Microfluidics

Santa Clara, California U.S.A.

October 17, 2012

Drop-on-demand inkjet technology with picoliter drop

size ejection for materials deposition, precision dosing
and aerosol generation

Mar$n  Schoeppler,  President  &  CEO  

FUJIFILM  Dima$x,  Inc.  
2250  Mar$n  Ave.  
Santa  Clara,  CA  95050  
www.dima$x.com  

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 FUJIFILM Dimatix Company Overview

Graphics Electronics Displays Life Science

Chemical 3D Mechanical Optical Photovoltaic

FUJIFILM Dimatix develops and manufactures

precision printheads and systems to accurately
deposit various fluids onto a variety of surfaces for
multiple commercial and industrial markets

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 FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.

  Backed by 28 years of innovation and excellence

–  Corporate offices in Santa Clara, California U.S.A.
–  Operations in Lebanon, New Hampshire U.S.A.
–  Advanced MEMS development in Santa Clara, California U.S.A.
  Acquired by FUJIFILM in July 2006, now FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
  Significant patent portfolio
–  >500 applications and issued patents worldwide
  Major areas of excellence
–  Precision printheads for widest variations of applications
–  Silicon MEMS fabrication
–  Precision deposition equipment
–  Smallest droplets, best directionality
–  Widest printing material capability and compatibility
–  Dedication to printed electronics
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 Current & Evolving Applications for
FUJIFILM Dimatix Printheads

Electronics Smart Cards BioTech

RFID

New
LCD Commercial Packaging
Printing
Wide
Technology Ceramics • Textiles and
Format Smart Textile
Graphics Textile
Smart Textile

Marking/ PV
Current Coding Product
Decoration

Current New
Market
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 Silicon MEMS Printhead Technology

  Sub-micron feature accuracy

–  Precise drop control (size, shape and placement)
  Recirculation at the nozzle for precise viscosity control
  Robust material set
  Chemically inert construction
–  Compatible with aqueous, latex and UV-curable inks
  Robust non-wetting coating
  High volume manufacturing

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 Material Deposition Products
DMP-3000 & Printheads

  New XYZ stage printer for material

deposition fluid and process development
  Drop watcher camera system for
substrate alignment and measurement
  ± 5 micron accuracy over 300 x 300 mm
printable area
  Uses both disposable cartridges based on
silicon MEMS structures with user filled
reservoirs (1pl and 10pl) and production
capable SX3, SE3 and D128 driver per
nozzle printheads

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 Merlin Single-pass Platforms & Systems

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 Material Deposition Products
DMP-2831 & Cartridge

  Self-contained deposition
printer
  Uses disposable
cartridges based on
silicon MEMS structures
with user filled reservoirs
–  16 nozzles
–  10pl and 1pl drops

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 Drop Placement Accuracy

  Measure of the ability to

locate drops on the
substrate
  Includes trajectory error
  Also includes nozzle
location error

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 Silicon MEMS Printhead
Directionality
10

6
Jetting Straightness [mrad]

-2

-4

-6

-8

-10
0 256 512 768 1024 1280 1536 1792 2048

Number of Nozzles

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 VersaDrop™
Jetting Technology

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 Jettable Functional Fluids

  Consistent drop formation without satellites

  Reliable system operation
  Final properties consistent with application requirements
  Physical properties appropriate for inkjet design
–  Viscosity
–  Surface tension Viscosity: 8 to15 cps at operating temperature
–  Bulk modulus Surface tension: 20-40 dynes/cm
–  Stability
•  Shelf life
•  Settling, sedimentation, aggregation
•  Gels, etc.
–  Molecular weight distribution
–  Rate of evaporation (nozzle open time)

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 Life Science Applications

  Biosensors
–  Proteins
–  Nucleic acids
–  Scaffolding materials
  Tissue Engineering
–  Cells
–  Growth hormones
–  Scaffolding materials
–  Capillary networks
  Protein Arrays
  Nucleic Acid Arrays
  Adhesive Deposition
  Lab Automation
  Protein Purification EpigenX Biosciences

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 Cy3 IgG Protein Array

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 Streptavidin Jetted
in Methyl Cellulose Gel

Fourier Transform
Infrared Spectroscopy

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 Yeast Jetted at 254 um Spacing
on Silicon Wafer

Viability verified by growth on His- plates

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 Inkjet Printing of plasmid DNA

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 Repeatability of Jetted Genomic DNA &
PCR Amplification

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 MWNT-scaffolded DNA on Gold and
Aluminum

• A • B

254 um spacing 126 um spacing

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 Inkjet Printing Quantum Dots

  Quantum Dots from UT Dots

  TEM from UT Dots
  2.6 nm green emission
  4.0 nm yellow/orange emission

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 Contact Angles of PEDOT/PSS &
ANP Silver Ink

P
E
D
O
T • A. • B. • C.

A
N
P
• A. • B. • C.
Glass Wafer Kapton® Polyimide Teslin® Synthetic Film

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