Thin film nanotube transistors based on self-assembled, aligned, semiconducting carbon nanotube arrays

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2445-2452

  Engel, Michael ^a   Small, Joshua P ^a   Steiner, Mathias ^a   Freitag, Marcus ^a   Green, Alexander A ^b   Hersam, Mark C ^b   Avouris, Phaedon ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Northwestern University

Author keywords

Alignment; Carbon nanotube; Field effect transistor; Opto electronic; Self assembly; Thin film

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MATERIALS; CNT FILMS; DEVICE FABRICATIONS; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCES; FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; HIGH DRIVE CURRENTS; HIGH MOBILITIES; METALLIC NANOTUBES; NANOTUBE TRANSISTORS; ON/OFF CURRENT RATIOS; OPTO-ELECTRONIC; REGULAR ARRAYS; SEMICONDUCTING CARBON NANOTUBES;

ALIGNMENT; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLIDS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THIN FILMS; TRANSISTORS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMINESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSISTORS;

EID: 58149173945     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800708w     Document Type: Article

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