Files and links (1)
Published, Version of Record (VoR)CC BY V4.0, Open
Journal article
Rapid Prototyping of Slot Die Devices for Roll to Roll Production of EL Fibers
Materials, v 10(6), p594
01 Jun 2017
PMID: 28772954
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
There is a growing interest in fibers supporting optoelectrical properties for textile and wearable display applications. Solution-processed electroluminescent (EL) material systems can be continuously deposited onto fiber or yarn substrates in a roll-to-roll process, making it easy to scale manufacturing. It is important to have precise control over layer deposition to achieve uniform and reliable light emission from these EL fibers. Slot-die coating offers this control and increases the rate of EL fiber production. Here, we report a highly adaptable, cost-effective 3D printing model for developing slot dies used in automatic coating systems. The resulting slot-die coating system enables rapid, reliable production of alternating current powder-based EL (ACPEL) fibers and can be adapted for many material systems. The benefits of this system over dip-coating for roll-to-roll production of EL fibers are demonstrated in this work.
Metrics
Details
- Title
- Rapid Prototyping of Slot Die Devices for Roll to Roll Production of EL Fibers
- Creators
- Alyssa Bellingham - Drexel UniversityNicholas Bromhead - Drexel UniversityAdam Fontecchio - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Materials, v 10(6), p594
- Publisher
- Mdpi
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- DGE-1104459 / National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship; National Science Foundation (NSF) DGE-0947936 / National Science Foundation STEM K-12 Fellowship
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000404415000028
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85020405963
- Other Identifier
- 991019169011304721
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
InCites Highlights
Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:
- Web of Science research areas
- Chemistry, Physical
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
- Physics, Applied
- Physics, Condensed Matter