Method of making transparent conductors on a substrate

A method of patterning a conductive layer on a substrate, comprising:

• coating a substrate with a conductive layer wherein the conductive layer comprises nanowires;
• applying a pattern on the conductive layer with a resist matrix material to generate on the substrate one or more first regions of exposed conductive layer and one or more second regions of resist matrix material, wherein the resist matrix material contains an ultraviolet curable material;
• hardening or curing the resist matrix material by ultraviolet irradiation;
• over coating the pattern with a strippable polymer layer;
• hardening or curing the strippable polymer layer;
• peeling the strippable polymer layer from the substrate, removing the exposed conductive layer from the substrate in the one or more first regions of the substrate, and thereby forming a patterned conductive layer on the substrate.