Conductive film and touch panel including the same
A conductive film may be provided that includes a base member, a first hard coating layer formed on a surface of the base member, and a conductive layer formed on the first hard coating layer. The conductive layer may include conductors composed of a nano-material forming a network structure.
1. A conductive film comprising:
a base member;
a first hard coating layer on a first surface of the base member;
a conductive layer directly on the first hard coating layer,
the conductive layer includes a plurality of nano-wires to form a network structure;
and an over-coating layer on the conductive layer to cover the nano-wires of the conductive layer, wherein some of the plurality of nano-wires are protruding from an inner region of the conductive layer and are inserted into an inner region of the over-coating layer,
wherein the conductive film includes a conductive region and a non-conductive region,
and the non-conductive region includes a residual portion having a void based on removal of only the nano-wires in the conductive layer.
2. The conductive film according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer includes the residual portion surrounding the nano-wires.
3. The conductive film according to claim 2 , wherein nano-wires have a thickness greater than the residual portion and extending or protruding to outside of the residual portion, and
the over-coating layer covers the conductors extending to the outside of the residual portion.
4. The conductive film according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a second hard coating layer on a second surface of the base member.
5. The conductive film according to claim 1 , further comprising a primer layer between the base member and the first hard coating layer.
6. The conductive film according to claim 1 , wherein the first hard coating layer includes an acrylic material.
7. The conductive film according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first hard coating layer is less than a thickness of the base member, and the thickness of the first hard coating layer is greater than a thickness of the conductive layer.
8. The conductive film according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive film is provided such that the conductive region includes the conductive layer and the over-coating layer, and the non-conductive region is provided without the conductive layer and the over-coating layer.
9. A touch panel comprising:
a first conductive film comprising a base member,
a primer layer on a first surface of the base member,
a first hard coating layer on the primer layer,
a first conductive layer directly on the first hard coating layer,
and an over-coating layer on the first conductive layer,
the first conductive layer includes a plurality of nano-wires to form a network structure,
and the over-coating layer to cover the nano-wires of the first conductive layer;
a second conductive layer constituting a second electrode that is different from the first conductive layer;
and a cover substrate for covering the first conductive film and the second conductive layer,
wherein the cover substrate being a separate member from the first conductive film, wherein the first conductive layer includes a conductive region,
and the conductive region of the first conductive layer includes a conductive portion in which the nano-wires are provided and a non-conductive portion in which the nano-wires are not provided,
wherein some of the plurality of nano-wires are protruding from an inner region of the first conductive layer and are inserted into an inner region of the over-coating layer,
wherein the first conductive film includes a conductive region and a non-conductive region,
and the non-conductive region includes a residual portion having a void based on removal of only the nano-wires in the first conductive layer.
10. The touch panel according to claim 9 , wherein the first conductive film is provided such that the conductive region includes the first conductive layer and the over-coating layer, and the non-conductive region is provided without the first conductive layer and the over-coating layer.
11. The touch panel according to claim 10 , further comprising:
at least one transparent adhesion layer positioned at the non-conductive region.
12. The touch panel according to claim 9 , wherein the first conductive layer includes the residual portion surrounding the nano-wires.
13. The touch panel according to claim 12 , wherein nano-wires have a thickness greater than the residual portion and extending or protruding to outside of the residual portion, and
the over-coating layer covers the nano-wires extending to the outside of the residual portion.
14. The touch panel according to claim 9 , further comprising at least one of a second hard coating layer on a second surface of the base member.
15. The touch panel according to claim 9 , wherein the first hard coating layer includes an acrylic material.
16. The touch panel according to claim 9 , wherein a thickness of the first hard coating layer is less than a thickness of the base member, and the thickness of the first hard coating layer is greater than a thickness of the first conductive layer.