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Lin Y, Cao Y, Lu H, Liu C, Zhang Z, Jin C, Peng LM, Zhang Z. Improving the Performance of Aligned Carbon Nanotube-Based Transistors by Refreshing the Substrate Surface. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:10830-10837. [PMID: 36795423 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c22049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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An aligned semiconducting carbon nanotube (A-CNT) array has been considered an excellent channel material to construct high-performance field-effect transistors (FETs) and integrated circuits (ICs). The purification and assembly processes to prepare a semiconducting A-CNT array require conjugated polymers, introducing stubborn residual polymers and stress at the interface between A-CNTs and substrate, which inevitably affects the fabrication and performance of the FETs. In this work, we develop a process to refresh the Si/SiO2 substrate surface underneath the A-CNT film by wet etching to clean the residual polymers and release the stress. Top-gated A-CNT FETs fabricated with this process show significant performance improvement especially in terms of saturation on-current, peak transconductance, hysteresis, and subthreshold swing. These improvements are attributed to the increase in carrier mobility from 1025 to 1374 cm2/Vs by 34% after the substrate surface refreshing process. Representative 200 nm gate-length A-CNT FETs exhibit an on-current of 1.42 mA/μm and a peak transconductance of 1.06 mS/μm at a drain-to-source bias of 1 V, subthreshold swing (SS) of 105 mV/dec, and negligible hysteresis and drain-induced barrier lowering (DIBL) of 5 mV/V.
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- Yanxia Lin
- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Institute of Carbon-based Integrated Circuits, Beijing 100195, China
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- Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Center for Carbon-based Electronics, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Institute of Carbon-based Integrated Circuits, Beijing 100195, China
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Li T, Ciampi S, Darwish N. The Surface Potential of Zero Charge Controls the Kinetics of Diazonium Salts Electropolymerization. ChemElectroChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202200255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Tiexin Li
- School of Molecular and Life Sciences Curtin University Bentley WA 6102 Australia
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences Curtin University Bentley WA 6102 Australia
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences Curtin University Bentley WA 6102 Australia
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In Silico Study of the Influence of Various Substrates on the Electronic Properties and Electrical Conductivity of Mono- and Bilayer Films of Armchair Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. CHEMENGINEERING 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/chemengineering5030048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We investigate electronic and electro-physical properties of mono- and bilayer armchair single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) films located on substrates of different types, including substrates in the form of crystalline silicon dioxide (SiO2) films with P42/mnm and P3121 space symmetry groups. The SWCNT films interact with substrate only by van der Waals forces. The densities of electronic states (DOS) and the electron transmission functions are calculated for SWCNT films with various substrates. The electrical conductivity of SWCNT films is calculated based on the electron transmission function. It is found that the substrate plays an important role in the formation of DOS of the SWCNT films, and the surface topology determines the degree and nature of the mutual influence of the nanotube and the substrate. It is shown that the substrate affects the electronic properties of monolayer films, changing the electrical resistance value from 2% to 17%. However, the substrate has practically no effect on the electrical conductivity and resistance of the bilayer film in both directions of current transfer. In this case, the values of the resistances of the bilayer film in both directions of current transfer approach the value of ~6.4 kΩ, which is the lowest for individual SWCNT.
