Kathleen J O'Connell

US Patent:

20140131078, May 15, 2014

Filed:

Nov 7, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/074390

Inventors:

- Marlborough MA, US
Jerome Claracq - Oostakker, BE
Garo Khanarian - Princeton NJ, US
Kathleen M. O'Connell - Cumberland RI, US
Lijia Bu - Southborough ME, US
Peter Trefonas - Medway MA, US

International Classification:

H01B 13/00
H05K 1/09
H01B 1/02

US Classification:

174257, 427125

Abstract:

Method of manufacturing patterned transparent conductor is provided, comprising: providing a silver ink core component containing silver nanoparticles dispersed in a silver carrier; providing a shell component containing a film forming polymer dispersed in a shell. carrier; providing a substrate; coelectrospinning the silver ink core component and the shell component to form a core shell fiber, wherein the silver nanoparticles are in the core; depositing the core shell fiber on the substrate; selectively treating a portion of the deposited core shell fiber to provide a patterned transparent conductor, wherein the patterned transparent conductor has a treated region and a non-treated region; wherein the treated region comprises a plurality of electrically interconnected silver miniwires and wherein the treated region is an electrically conductive region; and, wherein the non-treated region is an electrically insulative region.