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The Use of a Water Soluble Flexible Substrate to Embed Electronics in Additively Manufactured Objects: From Tattoo to Water Transfer Printed Electronics

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Advanced Technology Institute, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
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Département Microélectronique & Microcapteurs, UMR CNRS 6164, Institut d'Électronique et des Télécommunications de Rennes, Université Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes CEDEX, France
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Micromachines 2018, 9(9), 474; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9090474
Received: 20 August 2018 / Revised: 6 September 2018 / Accepted: 12 September 2018 / Published: 17 September 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Printed Flexible and Stretchable Electronics)
The integration of electronics into the process flow of the additive manufacturing of 3D objects is demonstrated using water soluble films as a temporary flexible substrate. Three process variants are detailed to evaluate their capabilities to meet the additive manufacturing requirements. One of them, called water transfer printing, shows the best ability to fabricate electronics onto 3D additively manufactured objects. Moreover, a curved capacitive touchpad hidden by color films is successfully transferred onto the 3D objects, showing a potential application of this technology to fabricate fully additively manufactured discrete or even hidden electronic devices. View Full-Text
Keywords: water soluble substrates; water transfer printing; additive manufacturing; 3D electronics; flexible electronics; stretchable electronics water soluble substrates; water transfer printing; additive manufacturing; 3D electronics; flexible electronics; stretchable electronics
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Le Borgne, B.; Jacques, E.; Harnois, M. The Use of a Water Soluble Flexible Substrate to Embed Electronics in Additively Manufactured Objects: From Tattoo to Water Transfer Printed Electronics. Micromachines 2018, 9, 474. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9090474

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Le Borgne B, Jacques E, Harnois M. The Use of a Water Soluble Flexible Substrate to Embed Electronics in Additively Manufactured Objects: From Tattoo to Water Transfer Printed Electronics. Micromachines. 2018; 9(9):474. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9090474

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Le Borgne, Brice, Emmanuel Jacques, and Maxime Harnois. 2018. "The Use of a Water Soluble Flexible Substrate to Embed Electronics in Additively Manufactured Objects: From Tattoo to Water Transfer Printed Electronics" Micromachines 9, no. 9: 474. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9090474

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