Hierarchical graphene/metal grid structures for stable, flexible transparent conductors

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 5440-5446

  Gao, Tongchuan ^a   Li, Zhiting ^b   Huang, Po Shun ^a   Shenoy, Ganesh J ^b   Parobek, David ^b   Tan, Susheng ^a   Lee, Jung Kun ^a   Liu, Haitao ^b   Leu, Paul W ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

flexible devices; graphene; hierarchical structure; silver; transparent conductors

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SHEET RESISTANCE; SILVER;

CURRENT CONDUCTIVITY; DIFFUSIVE TRANSMISSION; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; FLEXIBLE DEVICE; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84930661565     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b01243     Document Type: Article

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