ICI-003 is an aqueous, copper oxide-based ink which is transformed post-printing into a metallic copper thin film after it is processed with PulseForge® tools. It is designed to produce very flexible, conductive traces on porous, low-temperature substrates such as Novele™ (a coated PET). ICI-003 is specially formulated for compatibility and stability with piezoelectric inkjet printing methods. Metalon ICI-003 produces, after printing and curing, conductive, metallic copper traces with electrical resistivities as low as 2.5× bulk Cu resistivity. ICI-003 MUST be processed with PulseForge® tools from NovaCentrix® to attain the stated resistivity values. Thermal curing is not applicable. Printed traces of ICI-003 are not conductive prior to processing with PulseForge® tools. |