Transparent electronics based on transfer printed aligned carbon nanotubes on rigid and flexible substrates

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-79

  Ishikawa, Fumiaki N ^a   Chang, Hsiao Kang ^a   Ryu, Koungmin ^a   Chen, Po Chiang ^a   Badmaev, Alexander ^a   De Arco, Lewis Gomez ^a   Shen, Guozhen ^a   Zhou, Chongwu ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aligned nanotube; Flexible transistor; Transfer printing; Transparent display; Transparent transistor

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED NANOTUBE; FLEXIBLE TRANSISTOR; TRANSFER PRINTING; TRANSPARENT DISPLAY; TRANSPARENT TRANSISTOR;

FABRICATION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; INDIUM; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PRINTING; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSISTORS; TRANSPARENCY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; GLASS; NANOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

CARBON; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLASS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 61849165133     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800434d     Document Type: Article

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