Organic conducting films fabricated with ink jet printing technology and possible application in electric-field probes

Abstract

The ink jet printing (IJP) technology of organic conducting inks to be applied to the fabrication of conducting films has been demonstrated. Conducting films of (3,4-ethylenodioxythiofene)/poly(4-styrenestilfonate)-PEDOT/PSS and glycerol-modified PEDOT/PSS were deposited on different kind of plastic substrates using the ink jet printing technique. Electrical resistance measurements and atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of these conducting films were realized and a brief comment is made about their application in electric-field probes.