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The adhesion of particles by such mechanisms is vitally important in Pharmaceuticals, xerography, semiconductors, printing, and agriculture. Many articles are written on these topics each year. A particular contribution has been made by Rimai, Demejo and Bowen in understanding the adhesion of toner particles which must transfer from a photoconductor to a receiva-. JKR behavior was observed for glass spheres on polyurethane, as shown in Fig. 9.22. Curious effects of large deformation, engulfment and hysteresis were seen. This hysteresis is to be considered next. 

Examples of semiconductor printing fluids include semiconducting polymers such as poly(3-hexylthiophene) (PHT) or poly[5,5 -bis-(3-dodecyl-2-thienyl)-2,2 -bithiophene] dissolved in chlorobenzene (31,32). 

M.L. Chabinyc and A.C. Arias, Transistor production using semiconductor printing fluid, US Patent 7 361529, assigned to Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, CA), April 22,2008. 

Major Applications Antireflective coatings, " thermochromic materials," photoresists, electrorhe-ological materials, " film patterning, " recording materials, " lithium battery, semiconductors, printing materials, " inks, " corrosion inhibitors, " adhesives,"" drugs," detecting viable cells,"" treatment of Alzheimer s disease ... 

Industrial applications for Semiconductors Printed circuit boards... 

DNQ—novolac resist chemistry has proved to have remarkable dexibiUty and extendibiUty. First introduced for printing appHcations, DNQ—novolac resists have been available since the eady 1960s in formulations intended for electronics appHcations. At present, most semiconductor manufacturing processes employ this resist chemistry. Careful contemporary research and engineering support the continuing refinement of this family of materials. 

Consumer Products. Laser-based products have emerged from the laboratories and become familiar products used by many millions of people in everyday circumstances. Examples include the supermarket scaimer, the laser printer, and the compact disk. The supermarket scanner has become a familiar fixture at the point of sale in stores. The beam from a laser is scaimed across the bar-code marking that identifies a product, and the pattern of varying reflected light intensity is detected and interpreted by a computer to identify the product. Then the information is printed on the sales sHp. The use of the scanner can speed checkout from places like supermarkets. The scanners have usually been helium—neon lasers, but visible semiconductor lasers may take an impact in this appHcation. 

Ch oline in the form of choline base (hydroxide) is a strong organic base with a pH of approximately 14. This product can have industrial apphcations where it is important to replace inorganic bases with organic materials. Ch oline base is currently used in the formulation of photoresist stripping products for use in the printed wire board industry. Dilute aqueous solutions (5%) of ch oline base that have very low concentrations of metallic ions have been utilized for apphcations in the semiconductor industry. 

Fig. lab. Some types of electronic connectors, (a) Receptacle for dual-in-line package (DIP) semiconductor integrated circuit, (b) Connectors for printed circuit boards having edge contacts two-piece connectors have male and female connector halves, one of which is attached to the printed circuit board. 

More recently. Gamier and coworkers used a printing technique to make OFETs on polymeric substrates [61]. Although printable field-effect transistors based on inorganic semiconductors have been reported as early as 1967 ]62], they did not come to any commercial development. We note, however, that in Gar-nier s device only the electrodes were actually printed. 

A micro reactor concept proposed by MIT and DuPont on the basis of electronic circuits is the most prominent among the examples listed for the hybrid approach [19,101]. The so-called turnkey multiple micro-reactor test station relies on the use of standard components originating from the semiconductor industry for microchemical processing, the construction being oriented at the concept of printed circuit boards. 

Morrison, S.R., Electrochemistry at Semiconductor and Oxidized Metal Electrodes, 2nd printing, Plenum, New York, 1984. 

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