Placing a highly viscous liquid drop on a solid surface

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The discussion focuses on methods for placing a highly viscous liquid droplet, specifically one 2.5 million times more viscous than water, on a solid surface with a volume of less than 10µL and a radius of less than 1.34mm. Participants suggest using a pipette for precise application, similar to caulking techniques. Alternative methods include screen printing processes with a squeegee or utilizing solder paste dispensers, which are commonly used in surface-mount device (SMD) circuits for dispensing small droplets.

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Hi I'd like to ask how you would put a droplet at high viscosity (say 2.5 million times more viscous than water) on a solid surface? The droplet would have to be small (volume less than 10uL, r<1.34mm)..
Thanks!
 
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Pipette.
 
According to this you are talking about something like caulking...

http://www.cstsales.com/viscosity.html

Quite hard to control the volume or mass I suspect. perhaps look at some sort of screen printing process? Squeegee the material through a perforated membrane?

Perhaps look at how they fix silicon chips/die? Think they use small balls of solder paste?
 
sounds like the soldering paste used in SMD circuits, dispensed in Little doplets.
What about a siringe (or a soldering paste dispenser)?
 

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