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  "abstract": "Currently patterning conductive metal onto thermally fragile substrates remains hindered by the necessary processing conditions required. Aluminium is an attractive conductor for printed electronics, being non-toxic, low cost, having high abundance, while providing excellent electrical conductivity. Here, we report the direct deposition of conductive aluminium lines onto a selection of heat sensitive substrates; namely dissolvable tattoo paper, and a Polyborosiloxane (PBS)/Sylgard blend substrate at room temperature and atmospheric pressure using an atmospheric-pressure plasma jet (APPJ) and an ethereal solution of dimethylethylamine alane (DMEAA) as a metal-organic precursor ink. Unlike conventional metal-organic decomposition methods that require thermal post-treatment, the non-equilibrium plasma drives precursor fragmentation, ligand removal, and metallic film formation in a single step without external substrate heating. Optimised tracks were produced on dissolvable tattoo paper yielding a best sheet resistance of 1.59 ± 0.64 kΩ/sq due to its metallic nature. The tracks were deposited directly onto dissolvable tattoo paper, and sufficiently conductive to complete a functional electrical circuit allowing it to be transferred to skin, demonstrating a viable route to low-temperature aluminium metallisation on porous substrates.",
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  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Zhengyuan Li"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shreya Mrig"
    },
    {
      "name": "Wanqi Zhang"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mingyu Zhou"
    },
    {
      "name": "Simon Bulou"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nicolas D. Boscher"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bob C. Schroeder"
    },
    {
      "name": "Adam J. Clancy"
    },
    {
      "name": "Daren J. Caruana"
    },
    {
      "name": "Caroline E. Knapp"
    }
  ],
  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/9p1j95429cbya.bib",
  "cited_by": 0,
  "doi": "10.26434/chemrxiv.15010889/v1",
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  "language": null,
  "licence": "CC-BY",
  "licence_label": "CC BY",
  "licence_source": "journal",
  "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
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  "native_subjects": [
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      "openalex",
      "2208|Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies"
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  "pdf_url": "https://chemrxiv.org/doi/pdf/10.26434/chemrxiv.15010889/v1",
  "pmcid": null,
  "pmid": null,
  "published": "2026-10-22",
  "publisher": "American Chemical Society (ACS)",
  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/9p1j95429cbya.ris",
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  "subjects": [
    {
      "field": "chemistry",
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  "title": "Patterning Conductive Aluminium onto Temperature Sensitive Polymers and Tattoo Paper at Room Temperature and Pressure",
  "title_text": "Patterning Conductive Aluminium onto Temperature Sensitive Polymers and Tattoo Paper at Room Temperature and Pressure",
  "type": "preprint",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:17:26Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/9p1j95429cbya",
  "venue": "ChemRxiv",
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