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Roll-to-roll production of transparent conductive films using metallic grids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2011

Jasmin Woerle  and
Henning Rost
Jasmin Woerle
Affiliation:
PolyIC, Germany; jasmine.woerle@polyic.com
Henning Rost
Affiliation:
PolyIC, Germany; henning.rost@polyic.com
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Abstract

A number of applications such as displays, touch sensors, and ultrathin heating elements contain flexible and optically transparent plastic films covered with highly electrically conductive coatings. In most cases, indium tin oxide (ITO) is used as the conductive material for these coatings due to its additional property of being transparent to visible light. Once deposited onto the foil, ITO has to be patterned before use, which is generally a tricky, time-consuming, and costly process. A newly developed economical roll-to-roll printing process utilizing metallic grids now offers a direct print alternative with better functional characteristics.

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metallic conductorfilmelectrical propertiesoptical

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MRS Bulletin , Volume 36 , Issue 10: Solution-processed transparent electrodes , October 2011 , pp. 789 - 793
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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