Inkjet-printed graphene electronics

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2992-3006

  Torrisi, Felice ^a   Hasan, Tawfique ^a   Wu, Weiping ^a   Sun, Zhipei ^a   Lombardo, Antonio ^a   Kulmala, Tero S ^a   Hsieh, Gen Wen ^a   Jung, Sungjune ^a   Bonaccorso, Francesco ^a   Paul, Philip J ^a   Chu, Daping ^a   Ferrari, Andrea C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

graphene; inkjet printing; printed electronics; thin film transistors

Indexed keywords

ALL-PRINTED; CONDUCTIVE PATTERNS; GRAPHENE DEVICES; LIQUID PHASE; N-METHYLPYRROLIDONE; PRINTED ELECTRONICS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS (TFT);

INK JET PRINTING; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84860385148     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2044609     Document Type: Article

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