Silver nanowire-based transparent, flexible, and conductive thin film

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Cai Hong ^b   Yu, Xun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COATINGS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; NANOWIRES; SILVER; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES; DROPS; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; THIN FILMS;

CONDUCTIVE THIN FILMS; HYDROGEN CHLORIDE; OXIDIZED SURFACES; RESISTANCE CHANGE; SHEET RESISTIVITY; SILVER NANOWIRES; THIN-FILM ELECTRODE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE THIN FILMS; BENDING CYCLES; COATING PROCESS;

THIN FILMS; SILVER;

EID: 84255191163     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-75     Document Type: Article

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