title: Photopatternable transparent conducting oxide nanoparticles for transparent electrodes.
abstract: We report a method to fabricate tailored transparent electrodes using photopatternable transparent conducting oxide nanoparticles (TCO NPs). We demonstrate solution-processed micropatterns by a conventional photolithography technique. We have synthesized indium tin oxide (ITO) NPs and functionalized them with a photolabile group, such as t-butoxycarbonyl (t-BOC), which can be deprotected by a chemical amplification reaction in the solid state film. The chemical amplification reaction leads to a shortening of the ligand that changes the solubility of the resulting ITO films. This ligand shortening process also contributes to a reduction of the sheet resistance in the resulting photopatterned ITO films. Furthermore, we have demonstrated the general viability and strength of this approach by also photopatterning zinc oxide (ZnO) NPs.
authors: Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, and Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
authors: Won Jin
authors: WJ
authors: Kim
authors: Sung Jin
authors: SJ
authors: Kim
authors: Alexander N
authors: AN
authors: Cartwright
authors: Paras N
authors: PN
authors: Prasad
mesh_terms: D004566:Electrodes; D008027:Light; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D017971:Tin Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D017971:Tin Compounds; C109984:indium tin oxide; D015034:Zinc Oxide