Research Article

Printability and Properties of Conductive Inks on Primer-Coated Surfaces

Table 3

Identified FTIR bands of the commercial primers and conductive inks.

Functional group (wavenumber)Intensity
Pr_1mPr_2mPr_3sPr_4sI_gI_m1I_m2I_p

b CH2 (3200-2700 cm-1)WeakWeakMedaMedMedMedMedWeak
N=C=O (2275-2250 cm-1)WeakWeakWeakWeakWeak
C=O (1750-1700 cm-1)StrongStrongStrongStrongStrongMedStrongWeak
C=O (urethane) (1690-1680 cm-1)WeakWeakWeak
Ph (1600 cm-1)WeakWeakWeakWeakWeakWeakWeak
CN and NH (1550-1500 cm-1)WeakWeakMedMedMed
C(=O)O and c =CH (1260-1150 cm-1)StrongStrongStrongStrongWeakWeakMed
O-C and =CH (1125-1020 cm-1)WeakWeakMedMedWeakStrongStrongWeak
Si-O (1100-900 cm-1)StrongStrong
d Ph (900-670 cm-1)StrongMedMedMedWeakWeakWeak

aMedium intensity. bStretching. cIn-plane deformation. dOut-of-plane deformation.