Patent ID: 8237673

Claim:
A touch panel comprising: a first electrode plate comprising a first substrate and a first conductive layer disposed on a lower surface of the first substrate; and a second electrode plate spaced from the first electrode plate and comprising a second substrate and a second conductive layer disposed on an upper surface of the second substrate; and wherein the first conductive layer comprises at least one free standing and self-adhesive carbon nanotube film consisting of a plurality of carbon nanotubes, the at least one free standing and self-adhesive carbon nanotube film is directly adhered to the first substrate by a self-adhesive property of the at least one free standing and self-adhesive carbon nanotube film, the at least one free standing and self-adhesive carbon nanotube film comprises a plurality of ordered and successive carbon nanotube segments, the plurality of ordered and successive carbon nanotube segments is joined end to end by the van der Waals attractive force and comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes primarily oriented along a same direction, and both the first substrate and the second substrate are flexible.