Advanced Materials, Vol.24, No.33, 4578-4582, 2012
Polyelectrolyte Multilayers Impart Healability to Highly Electrically Conductive Films
Healable, electrically conductive films are fabricated by depositing Ag nanowires on water-enabled healable polyelectrolyte multilayers. The easily achieved healability of the polyelectrolyte multilayers is successfully imparted to the Ag nanowire layer. These films conveniently restore electrical conductivity lost as a result of damage by cuts several tens of micrometers wide when water is dropped on the cuts.