Dans le cadre de la fabrication de dispositifs pour l’électronique organique à grande échelle, les besoins en matériaux conducteurs stables à l’air libre, de coût réduit et compatibles avec les techniques d’impression sont croissants. Ces matériaux sont destinés à remplacer les couches métalliques déposés par des méthodes telles que la gravure ou l’évaporation sous vide. Les travaux présentés dans cette thèse ont pour objectif la mise au point d’une encre imprimable stable à l’air libre, composée de polyaniline dispersée en phase aqueuse. L’originalité de cette thèse est de décrire l’intégralité de ce processus, depuis la synthèse chimique de la charge, à partir du monomère jusqu’à l’intégration de l’encre conductrice dans une cellule solaire organique sous forme d’électrode imprimée, en passant par la formulation de l’encre. La première partie des travaux consacrés à la synthèse chimique de la charge a permis d’obtenir un matériau nano structuré, de taille et morphologie contrôlée, dispersable en phase aqueuse et conducteur. Cette dispersion a ensuite été formulée pour lui conférer des propriétés compatibles avec l’impression jet d’encre et lever des verrous critiques comme la granulométrie. La phase d’essai d’impression jet d’encre a permis de valider l’étape de formulation et d’optimiser la morphologie des gouttelettes éjectées. Les couches minces imprimées ont permis d’atteindre des résistances surfaciques inférieures à 1000 Ω/□. Finalement l’encre conductrice a pu être imprimée en tant qu’électrode supérieure dans des cellules solaires organiques. / Considering large-scale development and fabrication of organic electronic devices, needs for low cost conductive printable materials are growing. These materials are designed to replace thin metallic layers deposited via gravure or thermal evaporation. The objective of the work presented in this report is to obtain a conductive and inkjet printable aqueous stable dispersion of polyaniline. Originality of this PhD work is to describe all the steps from the chemical synthesis of polyaniline starting from the monomer, until the integration of the conductive ink in an organic solar cell as a conductive top electrode, through formulation of the ink to meet inkjet printing requirements. During the first part of work dedicated to chemical synthesis of PANI, we managed to produce a nanostructured and conductive material, with controlled size and morphology, which was dispersed in water. This aqueous dispersion was formulated to meet inkjet printing requirements and break technological locks such as particle size in the PANI dispersion. Formulation step was then validated during printing trials, which allowed optimising shape of ejected droplets. Printed PANI thin layers showed sheet resistance below 1000 Ω/□ after 20 printing passes. Finally, conductive ink was printed as a top electrode in fully solution–processed printed organic solar cell.

Inkjet printing is a versatile manufacturing method with applications beyond its traditional application in graphics and text printing, particularly in structural and functional materials. This thesis aims to enhance the understanding of DOD inkjet printing processes by investigating the behaviour of solvent mixtures and nanoparticle suspensions to identify the key parameters affecting drop ejection, drying and stacking processes. Drop ejection and flight were investigated with two modes of inkjet printheads, using a range of fluids formulated from solvent mixtures and characterised by the dimensionless Z number. The printable range was found to be 1.17 smaller or equal to Z smaller or equal to 36.76 for a 10 pl (21.5 micro metre diameter) shear-mode Dimatix printhead. However, with an 80 micro metre diameter squeeze-mode MicroFab printhead, the range was found to be narrower with 4.02 smaller or equal to Z smaller or equal to 16.2. However, both printheads were found to show a printable range of Weber number with 0.4 <We <20. Weber number is determined by the drop velocity and hence the actuating pulse. When designing inks for future printing work, not only the fluid properties, but also the pulse voltages need to be considered. The drop stacking and solidification processes of drops containing nano ZrO2 particles were investigated to enhance the understanding of drop drying and drop/drop interactions. In-situ synchrotron X-ray radiography provides a promising method to track the time-evolved solid segregation within printed drops during drying. Both the initial contact angle and substrate temperature during printing strongly influence the drying process and the final dried deposit shape. The drops were first pinned and then there was a slight sliding of the three-phase contact line. Drops were deformed by the stacking of overprinted drops when printed on Kapton tapes and silicon wafer surfaces, but not on glass slides due to the small contact angle of water on glass slides. Crack-like defects were found at the edge of the final dried stacking structures. The coffee stain effects within a single inkjet printed droplet and the 3D structures before and after sintering were investigated to find out the influence of ink properties, printing parameters and substrate temperature on inkjet printed structures. It was found coffee staining was more obvious at high substrate temperatures. When adding 25 vol% ethylene glycol (EG) or 5 wt% polyethylene glycol (PEG), the coffee stain effect is reduced or eliminated under room temperature drying. X-ray tomography has been demonstrated as a valuable tool for the characterization of 3D printed objects and defects that form during their manufacture. Defects were characterised as microvoids or large-scale crack-like defects. The majority of the microvoids revealed are associated with mechanisms and processes within a single drop, e.g. segregation during dryings such as the formation of coffee stains or coffee rings. The size or distribution of microvoids can be controlled by changing the ink formulation, with higher PEG content inks showing lower concentrations of microvoids.

