Transparent and flexible film for shielding electromagnetic interference

The miniaturization of components in modern electronics has made them more susceptible to electromagnetic interference (EMI); therefore, this study proposes a new low-cost method for fabricating highly efficient shielding materials. This approach uses a low cost combination of inverted layer processing of silver nanowires (AgNWs) to produce a conductive network in a polyimide surface, followed by electroless plating of Cu to further enhance conductivity. This results in a highly efficient (>55 dB) EMI shielding film that is less than 10 mu m thick, transparent (>58% transmittance), and sufficiently flexible to maintain its conductivity after bending to a radius of 3 mm for 10,000 times. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.