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Lugtmeijer, Thomas (author)Inkjet printing is a technology that has been widely studied and implemented. The liquids that are used for inkjet printing can vary. There is the traditional ink which can be found in almost every household printer. But it is also possible to use inkjet printing to deposit drugs, proteins and nanoparticles on substrates. Inkjet printing has the...master thesis 2024
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Sekar, S.A. (author), Hunt, A. (author)Additive manufacturing of sensors and actuators together with structural materials and electronics will make it possible to fabricate innovative system designs that are overly laborious to realise with conventional methods. While printing of the structural materials and electronics are advancing fast, the additive manufacturing methods for...journal article 2024
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Gallucci, G. (author), Jaarsma, Victor (author), Hunt, A. (author)High strains of the relaxor ferroelectric polymers allows to build efficient actuators. While the mechanical impedance of such actuators can be optimized via their morphology, their practical realization requires flexible and versatile fabrication processes. This work devises an efficient procedure for manufacturing unimorph bending actuators...conference paper 2024
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Peeters, Thomas (author)Boron-doped diamond (BDD) is a popular material for electrodes and it exhibits metal-like conductivity when a sufficient quantity of boron atoms is incorporated in the diamond lattice. BDD has distinct advantages over alternative electrode materials. It has diamond’s chemical stability and biocompatibility in conjunction with excellent...master thesis 2023
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Jaarsma, Victor (author)This research investigates the implementation of electroactive polymer (EAP) actuators for the propulsion of a robotic fish. An efficient manufacturing procedure is developed which uses a combination of stencil printing and inkjet printing to manufacture P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) actuators. The influence of layer thicknesses is studied theoretically and...master thesis 2023
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Baelz, K.K. (author), Hunt, A. (author)To facilitate smart material transducer research and application, it is important to develop fabrication processes that are widely accessible and compatible with additive manufacturing (AM) techniques. This work addresses inkjet printing and material selection in the fabrication of bending cantilever actuators based on the P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE)...conference paper 2023
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Liu, Z. (author), Baluchová, S. (author), Brocken, Bob (author), Ahmed, Essraa (author), Pobedinskas, Paulius (author), Haenen, Ken (author), Buijnsters, J.G. (author)Fabrication of patterned boron-doped diamond (BDD) in an inexpensive and straightforward way is required for a variety of practical applications, including the development of BDD-based electrochemical sensors. This work describes a simplified and novel bottom-up fabrication approach for BDD-based three-electrode sensor chips utilizing direct...journal article 2023
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Wu, Yantong (author)This thesis aims to solve the problems and fabricate fully inkjet-printed dielectric elastomer actuators with silver electrodes and a PDMS middle layer. First, a conductive silver electrode is printed on a coated PET substrate, followed by a printing of the dielectric elastomer middle layer to cover the bottom electrode. Then, the top silver...master thesis 2022
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French, P.J. (author), Krijnen, Gijs JM (author), Vollebregt, S. (author), Mastrangeli, Massimo (author)Silicon sensors date back to before 1960 with early Hall and piezoresistive devices. These used simple processing that was part of the early integrated circuit (IC) industry. As the IC industry developed, silicon sensors could benefit from the technological advances. As silicon sensors advanced, there came the need for new technologies...journal article 2022
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SEKAR, SANJAY ARUN (author)By embedding actuators and sensors in passive structures, it will be possible to realize more functional machines, enabling the enhanced performance capabilities of high-tech machines. While developments in printed structures and electronics are reaching application maturity, only the first signs of feasibility for the printing of actuators and...master thesis 2021
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Elschot, Sanne (author)Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are a type of soft actuators that consist of a dielectric elastomer membrane, covered with an electrode on the top and the bottom. When applying a potential, the opposite charges on the electrodes induce an electrostatic force which squeezes the elastomer, causing it to expand. This expansion can be used as...master thesis 2021
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Davenne, Niels (author)Multi-material 3D inkjet printing has great potential for rapid prototyping and manufacturing of functional mesoscale structures when novel inks are combined into a fully integrated AM-process. This process can be faster and cheaper than conventional methods to produce functional structures. Research is conducted on a large range of potentially...master thesis 2021
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Zeelenberg, Michiel (author)Freeform overhanging microstructures are used for various applications, for example in micro metamaterials. To create these structures industry uses a variety of manufacturing methods. There is a gap in manufacturing methods that can produce a microstructure at a high resolution and use multiple materials at individual locations. Inkjet printing...master thesis 2021
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Galagali, Keerthi (author)Several underwater activities like exploration, surveillance, measuring key characteristics like water current or temperature, and mapping seabed risk human lives as the underwater conditions are hostile. Developing underwater vehicles provides a solution to minimize risking human lives. The underwater robots developed based on conventional...master thesis 2020
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Brocken, Bob (author)Boron-doped diamond (BDD) is an attractive electrode material. When sufficiently boron-doped, diamond has metal-like conductivity and in comparison with other electrode materials has several advantages, such as lowand stable background current, reduced biofouling, broad potentialwindow, corrosion resistance and chemical stability. However,...master thesis 2020
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Bälz, Koona-Garth Keith (author)Inkjet printing offers an additive manufacturing method for the production of thin films. A variety of inkjet printed materials can be printed, including conductive and electroactive materials. Existing inkjet printed ferroelectric polymer actuators all utilize silver conductive layers and P(VDF-TrFE) for the electroactive layer. This thesis...master thesis 2019
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Keller, Kirill (author), Khramenkova, E. (author), Slabov, Vladislav (author), Musin, Albina (author), Kalashnikov, Alexander (author), Vinogradov, Alexandr V. (author), Pidko, E.A. (author)Here we report the methodology for nanocomposite fabrication based on the inkjet printing technique. Doped TiO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticles with Sc contents up to 10 wt.% were synthesized and adapted towards a facile fabrication of microscale structures and thin film printing. Implementation of the state-of-the-art low-temperature synthesis...journal article 2019
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Frota Sartori, A. (author), Belardinelli, P. (author), Dolleman, R.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Ghatkesar, M.K. (author), Buijnsters, J.G. (author)Diamond is a highly desirable material for state-of-the-art micro-electromechanical (MEMS) devices, radio-frequency filters and mass sensors, due to its extreme properties and robustness. However, the fabrication/integration of diamond structures into Si-based components remain costly and complex. In this work, a lithography-free, low-cost...journal article 2019
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Mangogna, Alessandro (author)The availability of low cost, efficient and wearable glucose sensors is one of the prerequisites for managing diabetes, one of the most diffuse chronic disease worldwide. Efficient monitoring of glucose levels in diabetics patients is essential to control symptoms and prevent severe complications. Starting from this principle, wet metallization...master thesis 2018
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Kommeren, Sander (author), Coenen, Michiel J.J. (author), Eggenhuisen, Tamara M. (author), Slaats, Thijs M.W.L. (author), Gorter, Harrie (author), Groen, W.A. (author)A commonly used strategy in the fabrication of organic electronics involves the use of orthogonal solvents, i.e. the alternating use of organic solvents and water for the application of consecutive layers to prevent dissolution of previous layers. This strategy therefore requires the deposition of sequential layers with a large mismatch in...journal article 2018
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