Pre-Treated Cotton Fabric With Carboxylate Styrene-Butadiene Latex For Printing Conductive Inkjet Ink, Based on Silver Nanoparticles

Printing industry is considered to be one of the most substantial industries in the contemporary life. meanwhile, printing the electronic devices has drawn great attention in recent years due to appropriate, economical approach. in comparison to other prevalent coating methods for the fabrication of electronic devices, the ink jet printing method is able to meet the needs of today market, providing costumers’ ideal design. digital printing method has lower capital cost than traditional methods. additionally, it is economical on small-scale production and is relatively independent on labor force. on the other hand, intelligent textiles having a vast range of applications fields including medical, pharmaceutical and military, and also could be fabricated by digital printing. in this study, we pre-treated cotton fabric with carboxylate styrene-butadiene latex (xsbl) with pad-dry-cure process to be suitable for inkjet printing. crease recovery angle, tensile and surface energy analysis have been conducted to observe the effect of treatment on physical properties of pre-treated cotton fabric. atr-ftir and raman tests also proved the presence of xsbl on the cotton fabric. after printing the prepared ink on pre-treated cotton fabric with a commercial desktop hp (deskjet 5150) printer, conductivity and morphology of the printed layer have been investigated. pre-treated cotton fabric with xsbl shows very low electrical resistivity (25 ohm) due to the lack of diffusion in to the fabric. pre-treating process also has minor effect on the mechanical properties of the cotton fabric, which is negligible

Pre-treated cotton fabric with carboxylate styrene-butadiene latex for printing conductive inkjet ink, based on silver nanoparticles

Printing industry is considered to be one of the most substantial industries in the contemporary life. Meanwhile, printing the electronic devices has drawn great attention in recent years due to appropriate, economical approach. In comparison to other prevalent coating methods for the fabrication of electronic devices, the ink jet printing method is able to meet the needs of today market, providing costumers’ ideal design. Digital printing method has lower capital cost than traditional methods. Additionally, it is economical on small-scale production and is relatively independent on labor force. On the other hand, intelligent textiles having a vast range of applications fields including medical, pharmaceutical and military, and also could be fabricated by digital printing. In this study, we pre-treated cotton fabric with carboxylate styrene-butadiene latex (XSBL) with pad-dry-cure process to be suitable for inkjet printing. Crease recovery angle, tensile and surface energy analysis have been conducted to observe the effect of treatment on physical properties of pre-treated cotton fabric. ATR-FTIR and RAMAN tests also proved the presence of XSBL on the cotton fabric. After printing the prepared ink on pre-treated cotton fabric with a commercial desktop HP (Deskjet 5150) printer, conductivity and morphology of the printed layer have been investigated. Pre-treated cotton fabric with XSBL shows very low electrical resistivity (25 ohm) due to the lack of diffusion in to the fabric. Pre-treating process also has minor effect on the mechanical properties of the cotton fabric, which is negligible