DC electric field assisted alignment of carbon nanotubes on metal electrodes

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2075-2080

  Senthil Kumar, M ^a   Lee, S H ^a   Kim, T Y ^a   Kim, T H ^a   Song, S M ^a   Yang, J W ^a   Nahm, K S ^a   Suh, E K ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alignment; DC electric field; FE SEM; SWCNT

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

METAL ELECTRODES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0041728782     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-1101(03)00258-2     Document Type: Article

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