High-performance carbon nanotube transparent conductive films by scalable dip coating

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 9737-9744

  Mirri, Francesca ^a   Ma, Anson W K ^a   Hsu, Tienyi T ^a   Behabtu, Natnael ^a   Eichmann, Shannon L ^a   Young, Colin C ^a   Tsentalovich, Dmitri E ^a   Pasquali, Matteo ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; dip coating; flexible electronics; liquid crystals; transparent conductive films

Indexed keywords

CHLOROSULFONIC ACID; COATING SPEED; DIP COATING; FILM PERFORMANCE; OPTOELECTRICAL; PRODUCTION COST; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILMS; UNIFORM FILMS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COATINGS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADSORPTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84870449787     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn303201g     Document Type: Article

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