Nanostructure network and method of fabricating the same
AssigneeIndustry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University Erica Campus
InventorsYong-Ho Choa, Young Tae Kwon, Seung Han Ryu
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Abstract
Provided are a nanostructure network and a method of fabricating the same. The nanostructure network includes nanostructures having a poly-crystalline structure formed by self-assembly of the nanostructures. The method includes preparing a nanostructure solution in which nanostructures are dispersed in a first solvent, forming a nanostructure ink by adding the nanostructure solution into a second solvent having a viscosity higher than that of the first solvent, coating a surface of a substrate with the nanostructure ink, and forming a nanostructure network by evaporating the first solvent and the second solvent included in the nanostructure ink coated on the substrate.
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A method of fabricating a nanostructure network, the method comprising:
- preparing a nanostructure solution in which nanostructures are dispersed in a first solvent;
- forming a nanostructure ink by adding the nanostructure solution into a second solvent having a viscosity higher than that of the first solvent and an admixture for mixing the first solvent and the second solvent;
- coating a surface of a substrate with the nanostructure ink;
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- forming a nanostructure network by evaporating the first solvent and the second solvent included in the nanostructure ink coated on the substrate,
- wherein the coating of the surface of the substrate with the nanostructure ink comprises:
- generating a coating layer in a liquid state on the substrate;
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- dividing the coating layer into a plurality of first droplets spaced apart from each other, and
- wherein the forming of the nanostructure network comprises:
- evaporating the admixture prior to the first solvent and the second solvent from the first droplet to form a second droplet;
- evaporating the first solvent prior to the second solvent from the second droplet to form a third droplet;
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- evaporating the second solvent from the third droplet.
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