Electrically robust metal nanowire network formation by in-situ interconnection with single-walled carbon nanotubes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Woo, Jong Seok ^a   Han, Joong Tark ^a,b   Jung, Sunshin ^a   Jang, Jeong In ^a   Kim, Ho Young ^a   Jeong, Hee Jin ^a   Jeong, Seung Yol ^a   Baeg, Kang Jun ^a   Lee, Geon Woong ^a  

^a Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84899652808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04804     Document Type: Article

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