Apparatus and method of material deposition using comressed fluids

Abstract

A system and method of depositing a functional material on a receiver is provided. The system includes a chamber containing fluid in a compressed state. The fluid includes a solvent and suspension of the functional material to be deposited on the receiver. The chamber has a controllable nozzle for the ejection of a stream of the fluid toward the receiver. The system also includes a controllable platform for locating and orienting the receiver with respect to the controllable nozzle and a controller operably connected to the controllable nozzle and the controllable platform that controls the ejection of the compressed fluid through the controllable nozzle and the location of the receiver with respect to the controllable nozzle. The functional material becomes free of the solvent prior to the functional material contacting the receiver.

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