C3nano Inc.

Ekc Technology Inc.

Hua Gu

Ajay Virkar

Xiqiang Yang

Ying-Syi Li

Steven Michael Lam

Xiaofeng Chen

Christopher Steven Scully

Alex Da Zhang Tan

Yu Kambe

Arthur Yung-Chi Cheng

Melanie Mariko Inouye

Melanie Maniko Inouye

Yongxing Hu

Yadong Cao

Faraz Azadi Manzour

Authur Yung-Chi Cheng

Nanoscale colorants are introduced to adjust the hue of transparent conductive films, such as to provide a whiter film. The transparent conductive films can have sparse metal conductive layers, which can be formed using silver nanowires. Color of the film can be evaluated using standard color parameters. In particular, values of color parameter b* can be reduced with the nanoscale colorants without unacceptably changing other parameters, such as haze, a* and transparency.

Transparent films with control of light hue using nanoscale colorants

Methods for processing deposited metal nanowire inks with metal ions are used to form fused metal nanostructured networks. The metal nanowire inks include a hydrophilic polymer binder, such as a cellulose based binder. The metal nanowire inks can be deposited onto a substrate surface and dried to drive the fusing process. Transparent conductive films can be formed with desirable properties.

Method for processing metal nanowire ink with metal ions

Fusing nanowire inks are described that can also comprise a hydrophilic polymer binder, such as a cellulose based binder. The fusing nanowire inks can be deposited onto a substrate surface and dried to drive the fusing process. Transparent conductive films can be formed with desirable properties.

Metal nanowire ink for the formation of transparent conductive films with fused networks

Metal nanowire ink and method for forming conductive film

Transparent conductive films with fused networks

Optically transparent films can comprise a coating of nanodiamonds to introduce desirable properties, such as hardness, good thermal conductivity and an increased dielectric constant. In general, transparent conductive films can be formed with desirable property enhancing nanoparticles included in a transparent conductive layer and/or in a coating layer. Property enhancing nanoparticles can be formed from materials having a large hardness parameter, a large thermal conductivity and/or a large dielectric constant. Suitable polymers are incorporated as a binder in the layers with the property enhancing nanoparticles. The coatings with property enhancing nanoparticles can be solution coated and corresponding solutions are described.

Property enhancing fillers for transparent coatings and transparent conductive films

Metal nanowire inks for the formation of transparent conductive films with fused networks

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