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US 7,438,835 · App. 10/498,504 · Granted Oct 21, 2008

Transparent conductive film, coating liquid for forming such film, transparent conductive layered structure, and display device

Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,438,835
App. No.
10/498,504
Granted
Oct 21, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

This transparent conductive film comprises a single-layer film obtained by coating on a substrate a transparent conductive film-forming coating liquid which contains chainlike agglomerates of noble metal-coated silver microparticles and a binder, the chainlike agglomerates having an average primary chain length set within the range of 100 to 500 nm, an average thickness set within the range of 1 to 30 nm and an average primary chain length-average thickness ratio set within the range of 3 to 100, and the binder being set within the range of 40 to 200 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the noble metal-coated silver microparticles, wherein the single-layer film has a surface resistance of 50 to 2000 Ω/□ and a visible ray transmittance of 40 to 95% as determined alone and independently of the substrate.

Claims (12)

1. A transparent conductive film for formation on a substrate comprising:

a single-layer film obtained by coating on a substrate a transparent conductive film-forming coating liquid which contains chainlike agglomerates of noble metal-coated silver microparticles and a binder, wherein the noble metal used in said noble metal-coated silver microparticles is at least one or more selected from gold, platinum, palladium, rhodium and ruthenium, said chainlike agglomerates having an average primary chain length set within the range of 250 to 500 nm, an average thickness set within the range of 1 to 30 nm and an average primary chain length-average thickness ratio set within the range of 3 to 100, and said binder being set within the range of 40 to 200 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of said noble metal-coated silver microparticles, wherein said single-layer film has a surface resistance of 50 to 2000 Ω/□ and a visible ray transmittance of 40 to 95% as determined alone and independently of said substrate.

2. A transparent conductive film according to claim 1 , wherein said binder is an organic and/or inorganic binder, or an organic-inorganic composite binder.

3. A transparent conductive film-forming coating liquid comprising: a solvent;

chainlike agglomerates of noble metal-coated silver microparticles wherein the noble metal used in said noble metal-coated silver microparticles is at least one or more selected from gold, platinum, palladium, rhodium and ruthenium; and a binder, the latter two of which have been dispersed in said solvent, said chainlike agglomerates having an average primary chain length set within the range of 250 to 500 nm, an average thickness set within the range of 1 to 30 nm and an average primary chain length-average thickness ratio set within the range of 3 to 100, wherein said binder is set within the range of 40 to 200 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of said noble metal-coated silver microparticles.

4. A transparent conductive film-forming coating liquid according to claim 3 ,

wherein said binder is an organic and/or inorganic binder, or an organic-inorganic composite binder.

5. A transparent conductive film-forming coating liquid according to claim 4 , wherein said organic binder is at least one or more selected from a thermoplastic resin, a thermosetting resin, a room-temperature-curing resin, an ultraviolet-curing resin and an electron-curing resin.

6. A transparent conductive film-forming coating liquid according to claim 4 , wherein said inorganic binder is composed chiefly of silica sol.

7. A transparent conductive layered structure comprising: a transparent substrate; and a transparent conductive film according to one of claims 1 and 2 which has been formed on said transparent substrate.

8. A display device comprising a body member provided with a transparent conductive film,

wherein a transparent conductive layered structure according to claim 7 has been incorporated as said body member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2004
From: YUKINOBU, MASAYA
To: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2002-083032 · Mar 25, 2002 · national
JP 2003-068706 · Mar 13, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
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