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Biaxially Stretchable Transparent Conductors That Use Metallic Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2013

Xinning Ho
Affiliation:
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, 71 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 638075
Ju Nie Tey
Affiliation:
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, 71 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 638075
Wenjun Liu
Affiliation:
School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
Chek Kweng Cheng
Affiliation:
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, 71 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 638075
Jun Wei
Affiliation:
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, 71 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 638075
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Abstract

Transparent electronic devices that retain their electrical properties upon stretching and twisting are envisioned to be used in transparent wearable electronics and stretchable displays. An integral part of stretchable transparent electronic devices is the stretchable transparent conductor. In this work, we demonstrate biaxially stretchable transparent conductors that use metallic single-walled carbon nanotube films. Two dimensionally buckled metallic single-walled carbon nanotube films are realized. The “wavy” film “flattens out” when stretched and its electrical resistance hardly changes up to 3% applied strain. A similar film without any buckled structures suffers a severe degradation in electrical conductivity. Besides exhibiting stretchability, these transparent conductors display good sheet resistance (down to 3 kΩ/□) and transmittance (∼ 80% at a wavelength of 550 nm).

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