Metallic nanofiber ink, substantially transparent conductor, and fabrication method

An exemplary printable composition comprises a liquid or gel suspension of a plurality of metallic nanofibers; a first solvent; and a viscosity modifier, resin, or binder. In various embodiments, the metallic nanofibers are between about 10 microns to about 100 microns in length, are between about 1...

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Main Authors LEWANDOWSKI MARK ALLAN, LOWENTHAL MARK D, CHESLER DAVID MICHAEL, BALDRIDGE JEFFREY, ZHENG LIXIN
Format Patent
LanguageChinese
English
Published 04.12.2013
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CABLES
CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS
CONDUCTORS
ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRICITY
INSULATORS
MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
PRINTED CIRCUITS
SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING ORDIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
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Summary:An exemplary printable composition comprises a liquid or gel suspension of a plurality of metallic nanofibers; a first solvent; and a viscosity modifier, resin, or binder. In various embodiments, the metallic nanofibers are between about 10 microns to about 100 microns in length, are between about 10 nm to about 120 nm in diameter, and are typically functionalized with a coating or partial coating of polyvinyl pyrrolidone or a similar compound. An exemplary metallic nanofiber ink which can be printed to produce a substantially transparent conductor comprises a plurality of metallic nanofibers; one or more solvents such as 1-butanol, ethanol, 1-pentanol, n-methylpyrrolidone, cyclohexanone, cyclopentanone, 1-hexanol, acetic acid, cyclohexanol, or mixtures thereof; and a viscosity modifier, resin, or binder such as polyvinyl pyrrolidone or a polyimide, for example.
Bibliography:Application Number: CN201280009924