Thin-film transistors and circuits based on carbon nanotubes

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-60

  Pribat, Didier ^a   Bondavalli, P ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube field effect transistors (CNTFETs); Carbon nanotubes; Flexible electronics; Thin film circuits

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS; INTEGRATION DENSITY; LARGE-AREA ELECTRONICS; LOW TEMPERATURES; RANDOM NETWORK; SOLUTION-PROCESSING;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; TRANSISTORS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

THIN FILM CIRCUITS;

EID: 84855453255     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2011.2162817     Document Type: Article

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