Cette étude concerne le développement d’un dispositif innovant de type biocapteur, pour le diagnostic et le traitement local de cancers précoces. Cette technologie vise à diagnostiquer au plus tôt certains cancers, afin de les traiter de façon beaucoup plus efficace, en comparaison avec les techniques actuelles, souvent longues et mutilantes. Des microplots de silice mésoporeuse, fonctionnalisés azotures, sont déposés par impression jet d’encre (IJP) à la surface de fibres optiques. Le matériau présente une porosité auto-organisée, grâce au mécanisme d’auto-assemblage induit par évaporation (EISA). Par la suite, les microplots azotures sont fonctionnalisés spécifiquement par chimie click (click chemistry) par reaction avec des molécules alcynes. Dans le cas du diagnostic, cette fonctionnalisation permet le greffage de protéines et d’anticorps capables de reconnaître les marqueurs surexprimés à la surface des cellules cancéreuses. Les protéines et anticorps sont préalablement marqués par des fluorochromes, pour induire un transfert d’énergie (effet FRET ou Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer) lors de la reconnaissance des marqueurs cancéreux. Le principe de détection du dispositif repose ainsi sur une modification de la signature de fluorescence. Dans le cas de la thérapie, des photosensibilisateurs (PS) sont greffés sur les microplots pour permettre un traitement local par photothérapie dynamique (PDT).L’objectif global de l’étude vise à améliorer la sensibilité de détection du dispositif pour le diagnostic et à montrer l’efficacité de traitement dans le cas de la thérapie. Pour cela, les protocoles de réaction click et de greffage des protéines ont été optimisés et l’influence de la structuration de la porosité a été étudiée. Enfin, la sensibilité du dispositif a été caractérisée en fonction de plusieurs paramètres (type de matériaux, type de cellules cancéreuses, etc.). / This study focuses on the development of a new biosensor device for the diagnosis and local treatment of precocious tumors. This technology aims to diagnose cancers at an early stage to increase the treatment efficiency compared to existing techniques that are usually damaging. Mesoporous silica microdots with azide functions are deposited onto the surface of optical fibers using the inkjet-printing (IJP) process. The material shows a self-organized porosity, due to the evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) mechanism. Then, the azide microdots can be further functionalized specifically using click chemistry by reaction with alkyne precursors. For the diagnosis, the functionalization allows the grafting of proteins and antibodies capable of recognizing the increase in marker concentration at the surface of cancerous cells. These proteins and antibodies are labelled with fluorophores to induce a fluorescence energy transfer (FRET, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer) with the recognition of tumorous markers. The detection principle is based on the modification change of the fluorescence signature. For the therapy, photosensitizers (PS) are anchored onto the microdots to allow the local treatment using photodynamic therapy (PDT). The main aim of this study was to optimize the device sensitivity concerning the diagnosis step, and to show the treatment efficiency concerning the therapy step. On that purpose, the protocols of click reaction and the grafting of proteins have been optimized, which are also influenced by the porosity organization that has been studied. Finally, the device sensitivity has been characterized as a function of multiple factors (materials, cancer cells type, etc.).

