화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, Vol.19, No.7, 511-523, 2005
Formulation and characterization of UV-light-curable electrically conductive pastes
UV-light-curable electrically conductive pastes have been formulated from granular silver particles and flake-shaped silver and epoxyacrylate, ethylene glycol and photo-initiator in this study. These conductive pastes were analyzed using photo-DSC, TGA and conductivity metry for reaction rate during photo-polymerization process, thermal resistance and conductivity, respectively. It is shown that (1) the rate of photo-polymerization can be regulated by varying the exposure dose and time depending on the particle size and particle loading; (2) the resistance of the paste containing 60 wt% silver with mean particle size from 0.6 to 1.5 mu m is reduced to 5.63 x 10(-7) Omega cm; and (3) with granular-shaped silver with 0.6 to 3.5 mu m in diameter the decomposition temperature of electrically conductive paste is 424 degrees C, while the temperature of thermal decomposition is 397 degrees C for the same solid content of flake shape silver with length 0.5 to 5 mu m, after photo-polymerization using a radiation dose of 500 mJ/cm(2).