Transparent, flexible conducting graphene hybrid films with a subpercolating network of silver nanowires

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (17) ◽  
pp. 2970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Liu ◽  
Quanhong Chang ◽  
Lei Huang
Keyword(s):  
Silver Nanowires ◽  
Hybrid Films

scholarly journals Fabrication of Flexible Agnws/Cellulose Hybrid Film with Heat Preservation and Antibacterial Properties for Agriculture Application

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Chen ◽  
Shuanghong Yang ◽  
Zhiwei Qiu ◽  
Yuqi Li ◽  
Fengxian Qiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Hybrid Film ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Silver Nanowires ◽  
Antibacterial Properties ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Electrical Heating ◽  
General Strategy ◽  
Hybrid Films ◽  
Agricultural Films

Abstract In the view of sustainable development and environment protection, degradable agricultural films with on-demand thermal insulation properties have attracted growing research interest in the last few decades due to the deteriorating environment and extreme climate on the growth and existence of crops. Here, a general strategy has been developed to fabricate degradable silver nanowires modified cellulose (AgNWs/cellulose) hybrid film with controllable thermal insulation and antibacterial properties by using plant cellulose and AgNWs as building blocks, as well as their agriculture application. The results showed that the AgNWs were evenly dispersed in the three-dimensional grid of cellulose, formed a film that could withstand a certain tensile force, and have good thermal stability. Due to the excellent electrical conductivity, the AgNWs/cellulose hybrid films can provide excellent Joule heating, generating rapid thermal response and uniform electrical heating at a low supply voltage of 3 V for extra warmth. In the antibacterial tests against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, the AgNWs/cellulose hybrid film exhibit large diameters of inhibition zones, revealing the high antibacterial activity. Additionally, the AgNWs/cellulose hybrid films showed highly stretchable behavior by delivering a breaking strain of 1.5% with a tensile stress of 0.45 MPa owing to the cross-linked structures of cellulose and AgNWs. Based on the above properties, this study not only provides a potential strategy for the fabrication of flexible and biodegradable agricultural films but also may provide new insights for agricultural thermal management.

scholarly journals Transparent and flexible ECoG electrode arrays based on silver nanowire networks for neural recordings

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana P. Neto ◽  
Adriana Costa ◽  
Joana Vaz Pinto ◽  
André Marques–Smith ◽  
Júlio Costa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Silver Nanowires ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Electrical Potential ◽  
Hybrid Structure ◽  
Silver Nanowire ◽  
Electrode Arrays ◽  
Hybrid Films ◽  
A Charge

AbstractThis work explored hybrid films of silver nanowires (AgNWs) with indium-doped zinc oxide (IZO) for developing high-performance and low-cost electrocorticography (ECoG) electrodes.The hybrid films achieved a sheet resistance of 6 Ω/sq while maintaining a transparency of ≈60% at 550 nm. Electrodes with 500 μm diameter were fabricated with these films and reached an impedance of 20 kΩ at 1 kHz and a charge storage capacity of 3.2 mC/cm2, a 2× and 320× improvement over IZO electrodes, respectively. Characterization of light-induced artifacts was performed showing that small light intensities (<14 mW/mm2) elicit electrical potential variation in the magnitude order of baseline noise. The validation of electrodes in vivo was achieved by recording electrical neural activity from the surface of rat cortex under anaesthesia. Moreover, the presence of the films did not cause obstruction of light during fluorescence microscopy.The presented film and electrode characterization studies highlighted the capabilities of this hybrid structure to fabricate transparent and flexible electrodes that are able to combine the superior temporal resolution of extracellular electrophysiology with the spatial resolution offered by optical imaging.

scholarly journals Flexible Metal/Polymer Composite Films Embedded with Silver Nanowires as a Stretchable and Conductive Strain Sensor for Human Motion Monitoring

Micromachines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinjin Luan ◽  
Qing Wang ◽  
Xu Zheng ◽  
Yao Li ◽  
Ning Wang
Keyword(s):  
Polymer Composite ◽  
Silver Nanowires ◽  
Composite Films ◽  
Strain Sensor ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Human Motion ◽  
Applied Strain ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
Flexible Metal ◽  
Metal Polymer

To avoid conductive failure due to the cracks of the metal thin film under external loads for the wearable strain sensor, a stretchable metal/polymer composite film embedded with silver nanowires (AgNWs) was examined as a potential candidate. The combination of Ag film and AgNWs enabled the fabrication of a conductive film that was applied as a high sensitivity strain sensor, with gauge factors of 7.1 under the applied strain of 0–10% and 21.1 under the applied strain of 10–30%. Furthermore, the strain sensor was demonstrated to be highly reversible and remained stable after 1000 bending cycles. These results indicated that the AgNWs could act as elastic conductive bridges across cracks in the metal film to maintain high conductivity under tensile and bending loads. As such, the strain sensor engineered herein was successfully applied in the real-time detection and monitoring of large motions of joints and subtle motions of the mouth.

Morphology Tuning of ZnO/P3HT/P3HT-b-PEO Hybrid Films Deposited via Spray or Spin Coating

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 10998-11005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Wang ◽  
Nuri Hohn ◽  
Lucas P. Kreuzer ◽  
Tobias Widmann ◽  
Martin Haese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spin Coating ◽  
Hybrid Films

Ordered porous structure hybrid films generated by breath figures for directional water penetration

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (107) ◽  
pp. 88471-88476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianqi Guo ◽  
Keyu Han ◽  
Liping Heng ◽  
Moyuan Cao ◽  
Lei Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Porous Structure ◽  
Hybrid Film ◽  
Hybrid Films ◽  
Substrate Roughness ◽  
Water Penetration ◽  
Breath Figures ◽  
Ordered Porous

A highly ordered open-pore hybrid film was fabricated by controlling the substrate roughness and wettability. The composite with different wettability on the two side resulted in an attractive unidirectional water-penetration function (see figure).

scholarly journals Heat Scanning for the Fabrication of Conductive Fibers

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1405
Author(s):  
Jina Jang ◽  
Haoyu Zhou ◽  
Jungbae Lee ◽  
Hakgae Kim ◽  
Jung Bin In
Keyword(s):  
Silver Nanowires ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Dip Coating ◽  
Coating Materials ◽  
Scanning Time ◽  
Silver Ink ◽  
Nylon Fiber ◽  
Coating Method ◽  
Conductive Fibers ◽  
Tubular Heater

Conductive fibers are essential building blocks for implementing various functionalities in a textile platform that is highly conformable to mechanical deformation. In this study, two major techniques were developed to fabricate silver-deposited conductive fibers. First, a droplet-coating method was adopted to coat a nylon fiber with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and silver nanowires (AgNWs). While conventional dip coating uses a large ink pool and thus wastes coating materials, droplet-coating uses minimal quantities of silver ink by translating a small ink droplet along the nylon fiber. Secondly, the silver-deposited fiber was annealed by similarly translating a tubular heater along the fiber to induce sintering of the AgNPs and AgNWs. This heat-scanning motion avoids excessive heating and subsequent thermal damage to the nylon fiber. The effects of heat-scanning time and heater power on the fiber conductance were systematically investigated. A conductive fiber with a resistance as low as ~2.8 Ω/cm (0.25 Ω/sq) can be produced. Finally, it was demonstrated that the conductive fibers can be applied in force sensors and flexible interconnectors.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document