Silver nanometal mesh-containing electrode, touch panel having silver nanometal mesh-containing electrode, and / or method of manufacturing the same

摘要

Certain exemplary embodiments relate to silver nanometal mesh-containing electrodes and / or methods of making the same. The techniques described herein may be used, for example, with a projected capacitive touch panel, a display device, and / or the like. Intentional dewetting of physical vapor deposited (PVD) silver (eg, sputter deposited silver) is used to form a mesh. The properties of the mesh include heat treatment, changes to the substrate composition (e.g., use of materials with different surface energies, or adjustment of surface energy), non-Ag, which serve as nodes of the membrane during the dewetting process and adhere to itself. It can be controlled by the creation of PVD or otherwise formed islands, and / or by similar methods.