Patterning Metal Nanowire-Based Transparent Electrodes by Seed Particle Printing.

ABSTRACT: This article describes a unique combination of inkjet printing of functional materials with an intricate self-assembly process. Gold-silver nanowire (NW) mesh films were produced by a sequential deposition process, in which small metal seed nanoparticle film was deposited at desired areas by inkjet printing, followed by coating with a thin film of NW growth solution. Two different types of NW growth solutions were used: the first, based on benzylhexadecyldimethylammonium chloride, exhibited a bulk solution growth mode and was thus suitable for coverage of large uniform areas. The second type was based on hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide, which induced NW growth confined to the substrate-solution interface and thus enabled patterning of small transparent electrode features, which have the

SUBMITTER: Layani-Tzadka ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6645137 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature