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Deposition and characterization of lines printed through laser-induced forward transfer
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The possibility of printing two-dimensional micropatterns of biomolecule solutions is of great interest in many fields of research in biomedicine, from cell-growth and development studies to the investigation of the mechanisms of communication between cells. Although laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) has been extensively used to print micrometric droplets of biological solutions, the fabrication of complex patterns depends on the feasibility of the technique to print micron-sized lines of aqueous solutions. In this study we investigate such a possibility through the analysis of the influence of droplet spacing of a water and glycerol solution on the morphology of the features printed by LIFT. We prove that it is indeed possible to print long and uniform continuous lines by controlling the overlap between adjacent droplets. We show how, depending on droplet spacing, several printed morphologies are generated, and we offer, in addition, a simple explanation of the observed behavior based on the jetting dynamics characteristic of the LIFT of liquids.
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PALLA-PAPAVLU, A., et al. Deposition and characterization of lines printed through laser-induced forward transfer. Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing. 2013. Vol. 110, num. 4, pags. 751-755. ISSN 0947-8396. [consulted: 16 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/47615