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Mirka B, Rice NA, Williams P, Tousignant MN, Boileau NT, Bodnaryk WJ, Fong D, Adronov A, Lessard BH. Excess Polymer in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors: Its Removal Prior to Fabrication Is Unnecessary. ACS NANO 2021; 15:8252-8266. [PMID: 33831298 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c08584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Ultrapure semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube (sc-SWNT) dispersions produced through conjugated polymer sorting are ideal candidates for the fabrication of solution-processed organic electronic devices on a commercial scale. Protocols for sorting and dispersing ultrapure sc-SWNTs with conjugated polymers for thin-film transistor (TFT) applications have been well refined. Conventional wisdom dictates that removal of excess unbound polymer through filtration or centrifugation is necessary to produce high-performance TFTs. However, this is time-consuming, wasteful, and resource-intensive. In this report, we challenge this paradigm and demonstrate that excess unbound polymer during semiconductor film fabrication is not necessarily detrimental to device performance. Over 1200 TFT devices were fabricated from 30 unique polymer-sorted SWNT dispersions, prepared using two different alternating copolymers. Detailed Raman spectroscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and atomic force microscopy (AFM) studies of the random-network semiconductor films demonstrated that a simple solvent rinse during TFT fabrication was sufficient to remove unbound polymer from the sc-SWNT films, thus eliminating laborious polymer removal before TFT fabrication. Furthermore, below a threshold polymer concentration, the presence of excess polymer during fabrication did not significantly impede TFT performance. Preeminent performance was achieved for devices prepared from native polymer-sorted SWNT dispersions containing the "original" amount of excess unbound polymer (immediately following enrichment). Lastly, we developed an open-source Machine Learning algorithm to quantitatively analyze AFM images of SWNT films for surface coverage, number of tubes, and tube alignment.
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- Brendan Mirka
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street W, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street W, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street W, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
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Dong H, Wang K, Zhou D, Ito Y, Hu L, Zhang Z, Zhu X. Enrichment and immobilization of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes by dopamine functionalized conjugated polymer. REACT FUNCT POLYM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2020.104616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Wang K, Dong H, Zhou D, Ito Y, Hu L, Zhang Z, Zhu X. Facile Fabrication of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Patterns on Flexible Substrate Based on a Photoimmobilization Technique. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:8722-8729. [PMID: 31994380 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b21142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have attracted significant attention due to their outstanding properties. For their wide applications in electronics and optoelectronics, pure semiconducting SWCNTs (s-SWCNTs) and their precise placement are preconditions. Recent advances have focused on developing effective strategies to separate s-SWCNTs from raw SWCNTs, a mixture of metallic and semiconducting nanotubes, and deposit s-SWCNTs on target substrates. Herein, a polyfluorene-based alternative copolymer (PFBP) containing the benzophenone group was employed. PFBP achieved higher yield for s-SWCNTs than the well-studied poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) through solution process. Subsequently, the dispersed s-SWCNTs were immobilized on a flexible polyethylene terephthalate in a facile manner by the photoreactive benzophenone group upon exposure to UV irradiation, and chemically robust patterns were fabricated from micro to macro scales through photomasks. Our method accomplished by utilizing photoimmobilization is a simple cleaning procedure and an important step forward in pitch scaling for further applications of conjugated polymer wrapped s-SWCNTs.
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- Kang Wang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science , Soochow University , 215123 Suzhou , China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science , Soochow University , 215123 Suzhou , China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Material Engineering , Changshu Institute of Technology , Changshu , Jiangsu 215500 , China
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- Nano Medical Engineering Laboratory , RIKEN , 2-1 Hirosawa , Wako , Saitama 351-0198 , Japan
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- Analysis and Testing Center , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science , Soochow University , 215123 Suzhou , China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science , Soochow University , 215123 Suzhou , China
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Li W, Gao Y, Zhang J, Wang X, Yin F, Li Z, Zhang M. Universal DNA detection realized by peptide based carbon nanotube biosensors. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2020; 2:717-723. [PMID: 36133222 PMCID: PMC9417745 DOI: 10.1039/c9na00625g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Although DNA recognition has been achieved using numerous biosensors with various sensing probes, the utilization of bio-interaction between DNA and biomolecules has seldom been reported in universal DNA detection. Peptides as natural molecules have the unique ability to bind to universal DNA and excellent selectivity for DNA after being functionalized with specific groups. In this work, we report a peptide based carbon nanotube (CNT) thin-film-transistor (TFT) biosensor, which can achieve sensitive sequence-independent DNA detection. In the presence of DNA, a significant increase of ΔIon could be observed within 5 minutes, which was considered to be due to the electrostatic adsorption between the DNA and peptide of opposite zeta potential. With the gradual increase of the concentration of DNA, the ΔIon signals agree with the Hill-Langmuir model (R 2 = 0.98), indicating a negatively cooperative interaction between the peptide and DNA (the Hill coefficient n < 1). Compared with the former reported universal DNA bio-detector and NanoDrop (a spectrometer from Thermo Scientific™), this unique peptide based CNT-DNA sensor demonstrated a broader sensing range from nearly 1.6 × 10-4 to 5 μmol L-1 and a much lower detection limit of approximately 0.88 μg L-1. For the quantification of cDNA from T47D cancer cells, this unique peptide based CNT sensor could achieve efficient cDNA detection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the utilization of a peptide as a sensing element in the design of CNT based DNA biosensors, which enables highly efficient universal DNA detection.
