Studies on the mechanical stretchability of transparent conductive film based on graphene-metal nanowire structures

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lee, Mi Sun ^a   Kim, Joohee ^a   Park, Jihun ^a   Park, Jang Ung ^a  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flexible electronics; Graphene; Nanowire; Stretchable electronics; Transparent electrodes

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRAIN; THERMOOXIDATION; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES; TRANSPARENT OPTICAL NETWORKS;

ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN; HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRETCHABLE ELECTRONICS; STRONG ROBUSTNESS; THERMAL OXIDATION; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILMS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84922804192     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-0748-z     Document Type: Article

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