“…MSA is a short chain carboxylic acid, and is known as a surface modifier that makes various particles highly dispersible in water. The reported MSA-modified particles include metal particles (e.g., Au [19], Ag [20], Pt [21]), semiconductor particles (e.g., CdS [22], CdSe [23], CdTe [24], TiO 2 [25]) and magnetic particles (e.g., Fe 3 O 4 [26]). Here, for the first time, we produce MSA-modified Si particles to be used as ink particles, and evaluate their structural and electrical properties.…”