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Former Member over 9 years ago

I was wondering if anyone out there knows of a transparent conductor, preferably in the form of wire. Any input is greatly appreciated.image

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 9 years ago +2
    More information is needed. What level of conductivity? If not in the form of a wire, what other forms are acceptable? What properties of the wire were you interested in? Wire is metal, which is not transparent…
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    shabaz over 9 years ago in reply to johnbeetem +2
    I mistakenly thought ITO was deposited just on glass, but looks like Adafruit claim to offer it on flexible transparent plastic sheet. But they have some stock issue maybe, since they mention 1 per customer…
  • balearicdynamics
    balearicdynamics over 9 years ago +1
    I think you should orient your search in the direction of the materials used by the conductive - years ago, before capacitive one - touch screens. I played for years with a reversi pocket game with a small…
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    johnbeetem over 9 years ago

    Capacitive touch screens use indium tin oxide, a transparent conductor.  It's also used for LCDs and other transparent conductive applications.  I've usually seen it as a 2-D layer rather than a wire, though I believe it's etched like PC board copper so you can have "printed wires" to use old-fashioned PCB terminology.

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    johnbeetem over 9 years ago

    Capacitive touch screens use indium tin oxide, a transparent conductor.  It's also used for LCDs and other transparent conductive applications.  I've usually seen it as a 2-D layer rather than a wire, though I believe it's etched like PC board copper so you can have "printed wires" to use old-fashioned PCB terminology.

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    shabaz over 9 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

    I mistakenly thought ITO was deposited just on glass, but looks like Adafruit claim to offer it on flexible transparent plastic sheet. But they have some stock issue maybe, since they mention 1 per customer on their page.

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    Former Member over 9 years ago in reply to shabaz

    Sorry for the lack of information, I am new here so I really have no idea what the heck I'm doing : / . I was looking for a very thin conductor that was somewhat clear up close, the clearer the better. The voltages would be very small, at maximum around 2 volts. I apologize for the vagueness, and I greatly appreciate your guys' feed back. I apologize for the long response time, but being in school and all I haven't had much time for my email. Thanks again for your patience.

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