1. A metallized polymer comprising a backbone comprising:
an acetylenic repeat unit, at least one of the acetylenic repeat units comprising a
(MLx)y-acetylene complex;
wherein each M is an independently selected metal;
wherein each L is an independently selected ligand; and
wherein x and y are positive integers; and
one or more repeat units selected from \u2014SiR2\u2014(O\u2014SiR2)\u2014 and \u2014SiR2\u2014(O\u2014SiR2)n-Cb-SiR2\u2014(O\u2014SiR2)nm\u2014;
wherein each R is an independently selected organic group;
wherein each Cb is an independently selected carborane; and
wherein each n and each m is an independently selected integer greater than or equal to zero.
2. The metallized polymer of claim 1, wherein each acetylenic repeat unit consists of two groups independently selected from acetylene and (MLx)y-acetylene complex.
3. The metallized polymer of claim 1, wherein each M is independently selected from main group metals, transition metals, lanthanides, actinides, cobalt, molybdenum, ruthenium, iron, copper, vanadium, chromium, tungsten, manganese, technetium, rhenium, osmium, rhodium, iridium, nickel, gold, palladium, platinum, zirconium, magnesium, samarium, and aluminum.
4. The metallized polymer of claim 1, wherein each L is independently selected from carbonyl, cyclopentadienyl, pentamethylcyclopentadienyl, trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl, hexafluroacetylacetonate, cyclooctadiene, acetylacetonate, methyl cyanide, methyl, oxide, thiocyanide, chloride, amino, nitro, trifluoromethylsulfide, trifluoroacetylacetonate, cyano, cyanide, and isocyanide.
5. The metallized polymer of claim 1, wherein each Cb is \u2014CB10H10C\u2014.
6. The metallized polymer of claim 1, wherein each R is methyl.
7. The metallized polymer of claim 1, wherein the backbone further comprises:
one or more metallic repeat units selected from metallocenylene, -M\u2032Cp2-, and -M\u2032L\u2032z-;
wherein each M\u2032 is a metal;
wherein Cp is cyclopentadienyl;
wherein each L\u2032 is an independently selected ligand; and
wherein each z is an integer from 2 to 6.
8. The metallized polymer of claim 7, wherein each metallocenylene is ferrocenylene.
9. The metallized polymer of claim 7, wherein each M\u2032 is independently selected from main group metals, transition metals, lanthanides, actinides, iron, ruthenium, osmium, molybdenum, zirconium, vanadium, tungsten, titanium, platinum, nickel, rhodium, and palladium.
10. The metallized polymer of claim 7, wherein each L\u2032 is independently selected from amino, ethylene, and cyclooctadiene.
11. The metallized polymer of claim 1, wherein the backbone comprises the formula:
wherein Q is the acetylenic repeat unit;
wherein Y is a metallic repeat unit selected from metallocenylene, -M\u2032Cp2-, and -M\u2032L\u2032z-;
wherein each M\u2032 is a metal;
wherein Cp is cyclopentadienyl;
wherein each L\u2032 is an independently selected ligand; and
wherein each z is an integer from 2 to 6;
wherein each p is an integer greater than or equal to zero.
12. The metallized polymer of claim 11, wherein n, m, and p are, as a group, selected from:
n is 1, m is 1, and p is zero;
n is 1, m is zero, and p is zero;
n is 1, m is 1, and p is 1; and
n is 1, m is zero, and p is 1.
13. A composition comprising:
the metallized polymer of claim 1; and
a siloxane polymer comprising a backbone comprising:
one or more acetylene groups; and
one or more repeat units selected from \u2014SiR2\u2014(O\u2014SiR2)n\u2014 and \u2014SiR2\u2014(O\u2014SiR2)n-Cb-SiR2\u2014(O\u2014SiR2)nm\u2014.
14. A composition comprising:
a siloxane polymer comprising a backbone comprising:
one or more acetylene groups; and
one or more repeat units selected from \u2014SiR2\u2014(O\u2014SiR2)n\u2014 and \u2014SiR2\u2014(O\u2014SiR2)n-Cb-SiR2\u2014(O\u2014SiR2)nm\u2014;
wherein each R is independently selected from organic group and methyl;
wherein each Cb is independently selected from carborane and \u2014CB10H10C\u2014; and
wherein each n and each m is an independently selected integer greater than or equal to zero; and
a metallic compound capable of reacting with the acetylene group to form a
(MLx)y-acetylene complex;
wherein each M is an independently selected metal;
wherein each L is an independently selected ligand; and
wherein x and y are positive integers.
15. The composition of claim 14, wherein the metallic compound is one or more of V(CO)6, Cr(CO)6, Mo(CO)6, W(CO)6, Mn2(CO)10, Tc2(CO)10, Re2(CO)10, Fe(CO)5, Fe2(CO)9, Fe3(CO)12, Ru(CO)5, Ru3(CO)12, Os(CO)5, Os3(CO)12, Co2(CO)8, Co3(CO)12, Co6(CO)16, Rh4(CO)12, Rh6(CO)16, Ir4(CO)12, Ir6(CO)16, Ni(CO)4, Cp(CH3)5Re(CO)3, Cp(CH3)5Re(CO)3, Cp(CH3)52Cr2(CO)4, Cp2Fe2(CO)4, C6H8Fe(CO)3, C8H8Fe(CO)3, CpCr(CO)3, Cp2Mo2(CO)6, C7H8MO(CO)3, CpMn(CO)3, Cp(Si(CH3)3)Mn(CO)3, Cp(CH3)5Rh(CO)2, Cp2Ru2(CO)4, (hexafluroacetylacetonate)Cu(cyclooctadiene), Cr(hexafluroacetylacetonate), Co(acetylacetonate) (CH3CN)4Cu(hexafluroacetylacetonate), (CH3)2Au(acetylacetonate), (cyclooctadiene)Ir(acetylacetonate), Fe(acetylacetonate), Mn(acetylacetonate), MoO2(acetylacetonate)2, Ni(hexafluroacetylacetonate), Ni(cyclooctadiene)2, Ni(SCN)2, PdCl2(CH3CN)2, Pd(NH3)2(NO2)2, Pt(NH3)2Cl2, Rh(cyclooctadiene)2(SO3CF3), Rh(cyclooctadiene)Cl2, Zr(trifluoroacetylacetonate), MgCl2, SmCl2, and AlCl2.