An ID generating circuit is unquestionably the core of a chipless RFID tag. For convenience of printing process and cost consideration, the circuit should be kept as simple as possible. Based on the cognition, an 8-bit time-domain based ID generating circuit that merely consists of a ML and eight capacitors was offered, and implemented on photo-paper substrates via inkjet printing process. In addition to the experimental measurements, the circuit was also input into circuit simulators for cross-validation. The good agreement between simulations and measurements is observed, exhibiting the tag technical feasibility. Besides of low cost, the tag has wide compatibility with current licensed RFID spectrum, which will facilitate the future deployment in real applications. Compared   to  time-domain   based  chipless   tags,  frequency   signatures   based chipless RFID tags are expected to offer a larger coding capacity. As a response, we presented a 10-bit frequency-domain based chipless RFID tag. The tag composed of ten configurable LC resonators was implemented on flexible polyimide substrate by using  fast  toner-transferring  process.  Field  measurements  revealed  not  only  the practicability  of  the  tag,  but  also  the  high  signal  to  noise  ratio  (SNR).  Another frequency domain tag consists of a configurable coplanar LC resonator. With the use of all printing process, the tag was for the first time realized on common packaging papers.  The tag feasibility was confirmed by subsequent measurements. Owing to the ultra-low cost potential and large SNR, The tag may find wide applications in typical RFID solutions such as management of paper tickets for social events and governing of smart documents. Ultra wide band (UWB) technology possesses a number of inherent merits such as high speed communication and large capacity, multi-path immunity, accurate ranging and positioning, penetration through obstacles, as well as extremely low-cost and low- power transmitters. Thus, passive UWB RFIDs are expected to play an important pole in  the future identification applications for IoT. We explained the feature difference between  UWB  chipless  tags  and  chip  based  tags,  and  forecasted  the  applications respectively  based on the comparison  between the two technologies.  It is expected that the two technologies will coexist and compensate each other in the applications of IoT. Lastly, the thesis ends up with brief summary of the author’s contributions, and technical prospect for the future development of printable chipless RFID tags. / <p>QC 20140304</p>

Radio frequency identification (RFID) and sensing are two key technologies enabling the Internet of Things (IoT). Development of RFID tags augmented with sensing capabilities (RFID sensor tags) would allow a variety of new applications, leading to a new paradigm of the IoT. Chipless RFID sensor technology offers a low-cost solution by eliminating the need of an integrated circuit (IC) chip, and is hence highly desired for many applications. On the other hand, printing technologies have revolutionized the world of electronics, enabling cost-effective manufacturing of large-area and flexible electronics. By means of printing technologies, chipless RFID sensor tags could be made flexible and lightweight at a very low cost, lending themselves to the realization of ubiquitous intelligence in the IoT era. This thesis investigated three construction methods of printable chipless RFID humidity sensor tags, with focus on the incorporation of the sensing function. In the first method, wireless sensing based on backscatter modulation was separately realized by loading an antenna with a humidity-sensing resistor. An RFID sensor tag could then be constructed by combining the wireless sensor with a chipless RFID tag. In the second method, a chipless RFID sensor tag was built up by introducing a delay line between the antenna and the resistor. Based on time-domain reflectometry (TDR), the tag encoded ID in the delay time between its structural-mode and antenna-mode scattering pulse, and performed the sensing function by modulating the amplitude of the antenna-mode pulse. In both of the above methods, a resistive-type humidity-sensing material was required. Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) presented themselves as promising candidate due to their outstanding electrical, structural and mechanical properties. MWCNTs functionalized (f-MWCNTs) by acid treatment demonstrated high sensitivity and fast response to relative humidity (RH), owing to the presence of carboxylic acid groups. The f-MWCNTs also exhibited superior mechanical flexibility, as their resistance and sensitivity remained almost stable under either tensile or compressive stress. Moreover, an inkjet printing process was developed for the f-MWCNTs starting from ink formulation to device fabrication. By applying the f-MWCNTs, a flexible humidity sensor based on backscatter modulation was thereby presented. The operating frequency range of the sensor was significantly enhanced by adjusting the parasitic capacitance in the f-MWCNTs resistor. A fully-printed time-coded chipless RFID humidity sensor tag was also demonstrated. In addition, a multi-parameter sensor based on TDR was proposed.The sensor concept was verified by theoretical analysis and circuit simulation. In the third method, frequency-spectrum signature was utilized considering its advantages such as coding capacity, miniaturization, and immunity to noise. As signal collision problem is inherently challenging in chipless RFID sensor systems, short-range identification and sensing applications are believed to embody the core values of the chipless RFID sensor technology. Therefore a chipless RFID humidity sensor tag based on near-field inductive coupling was proposed. The tag was composed of two planar inductor-capacitor (LC) resonators, one for identification, and the other one for sensing. Moreover, paper was proposed to serve as humidity-sensing substrate for the sensor resonator on accounts of its porous and absorptive features. Both inkjet paper and ordinary packaging paper were studied. A commercial UV-coated packaging paper was proven to be a viable and more robust alternative to expensive inkjet paper as substrate for inkjet-printed metal conductors. The LC resonators printed on paper substrates showed excellent sensitivity and reasonable response time to humidity in terms of resonant frequency. Particularly, the resonator printed on the UV-coated packaging paper exhibited the largest sensitivity from 20% to 70% RH, demonstrating the possibilities of directly printing the sensor tag on traditional packages to realize intelligent packaging at an ultra-low cost. / <p>QC 20150326</p>

