Synergistically enhanced stability of highly flexible silver nanowire/carbon nanotube hybrid transparent electrodes by plasmonic welding

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 10974-10980

  Lee, Jongsoo ^a   Woo, Ju Yeon ^a   Kim, Ju Tae ^a   Lee, Byung Yang ^a   Han, Chang Soo ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; flexible electronics; plasmonic welding; silver nanowires; transparent electrodes

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; PLASMONS; SHEET RESISTANCE; SUBSTRATES; WELDING;

ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS; ENHANCED STABILITY; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; HYBRID STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; SILVER NANOWIRES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

WELDING ELECTRODES;

EID: 84904961499     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am502639n     Document Type: Article

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