16. The composition of claim 14, wherein the backbone further comprises:
one or more metallic repeat units selected from metallocenylene, ferrocenylene, -M\u2032Cp2-, and -M\u2032L\u2032z-;
wherein each M\u2032 is a metal;
wherein Cp is cyclopentadienyl;
wherein each L\u2032 is an independently selected ligand; and
wherein each z is an integer from 2 to 6.
17. The composition of claim 14, wherein each M\u2032 is independently selected from main group metals, transition metals, lanthanides, actinides, iron, ruthenium, osmium, molybdenum, zirconium, vanadium, tungsten, titanium, platinum, nickel, rhodium, and palladium.
18. The composition of claim 14, wherein each L\u2032 is independently selected from amino, ethylene, and cyclooctadiene.
19. The composition of claim 14, wherein the backbone comprises the formula:
wherein Y is a metallic repeat unit selected from metallocenylene, -M\u2032Cp2-, and -M\u2032L\u2032z-;
wherein each M\u2032 is a metal;
wherein Cp is cyclopentadienyl;
wherein each L\u2032 is an independently selected ligand;
wherein each q is a positive integer; and
wherein each z is an integer from 2 to 6;
wherein each p is an integer greater than or equal to zero.
20. The composition of claim 14, wherein n, m, p, and q are, as a group, selected from:
n is 1, m is 1, p is zero, and q is 2;
n is 1, m is zero, p is zero, and q is 2;
n is 1, m is 1, p is 1, and q is 2; and
n is 1, m is zero, p is 1, and q is 2.
21. A method of making a metallized composition comprising:
providing the composition of claim 14; and
heating the composition to form at least one (MLx)y-acetylene complex.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A touch panel comprising:
a substrate;
a transparent conductive layer comprising at least two stacked carbon nanotube layers, each carbon nanotube layer comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes aligned in a single direction, and the carbon nanotubes in the two adjacent carbon nanotube layers are aligned in different directions; and
at least two electrodes being electrically connected with the transparent conductive layer.
2. The touch panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein an angle between the aligned directions of the carbon nanotubes in the two adjacent carbon nanotube layers approximately ranges from greater than 0\xb0 and up to and including 90\xb0.
3. The touch panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the carbon nanotube layers comprises of a carbon nanotube film or a plurality of coplanar carbon nanotube films.
4. The touch panel as claimed in claim 3, wherein the carbon nanotube film comprises a plurality of successively oriented carbon nanotube segments joined end to end by the van der Waals attractive force therebetween.
5. The touch panel as claimed in claim 4, wherein each carbon nanotube segment comprising the plurality of carbon nanotubes that are combined by van der Waals attractive force therebetween.
6. The touch panel as claimed in claim 3, wherein a thickness of the carbon nanotube film is in an approximate range from 0.5 nanometers to 100 micrometers.
7. The touch panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carbon nanotubes are selected from a group consisting of single-walled carbon nanotubes, double-walled carbon nanotubes, and multi-walled carbon nanotubes.
8. The touch panel as claimed in claim 7, wherein diameters of the single-walled carbon nanotubes are in an approximate range from 0.5 nanometers to 50 nanometers, diameters of the double-walled carbon nanotubes are in an approximate range from 1 nanometer to 50 nanometers, and diameters of the multi-walled carbon nanotube are in an approximate range from 1.5 nanometers to 50 nanometers.
9. The touch panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electrodes are separately located on a surface of the transparent conductive layer.
10. The touch panel as claimed in claim 9, wherein the electrodes are metal electrodes and adhered to the surface of the transparent conductive layer by a silver-based slurry.
11. The touch panel as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a transparent protective layer located on a surface of the transparent conductive layer.
12. The touch panel as claimed in claim 11, wherein the material of the transparent protective layer is selected from a group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon dioxide, benzocyclobutenes, polyester film, and polyethylene terephthalate.
13. The touch panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the material of the substrate is selected from a group consisting of glass, quartz, diamond, and plastic.
14. The touch panel as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a shielding layer located on a surface of the substrate.
15. The touch panel as claimed in claim 14, wherein the material of the shielding layer is selected from a group consisting of indium tin oxide, antimony tin oxide, and a carbon nanotube film.
16. A display device comprising:
a touch panel comprising:
a substrate;
a transparent conductive layer comprising at least two stacked carbon nanotube layers, each carbon nanotube layer comprised of a plurality of carbon nanotubes aligned in a single direction, and the carbon nanotubes in the two adjacent carbon nanotube layers are aligned in different directions; and
at least two electrodes being electrically connected with the transparent conductive layer; and
a display element opposite and adjacent to the touch panel.
17. The display device as claimed in claim 16, further comprising a touch panel controller, a central processing unit, and a display element controller electrically connected to each other, the touch panel controller being connected to the touch panel, and the display element controller being connected to the display element.
18. The display device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the touch panel is spaced from the display element with a distance.
19. The display device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the touch panel is located on the display element.
20. The display device as claimed in claim 16, further comprising a passivation layer located on the touch panel and the passivation layer being comprised of one of silicon nitrides and silicon dioxides.