OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT, ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITE MEDIUM

被引:69
作者
JIN, S [1 ]
TIEFEL, TH [1 ]
WOLFE, R [1 ]
SHERWOOD, RC [1 ]
MOTTINE, JJ [1 ]
机构
[1] AT&T TECHNOL,OMAHA,NE 68137
关键词
Anisotropically Conductive Materials - Electrically Conducting Composite Materials - Embedded Conductive Ferromagnetic Particles - High Optical Transmittance Materials - Optically Transparent Composite Materials - Transparent Silicone Elastomer Sheets;
D O I
10.1126/science.255.5043.446
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The development of an optically transparent yet electrically conductive material made with a composite structure having preferentially arranged conductive paths is described. The medium contains many vertically aligned but laterally isolated chains of ferromagnetic spheres dispersed in a sheet of transparent polymer. The sheet material transmits more than 90 percent of the incident light and is highly conductive only in the thickness direction. When suitably modified, the material exhibits on-off electrical switchability at a certain threshold pressure. These characteristics confer potential usefulness for visual communication devices such as write pads or touch-sensitive screens.
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页码:446 / 448
页数:3
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