Wettability controlled fabrication of highly transparent and conductive carbon nanotube/silane sol hybrid thin films

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 6303-6307

  Han, Joong Tark ^a   Kim, Sun Young ^a   Jeong, Hee Jin ^a   Lee, Geon Woong ^a  

^a Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE CARBON; DE-WETTING; END-FUNCTIONALITY; FEW-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; HYBRID THIN FILM; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; HYDROXYL GROUPS; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; METHYLTRIMETHOXYSILANE; MIXTURE SOLUTION; MODEL SURFACE; PIRANHA SOLUTIONS; SILANOL GROUPS; UNIFORM FILMS; WATER CONTACT ANGLE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; SILANES; SOLS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THIN FILMS;

CARBON FILMS;

EID: 67650809497     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900301v     Document Type: Article

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34. Received for review February 22, 2009 Revised manuscript received May 6, 2009 Accepted May 8, 2009 IE900301V