Low-temperature fabrication of high-performance metal oxide thin-film electronics via combustion processing

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 382-388

  Kim, Myung Gil ^a   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^a   Facchetti, Antonio ^a,b   Marks, Tobin J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLYERA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; THIN FILMS; THROUGHPUT;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; FLEXIBLE PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; FLEXIBLE POLYMERIC SUBSTRATES; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LARGE DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; LOW-TEMPERATURE FABRICATION; METAL OXIDE THIN FILMS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 79955037663     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3011     Document Type: Article

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