Every touchscreen is a device of numerous layers including a transparent conductive electrode. The current transparent conductive film market is dominated by expensive and fragile Indium-tin oxide electrodes, also known as ITO. However, ITO made from rare metal Indium. It results in a high-cost and brittle technology. There is a huge demand for alternative technologies to the ITO transparent electrode. New materials like carbon nanotubes, silver nanowires are still on the research stage and expensive as well. Most promising alternative is metallic mesh with metal wires less than 5 micrometers in diameter to be invisible but still electro-conductive. Our innovation allows us to produce a transparent – metal mesh electrode by electroless copper micro-plating technology induced by a precision laser writing.

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