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Experimental Techniques for Retrieving Flow Information from within Inkjet Nozzles

Journal of Imaging Science and Technology 60, 40502–1–40502–14 (2016)

Authors

	Mark-Jan van der Meulen
	Hans Reinten
	Frits Dijksman
	Detlef Lohse
	Michel Versluis

BibTeΧ

@article {van der Meulen:2016:1062-3701:40502,
author = "van der Meulen, Mark-Jan and Reinten, Hans and Dijksman, Frits and Lohse, Detlef and Versluis, Michel",
title = "Experimental Techniques for Retrieving Flow Information from within Inkjet Nozzles",
journal = "Journal of Imaging Science and Technology",
volume = "60",
number = "4",
year = "2016,
publication date ="2016-07-01T00:00:00",
abstract = "
Abstract
In drop-on-demand (DOD) inkjet printing microdroplets are ejected from the nozzle as a result of the internal acoustics set in motion by a pressure pulse from an expanding bubble or a piezoelement. The acoustic response, both in the frequency domain and in the time
domain, and the resulting droplet formation processes are well-modeled and characterized by various experimental techniques. However, the behavior of the liquid meniscus in the nozzle is a critical mediator between these regimes and poorly accessible in experiment. The meniscus shape and motion
vary between different print head designs, electrical pulse shapes and wetting conditions. In the last decade several novel approaches have been proposed and implemented to study experimentally the meniscus motion within inkjet nozzles. These experimental methods are reviewed here and compared
in terms of accuracy and applicability.",
pages = "40502-1-40502-14",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
parent_itemid = "infobike://ist/jist",
issn = "1062-3701",
eissn = "1943-3522",
publishercode ="ist",
url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ist/jist/2016/00000060/00000004/art00009",
doi = "doi:10.2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.2016.60.4.040502"
}