Effect of carbon nanotube network morphology on thin film transistor performance

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 307-319

  Timmermans, Marina Y ^a   Estrada, David ^b   Nasibulin, Albert G ^a   Wood, Joshua D ^b,c   Behnam, Ashkan ^b   Sun, Dong ming ^d   Ohno, Yutaka ^d   Lyding, Joseph W ^b,c   Hassanien, Abdou ^e,f   Pop, Eric ^b,c   Kauppinen, Esko I ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube network; hysteresis; image processing; mobility; morphology; thin film transistor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860899359     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-012-0211-8     Document Type: Article

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