Beyond wires: Bubble printing technique powers next-generation electronics

Phys.org  November 8, 2024 Bubble printing is a patterning method in which particles are accumulated by the convection of bubbles generated by laser focusing that enables the high-speed, high-precision patterning of various micro/nanoparticles. It is used for metallic particles and organic particles for patterning solid particles and not on the patterning of liquid particles. Researchers in Japan fabricated liquid metal wiring patterns using a bubble printing method in which eutectic gallium‒indium alloy (EGaIn) colloidal particles were fixed on a glass substrate by generating microbubbles by focusing a femtosecond laser beam on the EGaIn colloidal particles. They made the wiring conductive […]