Copper nanowire coating could lead to shatterproof smartphone screens

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Chances are that the touchscreen on your smartphone or tablet incorporates a coating of indium tin oxide, also known as ITO or tin-doped indium oxide. Although it's electrically conductive and optically transparent, it's also brittle and thus easily-shattered. Scientists at Ohio's University of Akron, however, are developing something that could ultimately replace the material. They've created an electrode coating that's not only as transparent and more conductive than ITO, but is also far tougher. .. Continue Reading Copper nanowire coating could lead to shatterproof smartphone screens

Section: Science

Tags: Coatings, Flexible, Nanowires, Rugged, Touchscreen, tough, University of Akron

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