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Described herein are methods of controlling metal nanowire morphologies by adjusting the reaction conditions of a polyol synthesis. In particular, by purging the reaction with an inert gas, batch-to-batch consistency can be achieved.
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Disclosed herein is an electronic device including: a substrate having at least one surface relief feature, for example a groove (388); and a transparent conductive layer (387) overlying the substrate, the transparent conductive layer including a plurality of electrically conductive nanowires wherein one or more nanowires are at least partially contoured to the at least one surface relief feature of the substrate.
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NANOWIRES-BASED TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS A transparent conductor including a conductive layer coated on a substrate is described. More specifically, the conductive layer comprises a network of nanowires which may be embedded in a matrix. The conductive layer is optically transparent and flexible. It can be coated or laminated onto a variety of substrates, including flexible and rigid substrates
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Fluorescent particles including quantum dots and fluorescent beads bound to multifunctional scaffolds can be used as taggants. The taggants can be further bound to a substrate of interest through binding sites on the multifunctional scaffolds.
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Transparent conductors and methods of forming same are provided. A transparent conductor can include a nanostructure layer (120) and a low sheet resistance grid (115) disposed on a transfer film surface (110) having an acceptable level surface roughness. The presence of the low sheet resistance grid lowers the sheet resistance of the transparent conductor to an acceptable level. After release of the transparent conductor from the film, the surface roughness of th transparent conductor will be at least comparable to the surface roughness of the transfer film.
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Methods of enhancing contrast ratio of conductive nanostructure-based transparent conductors are described. Contrast ratio is significantly improved by reduction of light scattering and reflectivity of the nanostructures through steps of plating the conductive nanostructures followed by etching or oxidizing the underlying conductive nanostructures.
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Optical films formed by deposition of highly oriented nanowires and methods of aligning suspended nanowires in a desired direction by flow-induced shear force are described.
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Alloys of tunable compositions and corresponding optical, electrical and mechanical properties are described. Also described are their uses in optoelectronic devices and material interfaces.
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A method of forming an integrated circuit layer material is described, comprising depositing a layer of templates on a substrate, said template including a first binding site having an affinity for the substrate, a second binding site having an affinity for a target integrated circuit material and a protecting material coupled to the second binding site via a labile linkage to prevent the binding site from binding to the target integrated circuit material; exposing the template to an external stimulus to degrade the labile linkage; removing the protecting material; and binding the integrated circuit material to the second binding site.
Abstract:
A transparent conductor including a conductive layer coated on a substrate is described. More specifically, the conductive layer comprises a network of nanowires which may be embedded in a matrix. The conductive layer is optically transparent and flexible. It can be coated or laminated onto a variety of substrates, including flexible and rigid substrates.