Silver nanowires can be produced through a roll to roll wet process and are a low-cost solution for applications like touch panels, E-paper, LCDs, OLED lighting, displays, organic photovoltaics and thin film solar cells. The silver nanowires have high transmission over a wide range of sheet resistances, are compatible with standard coating processes, and provide flexibility, ductility and low processing temperatures for use in flexible electronics on substrates like PET.