Spray Deposition of Ag Nanowire–Graphene Oxide Hybrid Electrodes for Flexible Polymer–Dispersed Liquid Crystal Displays
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ag NW–GO Hybrid Electrode Fabrication
2.2. PDLC Fabrication
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Electrode | Sheet Resistance (Ω/sq) | Transmittance (%) (at 550 nm) | FoM (10−3 Ω−1) |
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Ag NW | 22.8 | 92.0 | 19.1 |
Ag NW–GO | 15.6 | 90.7 | 24.2 |
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Choi, Y.; Kim, C.S.; Jo, S. Spray Deposition of Ag Nanowire–Graphene Oxide Hybrid Electrodes for Flexible Polymer–Dispersed Liquid Crystal Displays. Materials 2018, 11, 2231. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112231
Choi Y, Kim CS, Jo S. Spray Deposition of Ag Nanowire–Graphene Oxide Hybrid Electrodes for Flexible Polymer–Dispersed Liquid Crystal Displays. Materials. 2018; 11(11):2231. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112231
Chicago/Turabian StyleChoi, Yumi, Chang Su Kim, and Sungjin Jo. 2018. "Spray Deposition of Ag Nanowire–Graphene Oxide Hybrid Electrodes for Flexible Polymer–Dispersed Liquid Crystal Displays" Materials 11, no. 11: 2231. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112231