Cell-surface engineering has been attracting increased interest in the field of biotechnology, tissue engineering, cell therapy, or biosensors/bioelectronics. Thin nanocoatings or sometimes referred as nanoshells allow for modifying and controlling variety of cell properties, specifically retardation of cell division or growth, masking immunological properties, providing chemical and mechanical resistance to external stressors, and ability to further functionalize shells in order to guide cells attachment, their proliferation and function in artificial environment. Bottom-up approach, utilizing layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly of wide variety of different components (synthetic and natural polyelectrolytes, nanoparticles, and other nano-structures) has been introduced and elaborated to modify cell surfaces. Despite successful examples of the LbL-based cell encapsulation with polyelectrolytes, cytotoxicity of their polycation components possesses severe limitations for this approach. Additionally, by constructing rigid non-permeable shells can suppress the essential properties of cells. In this view, the goal of this research is to explore the formation of cyto-compatible ultrathin coatings from synthetic and natural polymers through utilization of non-cationic counterparts, with possibility to actively control cell division, provide protection from external environment, and temper shell properties in order to elicit or change specific cell response.

The objective of the research was to develop fundamental understanding of the process of deposition of complex mixtures by the inkjet method. The rheological properties and DOD drop formation dynamics of carbon black pigmented inkjet inks were investigated. It was found that the suspension microstructure responses to bulk motions, leading to shear rate and time dependent shear viscosity. However, DOD drop formation dynamics of highly pigmented inkjet ink and pure Newtonian fluid is similar even though shear rate up to 105 s-1 exists during inkjet jetting process. A proposed explanation for these observations is that the shearing time during DOD drop ejection is insufficient for changing and stabilizing the microstructure of the suspension. The effects of signal amplitude and jetting frequency on DOD drop formation dynamics of pure Newtonian fluids were investigated. A transition of DOD drop formation dynamics when the inkjet nozzle is switched from idle to jetting was identified. A qualitative investigation of DOD drop impaction and post-impaction behavior on inkjet paper and textiles was carried out. Dynamics of DOD drop accumulation and spreading on the substrates and final ink distribution show drastic differences between these two substrates.

Au cours de ces dernières années, le développement des capteurs de gaz a connu un essor grandissant pour des applications industrielles, militaires et environnementales afin d’assurer la sécurité et la protection contre les gaz nocifs et toxiques. Ces applications demandent des capteurs sensibles, sélectifs, à faible consommation d’énergie et à faible coût. Le travail de thèse présenté dans ce manuscrit, s’inscrit dans ce contexte. Il a pour objectif la réalisation d’un capteur hyperfréquence à base de nanotubes de carbone et fabriqué par technologie jet d’encre. Le principe de fonctionnement du capteur repose sur la caractérisation en fréquence d’un résonateur RF, dont un élément est sensible grâce aux nanotubes de carbone, à la présence d’un gaz environnant. Le manuscrit aborde l’ensemble des étapes nécessaires à la réalisation du capteur, à savoir : la conception des dispositifs de test, s’appuyant sur une étude théorique de leur comportement, la caractérisation des matériaux utilisées, la fabrication sur un substrat flexible par une technique d’impression jet d’encre et enfin la caractérisation du capteur de gaz en termes de comportement en fréquence et de sensibilité en présence de gaz. / In recent years, the development of gas sensors has grown rapidly for industrial, military and environmental applications to ensure safety and protection against harmful and toxic gases. These applications require sensitive, selective, low power and low cost sensors. The thesis work presented in this manuscript fits into this context. Its objective is the realization of a microwave sensor based on carbon nanotubes and manufactured by inkjet technology. The operating principle of the sensor is based on the frequency characterization of an RF resonator, one element of which is sensitive, thanks to the carbon nanotubes, to the presence of a surrounding gas. The manuscript addresses all the steps necessary for the realization of the sensor, namely: the design of the test devices, based on a theoretical study of their behavior, the characterization of the materials used, the fabrication on a flexible substrate by inkjet printing technique and finally the characterization of the gas sensor in terms of frequency behavior and sensitivity in the presence of gas.

