Improvements in purification of silver nanowires by decantation and fabrication of flexible transparent electrodes. Application to capacitive touch sensors

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2013, Pages

  Mayousse, Céline ^a   Celle, Caroline ^a   Moreau, Eléonore ^a   Mainguet, Jean François ^a   Carella, Alexandre ^a   Simonato, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSORS; FABRICATION PROCESS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRODES; METALLIC NANOWIRES; PURIFICATION PROCESS; SILVER NANOWIRES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

CONTACT SENSORS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PURIFICATION;

ELECTRODES;

NANOWIRE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOUCH; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOWIRES; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SILVER; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOUCH; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84876870300     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/21/215501     Document Type: Article

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