Fabrication of carbon nanotube thin films on flexible substrates by spray deposition and transfer printing

Carbon

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-79

  Abdelhalim, Ahmed ^a   Abdellah, Alaa ^a   Scarpa, Giuseppe ^a   Lugli, Paolo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT DEPOSITION; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH QUALITY; LOW COSTS; SPRAY DEPOSITION; SPRAY PROCESS; TRANSFER PRINTING;

DEPOSITION; FABRICATION; GLASS; PRINTING;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84879686167     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.04.069     Document Type: Article

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