Nonvacuum, maskless fabrication of a flexible metal grid transparent conductor by low-temperature selective laser sintering of nanoparticle ink

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 5024-5031

  Hong, Sukjoon ^a   Yeo, Junyeob ^a   Kim, Gunho ^a   Kim, Dongkyu ^a   Lee, Habeom ^a   Kwon, Jinhyeong ^a   Lee, Hyungman ^a,b   Lee, Phillip ^a   Ko, Seung Hwan ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Electronic Technology Institute (KETI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

flexible substrate; metal nanoparticle; selective laser sintering; touch screen panel; transparent conductor

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; HIGH TRANSMITTANCE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT; MASKLESS FABRICATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; TOUCH SCREEN PANEL; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS;

METAL NANOPARTICLES; STRESSES; SUBSTRATES; VIBRATING SCREENS;

LASER HEATING;

EID: 84879622798     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn400432z     Document Type: Article

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