subject: Modern Ink Applications [print this page] Until several years aback, consumers showed little interest towards ink other than refilling inks for pens. Those days, fountain pens gained novelty as disposable ball-point pens entered the market. After which home computing started; this led to home printing. Now, almost all developed nations, businesses and residences have printing capability. Thereby, purchasing ink as a printer ink cartridge became a part and parcel of day to day shopping experience, analogous to purchasing an ink bottle, 50 years ago.
The services of ink refilling for the printer ink cartridges are presented by official, large printing firms as-well-as unofficial, smaller refill firms. Often customers can cut down their printing expenses with the help of refilling services of a refill firm, or by purchasing a new non OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) trademarks instead of re-filling. In order to refill the printer ink cartridges the usage of ink supply continuously is common in almost all the countries, except US.
Let us now look into the modern ink usages.
In Elections: That is, Electoral strain or election ink is a dye or semi-permanent ink which is put on forefinger of voters in electoral processes to prevent double voting. Here the ink used contains silver nitrate that stains skin while exposed to ultraviolet light.
Silver-based ink is now used in the printed electronics: This ink consists of silver Nano particles that can be made use of in optoelectronic and electronic applications for creating spanning, stretchable and flexible microelectrodes which transmit signals from one-circuit to another. Usually, printed micro-electrodes can endure repeated stretching and bending with few changes in electrical properties.
Unlike the screen/ ink jet printing, this approach enables micro-electrodes to be in print, permitting them to cross the preexisting patterned facets directly through formation of spanning arches. To produce the printed features, researchers first make a highly-concentrated silver-nanoparticle ink which is extruded through one cylindrical nozzle fixed to 3-axis micro-positioning stage that is controlled with the help of computer aided software. When printed, these silver-Nano particles do not get bonded. Only after heating the printed structure to one hundred and fifty degrees Celsius, the bonding takes place. This technique permits silver-wires to fuse with delicate devices with the help of minimal contact force. Thus, one can print their own silver-linings.
Finally, modern ink is made use of in almost all upcoming fields. Without ink our business and educational activities will definitely come to a standstill which our society cannot afford.
