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Ultrafast imaging method to measure surface tension and viscosity of inkjet-printed droplets in flight

Experiments in Fluids 58, 2 (2016)

Authors

	Erik-Jan Staat
	Arjan van der Bos
	Marc van den Berg
	Hans Reinten
	Herman Wijshoff
	Michel Versluis
	Detlef Lohse

BibTeΧ

@Article{Staat2016,
author="Staat, Hendrik J. J.
and van der Bos, Arjan
and van den Berg, Marc
and Reinten, Hans
and Wijshoff, Herman
and Versluis, Michel
and Lohse, Detlef",
title="Ultrafast imaging method to measure surface tension and viscosity of inkjet-printed droplets in flight",
journal="Experiments in Fluids",
year="2016",
volume="58",
number="1",
pages="2",
abstract="In modern drop-on-demand inkjet printing, the jetted droplets contain a mixture of solvents, pigments and surfactants. In order to accurately control the droplet formation process, its in-flight dynamics, and deposition characteristics upon impact at the underlying substrate, it is key to quantify the instantaneous liquid properties of the droplets during the entire inkjet-printing process. An analysis of shape oscillation dynamics is known to give direct information of the local liquid properties of millimeter-sized droplets and bubbles. Here, we apply this technique to measure the surface tension and viscosity of micrometer-sized inkjet droplets in flight by recording the droplet shape oscillations microseconds after pinch-off from the nozzle. From the damped oscillation amplitude and frequency we deduce the viscosity and surface tension, respectively. With this ultrafast imaging method, we study the role of surfactants in freshly made inkjet droplets in flight and compare to complementary techniques for dynamic surface tension measurements.",
issn="1432-1114",
doi="10.1007/s00348-016-2284-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00348-016-2284-8"
}