High-performance transparent conductors from networks of gold nanowires

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3058-3062

  Lyons, Philip E ^a   De, Sukanta ^a   Elias, Jamil ^b   Schamel, Matthias ^a   Philippe, Laetitia ^b   Bellew, Allen T ^a   Boland, John J ^a   Coleman, Jonathan N ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles and Nanostructures

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE NETWORK; DIRECT CURRENT CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; FIGURE OF MERITS; GOLD NANOWIRE; HOLE INJECTION; JUNCTION RESISTANCES; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; SILVER NANOWIRES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GOLD; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOLVENTS;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84859804376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz201401e     Document Type: Article

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