Ink, ink container, and method for producing functional element
An ink according to an embodiment includes a functional layer forming material, wherein the ejection amount of a droplet ejected from a nozzle of an inkjet head is 9.5 ng or more and 11 ng or less, and the length of the droplet when the droplet is ejected from the nozzle at an ejection velocity of 6 m/sec or more and 9 m/sec or less is 250 μm or less.
1. An ink, comprising a functional layer forming material ejected as a droplet from a nozzle of an inkjet head, wherein
the ejection amount of the droplet is 9.5 ng or more and 11 ng or less, and
the length of the droplet when the droplet is ejected from the nozzle at an ejection velocity of 6 m/sec or more and 9 m/sec or less is 250 μm or less.
2. The ink according to claim 1 , wherein
the inkjet head includes a piezoelectric element as a driving element provided for each nozzle, and
a driving voltage for the piezoelectric element when the ejection amount of the droplet is 10 ng is 15 V or more and 32 V or less.
3. The ink according to claim 1 , wherein
as the functional layer forming material, any of a hole injection layer forming material, a hole transport layer forming material, and a light-emitting layer forming material is contained.
4. The ink according to claim 1 , wherein
as the functional layer forming material, a colored layer forming material for a color filter is contained.
5. The ink according to claim 1 , wherein
as the functional layer forming material, an organic semiconductor layer forming material is contained.
6. An ink container, wherein
the ink container is filled with the ink according to claim 1 .
7. An ink container, wherein
the ink container is filled with the ink according to claim 2 .
8. An ink container, wherein
the ink container is filled with the ink according to claim 3 .
9. An ink container, wherein
the ink container is filled with the ink according to claim 4 .
10. An ink container, wherein
the ink container is filled with the ink according to claim 5 .
11. A method for producing a functional element, comprising:
forming a partition wall which divides a film forming region;
forming an applied film by using the ink according to claim 3 and ejecting a predetermined amount of the ink as a droplet from a nozzle of an inkjet head to the film forming region; and
forming a functional layer in the film forming region by drying and solidifying the applied film.
12. A method for producing a functional element, comprising:
forming a partition wall which divides a film forming region;
forming an applied film by using the ink according to claim 4 and ejecting a predetermined amount of the ink as a droplet from a nozzle of an inkjet head to the film forming region; and
forming a functional layer in the film forming region by drying and solidifying the applied film.
13. A method for producing a functional element, comprising:
forming a partition wall which divides a film forming region;
forming an applied film by using the ink according to claim 5 and ejecting a predetermined amount of the ink as a droplet from a nozzle of an inkjet head to the film forming region; and
forming a functional layer in the film forming region by drying and solidifying the applied film.
14. The ink according to claim 1 , wherein
the length of the droplet is controlled to be less than the distance between the nozzle and a surface on which a functional layer is formed using the functional layer forming material.