Silver nanoparticle ink technology: state of the art

• Published in: Nanotechnology, science and applications Vol. 9; no. Issue 1; pp. 1 - 13
• Main Authors: Rajan, Krishna, Roppolo, Ignazio, Chiappone, Annalisa, Bocchini, Sergio, Perrone, Denis, Chiolerio, Alessandro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2016; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Chemical synthesis; Circuit boards; Electronic devices; Electronics; Glass substrates; Inks; nanocomposites; Nanocrystals; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology; Polymers; printed electronics; Review; Sensors; Silver; Silver nanoparticles; Sintering; surface plasmon resonance; Thin films; printed electronics; silver nanoparticles; inks; surface plasmon resonance; nanocomposites
• ISSN: 1177-8903; 1177-8903
• DOI: 10.2147/NSA.S68080

Printed electronics will bring to the consumer level great breakthroughs and unique products in the near future, shifting the usual paradigm of electronic devices and circuit boards from hard boxes and rigid sheets into flexible thin layers and bringing disposable electronics, smart tags, and so on. The most promising tool to achieve the target depends upon the availability of nanotechnology-based functional inks. A certain delay in the innovation-transfer process to the market is now being observed. Nevertheless, the most widely diffused product, settled technology, and the highest sales volumes are related to the silver nanoparticle-based ink market, representing the best example of commercial nanotechnology today. This is a compact review on synthesis routes, main properties, and practical applications.