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. 2018 May 15;8:7612. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-25812-y

Table 3.

Nanoparticle line packing density and base size of the drop affect the printability.

χ CIR10 CIR20 CIR50
0.01 spread
0.05 spread Print
0.10 spread print Print
0.15 print print Print
0.20 print print Print
1 print print Print

Contact line packing density can be determined by volume fraction of crude in the crude-hexadecane mixture, χ. Details are presented in SI §S2.2–S2.3. The experiments are performed using three different base size: 10, 20 and 50 μm. The base feature is circle. The printability is characterized as: upon the release of the stamp, “Print” indicates a printed drop can maintain its base shape and size, and “Spread” suggests otherwise.