Before you begin, have these things handy:
1. Nitrile Gloves: They can be expensive, but are resistant to a fair amount of chemicals.
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2. Particulate Mask: You need these!!! (or equivalent) – the powders in this project can be super fine ~10nm or smaller.
3. Eye protection
4. Emergency eye wash.
Please use this equipment!
This project is also VERY EXPENSIVE to get started. Fair warning 😉
This is a (non-exhaustive) list of basic equipment you will need:Prices are in $AUD
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1. Heat Gun ~$60
2. Multimeter ~$10
3. Rotary Tool with stirring attachement (or something that can stir smal amounts of paint) – I used a rotary tool with milk frothing attachment ~$100
4. Paint Brushes x 5 smal to medium size. One for each type of additive plus spares ~$20
5. DC to AC Inverter – This is what drives your paint. These are cheap and come in many varieties and power outputs. I suggest using the battery power type while you get started – it’s cheaper! ~$5
6. UV Blacklight – To see where you apply the phosphor layer ~$15
7. Glass jars (or equivalent) These are to store the paint once mixed with the additives. Any container with an airtight lid will work. ~$10
This is a list of the paint additives you will need – All ingredients can be substituted to suit your locations and suppliers, EXCEPT where it states “cannot be substituted” – this means that type of ingredient must be used.
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1. Any clear coat polyurethane paint (water based is best). Must be a single stage/pack type of paint. Wood varnish is easiest to work with while starting out. ALL of your additives will be mixed with this paint. ~$50
2. Electroluminescent Phosphor – CANNOT BE SUBSTITUTED It costs ~$300/kg (this is true only for unecapsulated phoshpor, which is the cheapest). Do not confuse this with photoluminescent phosphor, that’s glow-in-the dark powder and will not work.
3. Baruim Titanate (BaTiO3) CANNOT BE SUBSTITUTED – This is the Dielectric additive. It costs ~$80 for 250g.
4. a. Copper Paste/Paint – Cheapest and highly conductive, but messy and uneven to work with. Not transparent enought for the top layer, use for the base layer only. ~$70
b. PEDOT:PSS – Very expensive. Electrically conductive and transparent when applied properly. ~$700/kg
c. Silver Nano-Wires – Very expensive. Electrically conductive and transparent when applied properly. ~$990/kg
d. Double sided copper tape – Excellent for the base layer, cannot be used for the top layer. The glue can react porrly with the PEDOT:PSS though.
e. Any other conductive substrate for the base layer – such as aluminium sheeting (that can be sealed).
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