Materials – Use properties, Substrates, Interfaces and adhesion, Inks/Functional fluids - WFME1025

Goal(s)

Part 1 – Pulps and papers physical properties (Jean-Francis BLOCH)

• Learn about the main unit operations in paper manufacturing and their influence on physical properties of pulp and paper
• Understand the influence of the main properties of pulp and paper on printed electronics.

Part 2 – Functional fluids properties (Anne BLAYO/Céline MARTIN)
To give the students the fundamentals of inks/functional fluids (composition, formulation, rheological properties).

Part 3 – Polymers (Alain DUFRESNE)
Give students the fundamental concepts of amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers and their characterization.

Part 4 – Surfaces and interfaces phenomena (Naceur BELGACEM)
Provide students with the fundamentals concerning interactions (inter- and intra-) within matter and the consequences on cohesion properties (density, conductivity, etc.) and adhesion properties (wettability, surface energy, etc.). The properties of surfaces, interfaces, and the phenomena responsible for adhesion are the main focus of this course.

Content(s)

Part 1 - Pulps and papers physical properties
Pulp, Paper, Anisotropy, fibres, surface, thermal, dimensional stability, wettability

Part 2 – Functional fluids properties
Materials for functional inks
Conductive materials: metals, carbon nanoparticles (especially CNTs), conductive polymers
Semiconductors: theoretical overview of semiconductors (organic and inorganic) and their applications in lighting and photovoltaics, transparent and conductive materials and their applications (OLED and PV)
Dielectrics
Other functional materials, ‘X-chromes’ materials: photochromes, electrochromes,
Rheological properties

Part 3 – Polymers
Amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers
Part 4 – Surfaces and interfaces phenomena
Surfaces and interfaces, adhesion

Part 1 – Basic physics concepts
Part 2 – Basic chemistry concepts
Part 3 - Basic chemistry concepts
Part 4 – Materials, physico-chemistry