<p>U poslednjih nekoliko decenija, feroelektrici su prepoznati kao dobri kandidati<br />za &scaron;irok spektar primene. Barijum titanat je jedan od najče&scaron;će istraživanih<br />perovskitnih materijala usled tipičnog feroelektričnog pona&scaron;anja na sobnoj<br />temperaturi, sa histerezisnom zavisnosti između polarizacije i električnog polja.<br />Specifična svojstva BaTiO₃ čine ovaj materijal veoma korisnim u proizvodnji<br />kondenzatora, memorija, senzora i dr. Pored toga, paraelektrična faza BaTiO₃<br />ima primenu u proizvodnji mikrotalasnih tunabilnih uređaja. BaTiO₃ pokazuje<br />paralaketrično pona&scaron;anje iznad Kirijeve temperature (120&deg;C) i veliki je izazov<br />modifikovati materijal da bude paraelektričan na sobnoj temperaturi. Delimičnom<br />supstitucijom Ba²⁺ ili Ti⁴⁺ jona, jonima Sr²⁺ ili Zr⁴⁺, respektivno, snižava<br />se Kirijeva temperatura i dolazi do pomeranja fazne transformacije feroelektri<br />čno/paraelektrično na niže temperature. Monolitna keramika na bazi bazi<br />BaTiO₃ je često istraživana kako bi se ispitale promene u strukturi i svojstvima<br />uzrokovane dodatkom dopanata, međutim ne postoji praktična primena ovih<br />materijala u mikrotalasnim tunabilnim tehnologijama. S druge strane, u trendu<br />sveop&scaron;te minijaturizacije elektronskih komponenti, tanki filmovi su prepoznati<br />kao dobri kandidati za proizvodnju tunabilnih uređaja. Jedan od ciljeva ovog<br />istraživanja bio je ispitivanje strukturnih i funkcinalnih svojstava tankih filmova na<br />bazi barijum titanata, BaTiO₃, Ba_1-xSr_xTiO₃ (x=0,1, 0,2, 0,3 i 0,4) i BaTi_1-xZr_xO₃<br />(x=0,1 i 0,2), pripremljenih hemijskom depozicijom iz tečne faze. Metalne<br />soli BaCO₃, C₄H₆O₄Sr i ZrOCl₂ H₂O i Ti(OCH₂CH₂CH₂CH₃)₄ rastvorene su<br />odvojeno u kiseloj sredini i pome&scaron;ane u transparentne solove. Inkdžet &scaron;tampa<br />i spin tehnika kor&scaron;ćene su za depoziciju funkcionalnih filmova na bazi BaTiO₃.<br />Nakon deponovanja, pripremljeni filmovi su termički tretirani na različitim<br />temperaturama do 1000&deg;C. U zavisnosti od koncentracije pripremljeni su filmovi<br />debljine od 100 do 700 nm,sa veličinom zrna od nekoliko desetina nanometara. Strukturna karakterizacija potvrdila je promene u strukturi BaTiO₃ tankih filmova<br />sa dodatkom Sr²⁺ i Zr⁴⁺. Tetragonalna (feroelektrična) faza BaTiO₃ je potvrđena<br />rentgenostrukturnom analizom i Ramanovom spektroskopijom. S druge strane,<br />smanjenje tetragonalnosti je primećeno kod dopiranih uzoraka. Promene u<br />funkcionalnosti dopiranih BaTiO₃ filmova analizirane su na osnovu dielektričnih<br />i feroelektričnih merenja. Izvr&scaron;ene analize su potvrdile feroelektrično pona&scaron;anje<br />kod BaTiO₃, dok se feroelektrični odgovor u tankim filmovima smanjuje sa<br />dopiranjem. Priprema elektroda specifičnih geometrija pogodnih za tunabilna<br />merenja različitim tehnikama depozicije bio je drugi cilj istraživanja. Tehnika spaterovanja u kombinaciji sa laserskim uklanjanjem, inkdžet &scaron;tampa i fotolitografija<br />su kori&scaron;ćene za pripremu kružnih i koplanarnih elektroda na povr&scaron;ini barijum<br />titanatnih tankih filmova. Uticaj procesnih parametara svake od pomenutih<br />metoda na dimenzionalnu preciznost pripremljenih elektroda je bio predmet istraživanja<br />u okviru teze. Odabrani laser se pokazao kao neprikladan za pripremu<br />elektroda na pripremljenim barijum titanatnim tankim filmovima. Inkdžet &scaron;tampa<br />se pokazala kao korisna u pripremi elektroda mikrometarskih fimenzija, dok je za<br />pripremu sofisticiranijih geometrija fotolitografija pokazala najbolje performanse.