Patent 9050775 was granted and assigned to Nano and Advanced Materials Institute on June, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to methods of fabricating transparent conductive films based on nanomaterials, in particular, silver nanowires. The present invention incorporates a single step of annealing and patterning the conductive films by using a high energy flash lamp without post treatment to improve the conductivity and create substantially invisible patterns on the films for use in touch panel or display manufacturing industry.