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- Wenjun Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
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- School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen 518055 China
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- School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen 518055 China
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- School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen 518055 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
- Pingshan Translational Medicine Center, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
- Pingshan Translational Medicine Center, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
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- School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen 518055 China
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Zhang D, Nagayama G. Effective Wetting Area Based on Electrochemical Impedance Analysis: Hydrophilic Structured Surface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:16508-16513. [PMID: 31756299 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Wettability on nano/microstructured surfaces is gaining remarkable interest for a wide range of applications; however, little is known about the effective wetting area of the solid-liquid interface. In this study, the effect of wettability on electrochemical impedance was experimentally investigated to obtain a better understanding of the effective wetting area. We demonstrate that the water contact angle decreases significantly at hydrophilic surfaces with denser nano/microstructures. Based on the analysis of equivalent electrical circuits, we found that the electrochemical impedance decreases with reducing the water contact angle, showing a dependence on the effective wetting area, i.e., the real solid-liquid contact area. Also, the charge transfer resistance at low frequency was found to be the dominant parameter to estimate the effective wetting area at the solid-liquid interface.
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- Dejian Zhang
- Graduate School of Engineering , Kyushu Institute of Technology , Sensui 1-1 , Tobata, Kitakyushu , Fukuoka 804-8550 , Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , Kyushu Institute of Technology , Sensui 1-1 , Tobata, Kitakyushu , Fukuoka 804-8550 , Japan
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Chung S, Cho K, Lee T. Recent Progress in Inkjet-Printed Thin-Film Transistors. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2019; 6:1801445. [PMID: 30937255 PMCID: PMC6425446 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201801445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 11/25/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Drop-on-demand inkjet printing is one of the most attractive techniques from a manufacturing perspective due to the possibility of fabrication from a digital layout at ambient conditions, thus leading to great opportunities for the realization of low-cost and flexible thin-film devices. Over the past decades, a variety of inkjet-printed applications including thin-film transistors (TFTs), radio-frequency identification devices, sensors, and displays have been explored. In particular, many research groups have made great efforts to realize high-performance TFTs, for application as potential driving components of ubiquitous wearable electronics. Although there are still challenges to enable the commercialization of printed TFTs beyond laboratory-scale applications, the field of printed TFTs still attracts significant attention, with remarkable developments in soluble materials and printing methodology. Here, recent progress in printing-based TFTs is presented from materials to applications. Significant efforts to improve the electrical performance and device-yield of printed TFTs to match those of counterparts fabricated using conventional deposition or photolithography methods are highlighted. Moreover, emerging low-dimension printable semiconductors, including carbon nanotubes and transition metal dichalcogenides as well as mature semiconductors, and new-concept printed switching devices, are also discussed.
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- Seungjun Chung
- Photo‐Electronic Hybrids Research CenterKorea Institute of Science and TechnologyHwarang‐ro 14‐gil 5Seongbuk‐guSeoul02792South Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Institute of Applied PhysicsSeoul National UniversitySeoul08826South Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Institute of Applied PhysicsSeoul National UniversitySeoul08826South Korea
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Kumar B, Falk AL, Afzali A, Tulevski GS, Oida S, Han SJ, Hannon JB. Spatially Selective, High-Density Placement of Polyfluorene-Sorted Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes in Organic Solvents. ACS NANO 2017; 11:7697-7701. [PMID: 28749135 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b00088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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High-performance logic based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) requires high-density arrays of selectively placed semiconducting CNTs. Although polymer-wrapping methods can allow CNTs to be sorted to a >99.9% semiconducting purity, patterning these polymer-wrapped CNTs is an outstanding problem. We report the directed self-assembly of polymer-coated semiconducting CNTs using self-assembled monolayers that bind CNTs into arrays of patterned trenches. We demonstrate that CNTs can be placed into 100 nm wide HfO2 trenches with an electrical connection yield as high as 90% and into 50 nm wide trenches with a yield as high as 70%. Our directed self-assembly method is an important step forward in pitch scaling.