</p> / <p>In past few decades, ferroelectrics are recognized as good candidates for wide<br />range of applications. Barium titanate is one of the most investigated perovskite<br />materials due to typical ferroelectric behavior at room temperature, with hysteresis<br />dependence of the polarization and electric field. Specified properties<br />of BaTiO₃ make this material useful in production of capacitors, memories,<br />sensors, etc. Nevertheless, paraelectric phase of BaTiO₃ may have application<br />in production of microwave tunable devices. Barium titanate shows paraelectric<br />behavior at temperatures above the Currie temperature (120 &deg;C) and it is great<br />challenge to make material paraelectric at room temperature. Partial substitution<br />of Ba²⁺ or Ti⁴⁺ ions, by Sr²⁺ or Zr⁴⁺, respectively, decreases the Currie temperature<br />of barium titanate and moves phase transition ferroelectric/paraelectric<br />to lower temperatures. Bulk BaTiO₃was often investigated in order to improve<br />structure and functionality by addition of dopant, but do not have practical<br />application in microwave tunable technologies. On the other hand, with the<br />trend of overall miniaturization of electronic devices, thin films are recognized<br />as good candidates for production of tunable devices. One of the aims in this<br />research was investigation of structural and functional properties of barium<br />titanate based thin films, BaTiO₃, Ba_1-xSrxTiO₃ (x=0,1, 0,2, 0,3 i 0,4) and<br />BaTi_1-xZrxO₃ (x=0,1 i 0,2), prepared by chemical solution deposition. Metal<br />salts of BaCO₃, C₄H₆O₄Sr and ZrOCl₂ H₂O and Ti(OCH₂CH₂CH₂CH₃)₄were<br />separetly disolved in acetic environment and mixed in clear transparent sols.<br />Inkjet printing and spin coating were used for deposition of functional BaTiO3<br />based fims. After deposition prepared films were thermally treated at different<br />temperatures up to 1000 &deg;C. In dependence of sol concentration thickness of<br />obtained films is from 100 to 700 nm and grain size is few tens of nanometers. Structural characterization confirmed changes in structure of barium titanate thin<br />films by addition of Sr^₂₊ i Zr⁴⁺. Tetragonal (ferroelectric) phase of BaTiO₃ is<br />confirmed by X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. On the other hand, decreasing<br />of tetragonality was noticed in doped samples. Changes in functionality<br />of doped BaTiO₃ thin films were analyzed by dielectric and ferroelectric measurements.<br />Performed analysis confirmed ferroelectric behavior of barium titanate<br />thin films, and decrease in ferroelectric answer of doped films. Investigation of<br />possibility of complex shaped electrodes preparation,suitable for tunability measurements, by different deposition techniques was the second goal of this research.<br />Sputtering technique in combination with laser removal, inkjet printing and photolithography were used for preparation of complex circular and coplanar electrodes<br />on the surface of barium titanate based thin films. Influence of processing<br />parameters for the each of mentioned technique on dimensional precision of prepared<br />electrodes was investigated. Selected laser was not appropriate for production<br />of electrodes on prepared barium titanate based thin films. Inkjet printing<br />was useful for production of electrodes in micrometer range, but for more sophisticated<br />geometries photolithography shows the best performance.</p>

This diploma thesis deals with the impact of pollutants on colour photography made by inkjet printing technology. There are summarized basic principles of inkjet printing, composition of inks and negative factors influencing the printout quality. The ozone was studied in the experimental part, because it has the stongest degrading effect of all common pollutants. The accelerated ageing test with changing the concentration of ozone and the time of exposure was performed. The test scales were made by using two different inks. The L*a*b* values and optical densities of selected fields were calculated from the reflectance spectra of 918 colour fileds. The colour gamut and its volume were calculated from the L*a*b* values. The changes of colour gamut volume correlated with the changes of optical densities. It emerged that using the colour gamut as the instrument of evaluation of the inkjet printout dyes degradation rate is eligible and it is suitable to recommend this method for the ozone accelerated tests.