Ultrasmooth, extremely deformable and shape recoverable Ag nanowire embedded transparent electrode

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Nam, Sanggil ^a,b   Song, Myungkwan ^a   Kim, Dong Ho ^a   Cho, Byungjin ^a   Lee, Hye Moon ^a   Kwon, Jung Dae ^a   Park, Sung Gyu ^a   Nam, Kee Seok ^a   Jeong, Yongsoo ^a   Kwon, Se Hun ^c   Park, Yun Chang ^d   Jin, Sung Ho ^c   Kang, Jae Wook ^e   Jo, Sungjin ^b   Kim, Chang Su ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Material Science   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d National Nano Fab Center (NNFC)   (South Korea)

^e Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84899647528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04788     Document Type: Article

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