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- Bharat Kumar
- IBM T. J. Watson Research Center , 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, United States
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- IBM T. J. Watson Research Center , 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, United States
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- IBM T. J. Watson Research Center , 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, United States
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- IBM T. J. Watson Research Center , 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, United States
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- IBM T. J. Watson Research Center , 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, United States
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- IBM T. J. Watson Research Center , 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, United States
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- IBM T. J. Watson Research Center , 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, United States
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Ligon SC, Liska R, Stampfl J, Gurr M, Mülhaupt R. Polymers for 3D Printing and Customized Additive Manufacturing. Chem Rev 2017; 117:10212-10290. [PMID: 28756658 PMCID: PMC5553103 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1190] [Impact Index Per Article: 170.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Additive manufacturing (AM) alias 3D printing translates computer-aided design (CAD) virtual 3D models into physical objects. By digital slicing of CAD, 3D scan, or tomography data, AM builds objects layer by layer without the need for molds or machining. AM enables decentralized fabrication of customized objects on demand by exploiting digital information storage and retrieval via the Internet. The ongoing transition from rapid prototyping to rapid manufacturing prompts new challenges for mechanical engineers and materials scientists alike. Because polymers are by far the most utilized class of materials for AM, this Review focuses on polymer processing and the development of polymers and advanced polymer systems specifically for AM. AM techniques covered include vat photopolymerization (stereolithography), powder bed fusion (SLS), material and binder jetting (inkjet and aerosol 3D printing), sheet lamination (LOM), extrusion (FDM, 3D dispensing, 3D fiber deposition, and 3D plotting), and 3D bioprinting. The range of polymers used in AM encompasses thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers, hydrogels, functional polymers, polymer blends, composites, and biological systems. Aspects of polymer design, additives, and processing parameters as they relate to enhancing build speed and improving accuracy, functionality, surface finish, stability, mechanical properties, and porosity are addressed. Selected applications demonstrate how polymer-based AM is being exploited in lightweight engineering, architecture, food processing, optics, energy technology, dentistry, drug delivery, and personalized medicine. Unparalleled by metals and ceramics, polymer-based AM plays a key role in the emerging AM of advanced multifunctional and multimaterial systems including living biological systems as well as life-like synthetic systems.
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- Samuel Clark Ligon
- Laboratory
for High Performance Ceramics, Empa, The
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf CH-8600, Switzerland
- Institute of Applied
Synthetic Chemistry and Institute of Materials Science and
Technology, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, Vienna A-1060, Austria
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- Institute of Applied
Synthetic Chemistry and Institute of Materials Science and
Technology, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, Vienna A-1060, Austria
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- Institute of Applied
Synthetic Chemistry and Institute of Materials Science and
Technology, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, Vienna A-1060, Austria
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- H.
B. Fuller Deutschland GmbH, An der Roten Bleiche 2-3, Lüneburg D-21335, Germany
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- Freiburg
Materials Research Center (FMF) and Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Straße 31, Freiburg D-79104, Germany
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Ligon SC, Liska R, Stampfl J, Gurr M, Mülhaupt R. Polymers for 3D Printing and Customized Additive Manufacturing. Chem Rev 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00074 impact factor 2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Samuel Clark Ligon
- Laboratory
for High Performance Ceramics, Empa, The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf CH-8600, Switzerland
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- H. B. Fuller Deutschland GmbH, An der Roten Bleiche 2-3, Lüneburg D-21335, Germany
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- Freiburg
Materials Research Center (FMF) and Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Straße 31, Freiburg D-79104, Germany
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Kim BJ, Park JS, Yoo R, Park JS. Flexible grid-mesh electrodes fabricated by electroless copper plating on corona-treated PET substrates and coating with graphene for transparent film heaters. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra09921e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Graphene-coated Cu mesh electrodes for transparent flexible film heaters have been successfully fabricated on corona-treated PET substrates via solution processes.
