42.xml</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="other">/ist/nipdf/2012/00002012/00000002/art00042</article-id>
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group>
          <subject>Articles</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Digital Printing of &#x3BC;Plasmas to Selectively Improve Wetting Behavior of Functional Inks for Printed Electronics</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>van Dongen</surname>
            <given-names>M.H.A.</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Nieuwenhuis</surname>
            <given-names>E.</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Verbraeken</surname>
            <given-names>L.</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Verkuijlen</surname>
            <given-names>R.</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Ketelaars</surname>
            <given-names>P.</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Bernards</surname>
            <given-names>J.P.C.</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date>
        <day>01</day>
        <month>01</month>
        <year>2012</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>2012</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>436</fpage>
      <lpage>439</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-year>2012</copyright-year>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>In this article we investigate the change in wetting behavior of inkjet printed materials on either hydrophilic or hydrophobic plasma treated patterns, to determine the minimum obtainable track width using selective patterned &#x3BC;Plasma printing. For Hexamethyl-Disiloxane (HMDSO)/N<sub>2</sub>
 plasma, a decrease in surface energy of approx. 44 mN/m was measured. This resulted in a change in contact angle for water from &lt;10 up to 105 degrees, and from 32 up to 46 degrees for Diethyleneglycol-Dimethaclylate (DEGDMA). For both the nitrogen, air and HMDSO/N<sub>2</sub> plasma single
 pixel wide track widths of approx. 320 &#x3BC;m were measured at a plasma print height of 50 &#x3BC;m. Combining hydrophilic pretreatment of the glass substrate, by UV/Ozone or air &#x3BC;Plasma printing, with hydrophobic HMDSO/N<sub>2</sub> plasma, the smallest hydrophilic area found was in the order
 of 300 &#x3BC;m as well.</p>
      </abstract>
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