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Thin films of polymer-based multi-layer conductive electrode to be used as a substrate for a plastic liquid crystal display (LCD) have been prepared by a DC magnetron roll-to-roll sputtering method. The conductive layer is composed of three layers, ITO/Ag/ITO or ITO/APC/ITO, where APC is Ag-Pd-Cu alloy, on the polymer substrate (Arton®), which has been treated with hard-coat and gas-barrier layers. The properties of the conductive electrode for the plastic LCD were the following: (1) sheet resistance is 6 Ω/square; (2) transparency is 88% at 550 nm; (3) H2O gas permeation through the plastics is 0.35 g/m2 in 24 h; (4) durability against solvents is good for 5% NaOH solution, IPA, methanol, NMP, acetone, etc.; (5) the irreversible shrinkage and the compaction rate are both less than 3 ppm/h after annealing for 100 h at 150 °C.
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Received: 22 January 2001 / Accepted: 30 January 2001 / Published online: 26 April 2001
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Kim, JY., Sohn, D. & Kim, ER. Polymer-based multi-layer conductive electrode film for plastic LCD applications . Appl Phys A 72, 699–704 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390100853
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390100853