The spatial uniformity and electromechanical stability of transparent, conductive films of single walled nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2466-2473

  Doherty, Evelyn M ^a   De, Sukanta ^a   Lyons, Philip E ^a   Shmeliov, Aleksey ^a   Nirmalraj, Peter N ^a   Scardaci, Vittorio ^a,b   Joimel, Jerome ^a,b   Blau, Werner J ^a   Boland, John J ^a   Coleman, Jonathan N ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Liffey Park Technology Campus   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC DISCHARGE; COMPRESSION AND TENSION; CONDUCTING FILMS; CONDUCTIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONDUCTIVITY CHANGES; DC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMECHANICAL STABILITY; IN-PLANE; NONUNIFORM; OPTICAL QUALITIES; OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS; OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL UNIFORMITY; UNIFORM CURRENTS; VACUUM FILTRATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FILMS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; THICK FILMS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 67349123813     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.04.040     Document Type: Article

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