Basf Se Corporation

Danny Seyfried

Herve Dietsch

Thomas Sturm

Rui Zhang

Fangfang Chu

Frank Bartels

Described is a method of preparing a product comprising an amount of surface modified silver nanowires, the method comprising the following steps: preparing or providing a first surface agent compound having one or more functional groups selected from the group consisting of thiol and amine, for attaching the first surface agent compound to the surface of a silver nanowire, preparing or providing an amount of silver nanowires, attaching said first surface agent compound prepared or provided in step (a) to the surface of said silver nanowires prepared or provided in step (b), so that surface modified silver nanowires result, and optionally (d) adding one or more further constituents and/or conducting one or more further steps so that said product results. Also described are a corresponding product, corresponding uses and a method of coating the surface of an article.

Method of preparing a product comprising surface modified silver nanowires, and use of the product

Described is a composition suitable for the preparation of an electroconductive transparent layer, said composition comprising a mixture of water and one or more alcohols, electroconductive nanoobjects and one or more dissolved styrene/(meth)acrylic copolymers.

Composition comprising silver nanowires in an alcohol/water mixture and dispersed styrene/(meth)acrylic copolymers for the preparation of electroconductive transparent layers

Described is a composition suitable for the preparation of an electroconductive transparent layer, said composition comprising silver nanowires and fibers of crystalline cellulose.

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Ludwigshafen, Germany

Danny Seyfried