Electronic durability of flexible transparent films from type-specific single-wall carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 881-887

  Harris, John M ^a   Iyer, Ganjigunte R Swathi ^a   Bernhardt, Anna K ^a   Huh, Ji Yeon ^b   Hudson, Steven D ^b   Fagan, Jeffrey A ^b   Hobbie, Erik K ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

flexible transparent electronics; metallic; semiconducting; single wall carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING COATING; CYCLIC STRAIN; ELASTIC POLYMER SUBSTRATES; ELECTRONIC PERFORMANCE; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACIAL CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; METALLIC; PERCOLATED NETWORK; SEMICONDUCTING; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE; TRANSPARENT ELECTRONICS; TRANSPARENT FILMS;

CARBON; CARBON FILMS; COATINGS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DURABILITY; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; THIN FILMS; TOPOGRAPHY;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84856173423     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204383t     Document Type: Article

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