Vacuum-free, maskless patterning of Ni electrodes by laser reductive sintering of Nio nanoparticle ink and its application to transparent conductors

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 9807-9814

  Lee, Daeho ^b   Paeng, Dongwoo ^a   Park, Hee K ^c   Grigoropoulos, Costas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

^c Laser Prismatics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

flexible substrate; Ni electrode; NiO nanoparticle ink; selective laser reductive sintering; solution processable route; touch screen panel

Indexed keywords

BENDING (FORMING); CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTRODES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL OXIDE; REDUCING AGENTS; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SINTERING; SUBSTRATES; TOUCH SCREENS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; VIBRATING SCREENS;

FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; NI ELECTRODES; NIO NANOPARTICLES; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE; TOUCH SCREEN PANEL;

NICKEL;

EID: 84908439378     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn503383z     Document Type: Article

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