Ko, Hyunhyub and Tsukruk, Vladimir V. (2006) Liquid-crystalline processing of highly oriented carbon nanotube arrays for thin-film transistors. NANO LETTERS, 6 (7). pp. 1443-1448.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl060608r
Abstract
We introduce a simple solution-based method for the fabrication of highly oriented carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays to be used for thin-film transistors. We exploit the liquid-crystalline behavior of a CNT solution near the receding contact line during tilted-drop casting and produced long-range nematic-like ordering of carbon nanotube stripes caused by confined micropatterned geometry. We further demonstrate that the performance of thin-film transistors based on these densely packed and uniformly oriented CNT arrays is largely improved compared to random CNTs. This approach has great potential in low-cost, large-scale processing of high-performance electronic devices based on high-density oriented CNT films with record electrical characteristics such as high conductance, low resistivity, and high career mobility.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Material Science > Nanofabrication processes and tools Technology > Manufacturing processes for nanotechnology Physical Science > Nanoelectronics Material Science > Nanostructured materials |
| ID Code: | 3755 |
| Deposited By: | SPI |
| Deposited On: | 26 Jan 2009 11:56 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jan 2009 11:56 |
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