May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
17h 17m
English
Raymond C.Y. Auyeung, Heungsoo Kim and Alberto Piqué
Materials Science and Technology Division, Code 6360, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave. SW, Washington, DC, 20375, USA
Ever since the laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) technique was first used to print ink [1] and then copper patterns [2] onto a substrate, it has been demonstrated in a wide range of materials such as inorganics, organics, and multicomponent systems. Traditionally, LIFT employs a donor substrate of which one side is coated with a solid thin-film layer. The laser fluence (energy/area) that is required to propel a portion of this solid film layer from the donor across the gap to ...