Optimisation of carbon nanotube ink for large-area transparent conducting films fabricated by controllable rod-coating method

Carbon

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 103-110

  Meng, Yan ^a   Xu, Xiao Bing ^a   Li, Hu ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Ding, Er Xiong ^a   Zhang, Ze Chen ^a   Geng, Hong Zhang ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; COATINGS; FABRICATION; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; NANOTUBES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOUCH SCREENS;

COATING METHODS; DE-WETTING; OPTIMISATIONS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING FILMS; UNIFORM FILMS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84895064543     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.12.078     Document Type: Article

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