The present disclosure provides an article having a conductor micropattern disposed on a major surface of a substrate. The conductor micropattern includes a plurality of curved traces defining a plurality of cells not lying on a repeating array. The conductor micropattern may have a uniform distribution of trace orientation. The conductor micropattern may be a tri-layer material including in sequence a semi-reflective metal, a transparent layer, and a reflective layer disposed on the transparent layer. The articles are useful in devices such as displays, in particular, touch screen displays useful for mobile hand held devices, tablets and computers. They also find use in antennas and for EMI shields.

In an IPS-mode liquid crystal display device, the area of a terminal portion is decreased. A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate and a counter substrate attached to the TFT substrate with a sealing material, and includes a display region and a terminal portion formed on the TFT substrate. A shielding transparent conductive film is formed on the outer side of the counter substrate. On the terminal portion, an earth pad formed with a transparent conductive film is formed on an organic passivation film. The shielding transparent conductive film is connected to the earth pad through a conductor. Below organic passivation film of the terminal portion, a wire is formed.

Am RF/EMF radiation shielding device with a transparent film layer embedded or covered with radiation-blocking material configured to absorb or deflect RF/EMF/E3 F7 radiation with the ability to utilize the mobile device's touchscreen. Formed on the radiation-blocking material are partitions or gaps where the radiation blocking areas are absent. The partitions divide the radiation-blocking material into a plurality of isolated blocking areas. In one embodiment, the shielding device is a single film layer; in another, two or more film layers are stacked, registered, and separated by an insulated layer.

The present invention relates to the production of a layer structure, comprising the following process steps: i) coating a substrate with a composition at least comprising silver nanowires and a solvent; ii) at least partial removal of the solvent, thereby obtaining a substrate that is coated with an electrically conductive layer, the electrically conductive layer at least comprising the silver nanowires; iii) bringing into contact selected areas of the electrically conductive layer with an etching composition, thereby reducing the conductivity of the electrically conductive layer in these selected areas, wherein the etching composition comprises an organic compound capable of releasing chlorine, bromine or iodine, a compound containing hypochloride, a compound containing hypo-bromide or a mixture of at least two of these compounds.

The invention also relates to a layer structure obtainable by this method, a layer structure, the use of a layer structure, an electronic component and the use of an organic compound.

A display device having a display panel, a conductive shielding film disposed on a surface of the display panel, and a flexible circuit unit connected to another surface of the display panel and configured to provide a driving signal to the display panel, wherein the shielding film has at least one protrusion disposed adjacent the flexible circuit unit.

In an IPS-mode liquid crystal display device, the area of a terminal portion is decreased. A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate and a counter substrate attached to the TFT substrate with a sealing material, and includes a display region and a terminal portion formed on the TFT substrate. A shielding transparent conductive film is formed on the outer side of the counter substrate. On the terminal portion, an earth pad formed with a transparent conductive film is formed on an organic passivation film. The shielding transparent conductive film is connected to the earth pad through a conductor. Below organic passivation film of the terminal portion, a wire is formed.

The present disclosure provides an article having a substrate having opposing first and second surfaces. A conductor micropattern is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The conductor micropattern has a plurality of traces defining a plurality of cells. The conductor micropattern may have an open area fraction greater than 80% and a uniform distribution of trace orientation. Each of the traces has a trace width from 0.5 to 10 micrometer. The conductor micropattern is a tri-layer material comprising in sequence a semi-reflective metal, a transparent layer, and a reflective layer disposed on the transparent layer. The articles are useful in devices such as displays, in particular, touch screen displays useful for mobile hand held devices, tablets and computers. They also find use in antennas and for EMI shields.

The conductive film has a wiring pattern which, with respect to the frequencies and intensities of moire obtained by applying a human visual response characteristic to the frequency information and intensity information of moire calculated from peak frequencies and peak intensities of the two-dimensional Fourier spectrums of the transmittance image data of the wiring pattern and the transmittance image data of a pixel array pattern, causes the sum of intensities of moire each corresponding to frequencies of moire falling within a frequency range predetermined depending on the visual response characteristic to be less than or equal to a predetermined value. The conductive film allows suppression of moire and significant improvement in visibility.

A transparent EMI shielding/absorbing film is provided. The transparent EMI shielding/absorbing film includes a transparent substrate having a top surface on which a pattern having a plurality of engraved grooves is disposed, a conductive layer disposed in the grooves, and a conductive nanowire layer disposed on the top surface of the transparent substrate and electrically connected with the conductive layer.

The present invention relates to the production of a layer structure, comprising the following process steps: i) coating a substrate with a composition at least comprising silver nanowires and a solvent; ii) at least partial removal of the solvent, thereby obtaining a substrate that is coated with an electrically conductive layer, the electrically conductive layer at least comprising the silver nanowires; iii) bringing into contact selected areas of the electrically conductive layer with an etching composition, thereby reducing the conductivity of the electrically conductive layer in these selected areas, wherein the etching composition comprises an organic compound capable of releasing chlorine, bromine or iodine, a compound containing hypochloride, a compound containing hypo-bromide or a mixture of at least two of these compounds. The invention also relates to a layer structure obtainable by this method, a layer structure, the use of a layer structure, an electronic component and the use of an organic compound.