Flexible transparent conductive materials based on silver nanowire networks: A review

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 45, 2013, Pages

  Langley, Daniel ^a,b   Giusti, Gaël ^a   Mayousse, Céline ^c   Celle, Caroline ^c   Bellet, Daniel ^a   Simonato, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES MATÉRIAUX ET DU GÉNIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Physique des Solides   (Belgium)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIUM TIN OXIDE; NEW APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SILVER NANOWIRES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; NANOWIRES;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84885708183     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/45/452001     Document Type: Article

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