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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2018
Ekc Technology, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Ajay Virkar, San Mateo, CA (US);
Xiqiang Yang, Hayward, CA (US);
Ying-Syi Li, Fremont, CA (US);
Dennis Mckean, Milpitas, CA (US);
Melburne C. Lemieux, San Jose, CA (US);
EKC Technology, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Abstract
Reduction/oxidation reagents have been found to be effective to chemically cure a sparse metal nanowire film into a fused metal nanostructured network through evidently a ripening type process. The resulting fused network can provide desirable low sheet resistances while maintaining good optical transparency. The transparent conductive films can be effectively applied as a single conductive ink or through sequential forming of a metal nanowire film with the subsequent addition of a fusing agent. The fused metal nanowire films can be effectively patterned, and the patterned films can be useful in devices, such as touch sensors.