Screen printing as a scalable and low-cost approach for rigid and flexible thin-film transistors using separated carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12769-12776

  Cao, Xuan ^a   Chen, Haitian ^a   Gu, Xiaofei ^a   Liu, Bilu ^a   Wang, Wenli ^a   Cao, Yu ^a   Wu, Fanqi ^a   Zhou, Chongwu ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

flexible electronics; organic light emitting diode; screen printing; single wall carbon nanotube; thin film transistor

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; MANUFACTURE; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); SCREEN PRINTING; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THIN FILMS;

DRIVING CAPABILITY; FLEXIBLE THIN FILMS; LOW COST APPROACH; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; PRINTED ELECTRONICS; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; RIGID AND FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES;

THIN FILM CIRCUITS;

EID: 84919741398     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn505979j     Document Type: Article

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