@article { ISI:000447570500032,
	title = {The synergistic effect of benzotriazole and trimethylsiloxysilicate towards corrosion protection of printed Cu-based electronics},
	journal = {CORROSION SCIENCE},
	volume = {143},
	year = {2018},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = {329-336},
	abstract = {The development of printed electronics has gained much attention as an alternative for conventional metal-based electronics, mainly due to the ability to print electronic circuits on plastics and by much cheaper means as compared with conventional microelectronics. Here we report on a single stage formation of a highly corrosion resistance coating with hydrophobic properties on printed-Cu nanoparticles. Our method is based on the synergistic effect of benzotriazole (BTA) as corrosion inhibitor and trimethylsiloxysilicate (TMS) as hydrophobic component. Printed-Cu coated with such TMS/BTA layer exhibited excellent corrosion resistance in 3.5\% NaCl solution, reducing the dissolution of Cu into soluble species by one order of magnitude.},
	issn = {0010-938X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.corsci.2018.08.027},
	author = {Geuli, Ori and Mandler, Daniel}
}
