Photonic Curing is the high-temperature thermal processing of a thin film using pulsed light from a flashlamp. When this transient processing is done on a low-temperature substrate such as plastic, paper or glass it is possible to attain a significantly higher temperature than the substrate can ordinarily withstand under an equilibrium heating source such as an oven.
Pictured: Ara Parsekian, NovaCentrix Intern from Georgia Institute of Technology, printing Metalon® JS-A102A on paper substrate using an acrylic slot die coater. These conductive inks were photonically cured in milliseconds utilizing PulseForge® 1200 Roll to Roll system. Example application areas for this type of roll to roll process would include printing battery electrodes and/or solar cells.
Headquartered in Austin, TX, NovaCentrix offers industry leading photonic curing tools, conductive inks, material and expertise enabling development and production of next generation printed electronic devices.
