Hansen Solubility Parameter Analysis on Dispersion of Oleylamine-Capped Silver Nanoinks and their Sintered Film Morphology
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Synthesis of OAm-Ag NPs
2.3. Characterization of OAm-Ag NPs
2.4. Dispersibility Evaluation of Ag NPs in Solvents by Sedimentation Experiments under Centrifugal Acceleration Field
2.5. Estimation of Hansen Solubility Sphere from Particle Dispersibility
2.6. Preparation of OAm-Ag NP Inks and Sintered Ag Films from the Inks
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of OAm-Ag NPs
3.2. Dispersibility of OAm-Ag NPs in Different Solvents
3.3. HSP Determination of OAm-Ag NPs Based on the HSP Sphere
3.4. Verification of Predictive Dispersibilities of OAm-Ag NP Inks Based on the HSP Spheres
3.5. Verification of Predictive Sintered Film Morphology from OAm-Ag NP Inks Based on the HSP Spheres
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Solvent | δd [MPa1/2] | δp [MPa1/2] | δh [MPa1/2] | t* [min] | RSTnor | RED |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pentane | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | 86.4 | 1.0 | 0.99 |
ethylbenzene | 17.8 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 156.0 | 0.63 | 0.77 |
toluene | 18 | 1.4 | 2 | 114.8 | 0.50 | 0.81 |
tetrachloroethylene | 18.3 | 5.7 | 0 | 160.6 | 0.43 | 0.99 |
cyclohexane | 16.8 | 0 | 0.2 | 130.7 | 0.33 | 0.58 |
diacetone alcohol | 15.8 | 8.2 | 10.8 | 67.5 | 0.056 | 2.5 |
1-butanol | 16 | 5.7 | 15.8 | 48.5 | 0.047 | 3.4 |
ethylbenzoate | 17.9 | 6.2 | 6 | 33.1 | 0.036 | 1.6 |
acetone | 15.5 | 10.4 | 7 | 3.7 | 0.025 | 2.2 |
acetonitrile | 15.3 | 18 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 0.019 | 3.5 |
1,4-dioxane | 17.5 | 1.8 | 9 | 7.2 | 0.013 | 1.9 |
cyclopentanone | 17.9 | 11.9 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 0.013 | 2.3 |
tetrahydrofuran | 16.8 | 5.7 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.008 | 1.8 |
methylethyl ketone | 16 | 9 | 5.1 | 0.16 | 0.0009 | 1.7 |
furan | 17 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 0.17 | 0.0003 | 1.1 |
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Saita, S.; Takeda, S.-i.; Kawasaki, H. Hansen Solubility Parameter Analysis on Dispersion of Oleylamine-Capped Silver Nanoinks and their Sintered Film Morphology. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 2004. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/nano12122004
Saita S, Takeda S-i, Kawasaki H. Hansen Solubility Parameter Analysis on Dispersion of Oleylamine-Capped Silver Nanoinks and their Sintered Film Morphology. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(12):2004. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/nano12122004
Chicago/Turabian StyleSaita, Satoshi, Shin-ichi Takeda, and Hideya Kawasaki. 2022. "Hansen Solubility Parameter Analysis on Dispersion of Oleylamine-Capped Silver Nanoinks and their Sintered Film Morphology" Nanomaterials 12, no. 12: 2004. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/nano12122004