Highly Conductive and Stretchable Silver Nanowire Conductors

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 24; no. 37; pp. 5117 - 5122
• Main Authors: Xu, Feng, Zhu, Yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 25.09.2012; WILEY‐VCH Verlag
• Subjects: buckling; Dimethylpolysiloxanes - chemistry; Electric Conductivity; Nanowires - chemistry; Nanowires - ultrastructure; Silver - chemistry; silver nanowire; strain sensor; stretchable conductor; Tensile Strength

A highly conductive and stretchable conductor with silver nanowires (AgNWs) embedded just below the surface of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) is fabricated. Stable conductivity of 5285 S cm−1 is achieved in a large range of tensile strain (0–50%) after a few cycles of stretching/releasing of the subs...