To shape the future
YOU NEED THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY
PRELECT® TPS Nano Silver Conductive Inks allow the direct printing of conductive patterns for electronic devices on almost any surface – including 3D substrates – in an easy, fast, and environmentally compatible process.
Challenge
CONVENTIONAL PRINTED ELECTRONICS PROCESSES LACK FLEXIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY
Imagine a life without electronics. Impossible – smartphones, laptops, tablets are already part of our day. In the future, that will increase more and more – and smart will become even smarter. Flexible phones you can wear around your wrist. Intelligent band-aids measuring heart signals. The possibilities are endless – and the technology has to have the power to be as flexible as these ideas.Current manufacturing processes for electronics require extensive production facilities with high energy consumption, involve chemical metallization processes using large amounts of various toxic and hazardous chemicals and produce large amounts of waste water.
Challenge
CONVENTIONAL PRINTED ELECTRONICS PROCESSES LACK FLEXIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY
Imagine a life without electronics. Impossible – smartphones, laptops, tablets are already part of our day. In the future, that will increase more and more – and smart will become even smarter. Flexible phones you can wear around your wrist. Intelligent band-aids measuring heart signals. The possibilities are endless – and the technology has to have the power to be as flexible as these ideas.Current manufacturing processes for electronics require extensive production facilities with high energy consumption, involve chemical metallization processes using large amounts of various toxic and hazardous chemicals and produce large amounts of waste water.
Solution
FUNCTIONAL INKS WITH A
HIGH CONDUCTIVITY
Clariant’s PRELECT® TPS Nano Silver Conductive Inks use nanosized silver particles in a water-based ink to form conductive patterns on a broad variety of surfaces. To prepare the ink, specially developed dispersants and capping agents from Clariant’s own portfolio are used to create tailor-made functional inks with high electrical conductivity.
When printed, the PRELECT® TPS Nano Silver Conductive Inks become electrically conductive after a sintering process at temperatures of just above 100 °C.
Benefits
ENABLERS FOR A SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF PRINTED ELECTRONICS
LEANER MANUFACTURING PROCESS
Up to 80% fewer process steps, when direct printing of conductive patterns replaces traditional manufacturing processes
NO TOXIC
CHEMICALS
Direct printing of conductive patterns eliminates the use of toxic chemicals used in the traditional manufacturing processes
SMALLER PRODUCTION FACILITIES
Direct printing equipment requires only a fraction of the floor space the traditional manufacturing processes require
