Coating, patterning, and transferring processes of silver nanowire for flexible display and sensing applications

Silver nanowire (AgNW) has drawn tremendous attention and is regarded as one of the candidate materials for future flexible displays and sensors. Compatible coating, patterning, and transferring processes are essential for device fabrications. We proposed facile solution processes for AgNWs patterning based on wettability, aligning with microchannel, and transferring onto arbitrary substrates to study how it can be used for actual applications. Also, piezoelectric- type and projected capacitive-type of touch sensors were demonstrated, respectively.