Applied Nanotech (ANI) is introducing Exclucent: flexible and transparent substrates on PET (polyethylene-terephthalate) that utilize copper-based metallic mesh. Exclucent substrates, which are offered as a replacement for ITO, are currently in volume production and are available to sell (ANI also offers specific application together with customers).
Exclucent offers a sheet resistance lower than 0.1 Ohm/sq., which is tenfold lower than the best ITO coated substrates, according to ANI, and transparency better than 80% including the transparency of the substrate itself. ANI is currently developing methods to apply its copper ink product Cu-i70 to a variety of transparent substrates as a potential ITO coating replacement.
Posted: Dec 01,2010 by Ron Mertens
