Conductive Mesh Could Lead to Transparent Electronics

Oct-28-19 A stretchable conductive mesh made up of silver nanowires could open the door to transparent electronics.

The flexible, transparent material was created by a team from KAUST, and was originally conceived as a way to protect infants in incubators from electromagnetic radiation. The material was made possible through a new method of making silver nanowires that results in larger quantities of longer wires that offer a high conductivity with a relatively sparse covering—resulting in greater transparency. The wires’ conductivity and material’s transparency was also improved with specific welds, and the material proved able to withstand 1000 stretch-release and bending cycles with no reduction in electrical performance.

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