title: Recent Advances in Controlling the Depositing Morphologies of Inkjet Droplets.
abstract: Inkjet printing has been widely used in functional material patterning for fabrication of optical/electrical devices. The depositing morphologies of inkjet droplets are critical to the resolution and performance of resulted functional patterns. This review summarizes various strategies to control the depositing morphologies of inkjet droplets, including suppressing and utilizing coffee-ring effect, employing liquid substrates, developing patterned substrates and controlling droplets coalescence. Moreover, the remaining challenges in controlling inkjet droplets are presented, and the broad research and application prospects of controlling nanomaterial patterning by inkjet printing are proposed.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University , Beijing 100191, China.
authors.forename: Jiazhen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Nanomaterials for Green Printing Technology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Nanomaterials for Green Printing Technology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Nanomaterials for Green Printing Technology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Haihua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University , Beijing 100191, China.|Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Nanomaterials for Green Printing Technology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Yanlin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
keywords: coffee ring effect; depositing morphology; droplets coalescence; inkjet droplets; pattern; wettability