Lowering Fusion Temperatures Costs for Nano-Based Manufacturing
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Feb. 15, 2018 — A new method of processing materials for nano-based manufacturing allows intense pulsed light sintering (IPL) to be used at a lower temperature, enabling low-cost, temperature-sensitive plastic substrates to be used in the manufacture of flexible thin-film devices such as touch screens and window coatings. IPL uses pulsed, large-area, broad-spectrum visible light from a xenon lamp for rapid fusion of nanomaterials into films or patterns used in flexible sensors, solar cells, displays and