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- Bu-Jong Kim
- Department of Electronic Systems Engineering
- Hanyang University at ERICA Campus
- Ansan
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Electronic Systems Engineering
- Hanyang University at ERICA Campus
- Ansan
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Electronic Systems Engineering
- Hanyang University at ERICA Campus
- Ansan
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Electronic Systems Engineering
- Hanyang University at ERICA Campus
- Ansan
- Republic of Korea
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Yoon K, Lee JH, Kang J, Kang J, Moody MJ, Hersam MC, Lauhon LJ. Metal-Free Carbon-Based Nanomaterial Coatings Protect Silicon Photoanodes in Solar Water-Splitting. NANO LETTERS 2016; 16:7370-7375. [PMID: 27960516 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b02691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The decreasing cost of silicon-based photovoltaics has enabled significant increases in solar electricity generation worldwide. Silicon photoanodes could also play an important role in the cost-effective generation of solar fuels, but the most successful methods of photoelectrode passivation and performance enhancement rely on a combination of precious metals and sophisticated processing methods that offset the economic arguments for silicon. Here we show that metal-free carbon-based nanomaterial coatings deposited from solution can protect silicon photoanodes carrying out the oxygen evolution reaction in a range of working environments. Purified semiconducting carbon nanotubes (CNTs) act as a hole extraction layer, and a graphene (Gr) capping layer both protects the CNT film and acts as a hole exchange layer with the electrolyte. The performance of semiconducting CNTs is found to be superior to that of metallic or unsorted CNTs in this context. Furthermore, the insertion of graphene oxide (GO) between the n-Si and CNTs reduces the overpotential relative to photoanodes with CNTs deposited on hydrogen-passivated silicon. The composite photoanode structure of n-Si/GO/CNT/Gr shows promising performance for oxygen evolution and excellent potential for improvement by optimizing the catalytic properties and stability of the graphene protective layer.
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- KunHo Yoon
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Department of Chemistry, §Department of Medicine, and ∥Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Department of Chemistry, §Department of Medicine, and ∥Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Department of Chemistry, §Department of Medicine, and ∥Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Department of Chemistry, §Department of Medicine, and ∥Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Department of Chemistry, §Department of Medicine, and ∥Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Department of Chemistry, §Department of Medicine, and ∥Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Department of Chemistry, §Department of Medicine, and ∥Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Matsuzawa Y, Takada Y, Jintoku H, Kihara H, Yoshida M. Photopatterned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Films Utilizing the Adsorption/Desorption Processes of Photofunctional Dispersants. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:28400-28405. [PMID: 27718547 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We describe the application of photodetachable and recyclable dispersants for single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in the fabrication of photopatterned SWNT thin films. Because adsorption and desorption of the dispersants on the SWNT surfaces affect not only their dispersibility in water but also their solubility, SWNT photopatterns were obtained on glass substrates in only three steps, i.e., casting the SWNT/dispersant solution, UV-light exposure of the casted SWNT/dispersant films through a photomask, and subsequent rinsing with neutral water. This patterning procedure is simple and scalable and will enable us to prepare microfabricated SWNT thin films.
