%0 journal article %@ 0935-9648 %A Elbahri, M., Hedayati, M.K., Chakravadhanula, V.S.K., Jamali, M., Strunkus, T., Zaporojtchenko, V., Faupel, F. %D 2011 %J Advanced Materials %N 17 %P 1993-1997 %R doi:10.1002/adma.201003811 %T An Omnidirectional Transparent Conducting-Metal-Based Plasmonic Nanocomposite %U https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201003811 17 %X A transparent conducting metal (TCM) composed of a stack of a gold film and silver/polymer nanocomposite fabricated by sputtering onto a glass substrate is presented. The plasmonic metamaterial shows an omnidirectional optical transmission up to 80% in the visible spectrum, which is comparable to that of ITO, and the electrical conductivity is one order of magnitude higher than that of ITO.