Patent ID: 8614142

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a laminated structure including a wettability variable layer that contains a wettability variable material whose surface energy changes when energy is applied thereto and includes at least a high surface energy area having high surface energy and a low surface energy area having low surface energy, and a conductive layer disposed on the high surface energy area, the method comprising: a first step of forming the wettability variable layer containing the wettability variable material; a second step of applying the energy to parts of the wettability variable layer and thereby forming the high surface energy area including a first region and a second region adjacent to each other and separated by the low surface energy area therebetween and having higher surface energy than the low surface energy area; a third step of supplying a droplet of a functional fluid containing a conductive material selectively to at least the first region; and a fourth step of drying the supplied functional fluid and thereby forming, on the high surface energy area, the conductive layer including the conductive material, wherein in the third step, the droplet of the functional fluid is supplied by inkjet printing, and a center position of the supplied droplet is determined in such a manner as to satisfy both Equation (1) and Equation (2), where X <±( L+ 2 S−D− 2α)/2 (here, L+ 2 S>D+ 2α) is Equation (1); and X <±( L+D− 2α)/2 (here, L+ 2 D>D+ 2α) is Equation (2); wherein X is a distance between a center position of the first region and the center position of the droplet, D is a diameter of the droplet when travelling, α is variation in a landing position of the droplet, L is width of the first region, and S is a gap between the first and the second regions.