RISO PRINT GOCCO LAMP sintered silver nanowires
Abstract
According to "Light sintering of ultra-smooth and robust silver nanowire networks embedded in poly(vinyl-butyral) for flexible OLED" the sintering of the Ag-NW conductive layer can be done by intensive pulse light (IPL), using strong white light to create heat to welder Ag-NWs to form a network to increase the conductivity. An alternative light source is performed in this experiment due to the difficulty to obtain expansive IPL. GOCCO RISO print kit is a Japanese riso print kit that allow user to create personalized riso print mask by the heat created from the exploded light bulb provided in the kit. This experiment compares the conductivity of Ag-NW coated substrate before the GOCCO lamp exposure and after.
Gacco Lamp Sintered AgNWs PVM film (on going)
Continued with the first part, in the original paper, the AgNWs is sintered by IPL (intense pulsed light) but due to the high price of IPL, I decided to try something else. I found a type of light bulb that generate sudden high heat in a Japanese toy kit RISO PRINT GOCCO LAMP which is introduced by the founder of Bioclub, Georg Tremmel. The original purpose of the bulb is to create mask for riso print. The original usage please visit RISO PRINT GOCCO LAMP tutorial. The follow on practices is documented in page Conductive thin coating made of AgNWs.
- Print GOCCO lamp
Prin Gocco lamp with the printing case.
Gocco lamp installed in the lamp case.
Close-up photo of the Gocco lamp.
