Transformation of unipolar single-walled carbon nanotube field effect transistors to ambipolar induced by polystyrene nanosphere assembly

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2526-2530

  Wei, Di ^a,c   Zhang, Yan ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Hasko, David G ^b   Chu, DaPing ^a   Teo, Ken B K ^a   Amaratunga, Gehan A J ^a   Milne, William I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblpolar; Field effect transistors (FETs); Polystyrene nanospheres; Single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT)

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MESFET DEVICES; MOLYBDENUM; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSPHERES; NANOTUBES; POLYSTYRENES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TRANSISTORS;

AMBIPOLAR; AMBLPOLAR; CARBON NANOTUBE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; CHANNEL TRANSISTORS; COMPLEMENTARY CIRCUITS; ELECTRICAL BEHAVIORS; FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; MOLYBDENUM SOURCES; POLYSTYRENE LATICES; SIMPLE METHODS;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

NANOSPHERES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYSTYRENES; TRANSISTORS;

EID: 58149156267     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800706v     Document Type: Article

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