Coatings of indium tin oxide nanoparticles on various flexible polymer substrates: Influence of surface topography and oscillatory bending on electrical properties

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 559-568

  Königer, Tobias ^a   Münstedt, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bending printable electronics; Flexible polymer substrates; Indium tin oxide (ITO); ITO nanoparticles; Oscillatory testing

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ANNEALING; BENDING (DEFORMATION); COATINGS; CRACKS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; INDIUM; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SHEET RESISTANCE; SUBSTRATES; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; SURFACE RESISTANCE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACES; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BENDING PRINTABLE ELECTRONICS; FLEXIBLE POLYMER SUBSTRATES; INDIUM TIN OXIDE (ITO); ITO NANOPARTICLES; OSCILLATORY TESTING;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 54149084743     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/1.2905043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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