<p>Inkjet printing has emerged as a powerful technique for manufacturing metals, metal oxides or nanoparticles and is stimulating the research on electronic and data storage devices, light-emitting diodes, and even photovoltaics. Usually, such inks either contain metal salts or nanoparticles. More complex compounds, like hybrid inorganic-organic cluster molecules, would allow for even more versatile and tailor-made properties of the printed materials. However, poor solubility, thermal lability or water sensitivity prohibited inkjet processing of such compounds to date. Here we show that the well-soluble and robust cluster compound [{(4-<i>n</i>-pentyl-phenyl)Sn}<sub>4</sub>S<sub>6</sub>] (pentyl: C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>11</sub>; phenyl: C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>), of which amorphous bulk material exhibits white-light generation upon infrared-laser diode irradiation. The compound allows formulation into inks for inkjet printing without affecting the clusters’ identity and controlled deposition in well-defined micro-structured patterns. Besides the proof-of-principle for printing complex structures with tailor-made optical responses, the deposited material is soluble in common solvents for potential reuse. We envision that these hybrid cluster-based inks will pave the way to printable optical information storage devices.</p>

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Inkjet printing of adamantane-type organotin sulfide clusters featuring extreme nonlinear optical properties

  • Simon Nier,
  • Yannick R. Lohse,
  • Niklas Rinn,
  • Gabriel Cadilha Marques,
  • Nils W. Rosemann,
  • Marius Welzel,
  • Dominik Heider,
  • Jasmin Aghassi-Hagmann,
  • Stefanie Dehnen

摘要

Inkjet printing has emerged as a powerful technique for manufacturing metals, metal oxides or nanoparticles and is stimulating the research on electronic and data storage devices, light-emitting diodes, and even photovoltaics. Usually, such inks either contain metal salts or nanoparticles. More complex compounds, like hybrid inorganic-organic cluster molecules, would allow for even more versatile and tailor-made properties of the printed materials. However, poor solubility, thermal lability or water sensitivity prohibited inkjet processing of such compounds to date. Here we show that the well-soluble and robust cluster compound [{(4-n-pentyl-phenyl)Sn}4S6] (pentyl: C5H11; phenyl: C6H5), of which amorphous bulk material exhibits white-light generation upon infrared-laser diode irradiation. The compound allows formulation into inks for inkjet printing without affecting the clusters’ identity and controlled deposition in well-defined micro-structured patterns. Besides the proof-of-principle for printing complex structures with tailor-made optical responses, the deposited material is soluble in common solvents for potential reuse. We envision that these hybrid cluster-based inks will pave the way to printable optical information storage devices.