Intrinsically stretchable and transparent thin-film transistors based on printable silver nanowires, carbon nanotubes and an elastomeric dielectric

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Liang, Jiajie ^a   Li, Lu ^a   Chen, Dustin ^a   Hajagos, Tibor ^a   Ren, Zhi ^a   Chou, Shu Yu ^a   Hu, Wei ^a   Pei, Qibing ^a  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; ELASTOMER; NANOWIRE; SILVER;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FILM; FULLERENE; MATRIX; MOBILITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILVER; SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; FILM; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NANOFABRICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRETCHING;

EID: 84955267706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8647     Document Type: Article

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