Size effects and the problem with percolation in nanostructured transparent conductors

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7064-7072

  De, Sukanta ^a   King, Paul J ^a   Lyons, Philip E ^a   Khan, Umar ^a   Coleman, Jonathan N ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

figure of merit; nanotube; nanowire; percolation; transparent conductor

Indexed keywords

BULK RATIO; BULK VALUE; DC CONDUCTIVITY; FIGURE OF MERIT; HIGH-T; LOW DIAMETERS; MODEL FIT; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS; PERCOLATION; PERCOLATION THEORY; SILVER NANOWIRES; SIZE EFFECTS; THIN PLATELETS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; VISIBLE TRANSMITTANCE; WIRE DIAMETER;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; WIRE;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 78650745650     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1025803     Document Type: Article

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