Sintering of ultrathin gold nanowires for transparent electronics

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 7838-7842

  Maurer, Johannes H M ^a   González García, Lola ^a   Reiser, Beate ^a   Kanelidis, Ioannis ^a   Kraus, Tobias ^a  

^a INM LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEW MATERIALS   (Germany)

Author keywords

AuNW layers; capping ligands; GISAXS; metal nanostructures; soft sintering; transparent electronics; ultrathin gold nanowires

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; GOLD; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOWIRES; PLASMA STABILITY;

AUNW LAYERS; CAPPING LIGANDS; GI-SAXS; GOLD NANOWIRE; METAL NANOSTRUCTURE; TRANSPARENT ELECTRONICS;

SINTERING;

EID: 84928558406     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02088     Document Type: Article

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