Transparent conductors comprising metal nanowires

US8618531B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cambrios Technologies Corporation · US

Inventors

• Jonathan S. Alden · Mountain View, US
• Haixia Dai · San Jose, US
• Michael R. Knapp · Emerald Hills, US
• Shuo Na · San Jose, US
• Hash Pakbaz · Bloomingdale, US
• Florian Pschenitzka · San Francisco, US
• Xina Quan · Saratoga, US
• Michael A. Spaid · Mountain View, US
• Adrian Winoto · San Francisco, US
• Jeffrey Wolk · Rue de l'Église, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 31, 2013
• Expiry date: Dec 15, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S977/762
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

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.