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- Yoko Matsuzawa
- Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba Central 5-2 1-1-1 Higashi Tsukuba 305-8565 Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba Central 5-2 1-1-1 Higashi Tsukuba 305-8565 Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba Central 5-2 1-1-1 Higashi Tsukuba 305-8565 Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba Central 5-2 1-1-1 Higashi Tsukuba 305-8565 Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba Central 5-2 1-1-1 Higashi Tsukuba 305-8565 Japan
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Homenick CM, James R, Lopinski GP, Dunford J, Sun J, Park H, Jung Y, Cho G, Malenfant PRL. Fully Printed and Encapsulated SWCNT-Based Thin Film Transistors via a Combination of R2R Gravure and Inkjet Printing. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:27900-27910. [PMID: 27662405 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Fully printed thin film transistors (TFT) based on poly(9,9-di-n-dodecylfluorene) (PFDD) wrapped semiconducting single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) channels are fabricated by a practical route that combines roll-to-roll (R2R) gravure and ink jet printing. SWCNT network density is easily controlled via ink formulation (concentration and polymer:CNT ratio) and jetting conditions (droplet size, drop spacing, and number of printed layers). Optimum inkjet printing conditions are established on Si/SiO2 in which an ink consisting of 6:1 PFDD:SWCNT ratio with 50 mg L-1 SWCNT concentration printed at a drop spacing of 20 μm results in TFTs with mobilities of ∼25 cm2 V-1 s-1 and on-/off-current ratios > 105. These conditions yield excellent network uniformity and are used in a fully additive process to fabricate fully printed TFTs on PET substrates with mobility values > 5 cm2 V-1 s-1 (R2R printed gate electrode and dielectric; inkjet printed channel and source/drain electrodes). An inkjet printed encapsulation layer completes the TFT process (fabricated in bottom gate, top contact TFT configuration) and provides mobilities > 1 cm2 V-1 s-1 with good operational stability, based on the performance of an inverter circuit. An array of 20 TFTs shows that most have less than 10% variability in terms of threshold voltage, transconductance, on-current, and subthreshold swing.
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- Christa M Homenick
- National Research Council Canada , 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- RF Technologies Ottawa, Communications Research Centre Canada , Nepean, Ontario K2H 8S2, Canada
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- National Research Council Canada , 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- National Research Council Canada M-50 , 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Department of Printed Electronics Engineering, Sunchon National University Suncheon , Jeonnam 540-742, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Printed Electronics Engineering, Sunchon National University Suncheon , Jeonnam 540-742, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Printed Electronics Engineering, Sunchon National University Suncheon , Jeonnam 540-742, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Printed Electronics Engineering, Sunchon National University Suncheon , Jeonnam 540-742, Republic of Korea
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- National Research Council Canada M-50 , 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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Zhang X, Zhao J, Dou J, Tange M, Xu W, Mo L, Xie J, Xu W, Ma C, Okazaki T, Cui Z. Flexible CMOS-Like Circuits Based on Printed P-Type and N-Type Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2016; 12:5066-5073. [PMID: 27152874 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201600452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Revised: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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P-type and n-type top-gate carbon nanotube thin-film transistors (TFTs) can be selectively and simultaneously fabricated on the same polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate by tuning the types of polymer-sorted semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube (sc-SWCNT) inks, along with low temperature growth of HfO2 thin films as shared dielectric layers. Both the p-type and n-type TFTs show good electrical properties with on/off ratio of ≈105 , mobility of ≈15 cm2 V-1 s-1 , and small hysteresis. Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-like logic gates and circuits based on as-prepared p-type and n-type TFTs have been achieved. Flexible CMOS-like inverters exhibit large noise margin of 84% at low voltage (1/2 Vdd = 1.5 V) and maximum voltage gain of 30 at Vdd of 1.5 V and low power consumption of 0.1 μW. Both of the noise margin and voltage gain are one of the best values reported for flexible CMOS-like inverters at Vdd less than 2 V. The printed CMOS-like inverters work well at 10 kHz with 2% voltage loss and delay time of ≈15 μs. A 3-stage ring oscillator has also been demonstrated on PET substrates and the oscillation frequency of 3.3 kHz at Vdd of 1 V is achieved.
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- Xiang Zhang
- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China.
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, 3058565, Japan
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China
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- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Printed Electronics, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, Beijing, 102600, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- CNT-Application Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, 3058565, Japan
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China.
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Vobornik D, Zou S, Lopinski GP. Analysis Method for Quantifying the Morphology of Nanotube Networks. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:8735-8742. [PMID: 27506472 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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While atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a powerful technique for imaging assemblies and networks of nanoscale materials, approaches for quantitative assessment of the morphology of these materials are lacking. Here we present a volume-based approach for analyzing AFM images of assemblies of nano-objects that enables the extraction of relevant parameters describing their morphology. Random networks of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) deposited via solution-phase processing are used as an example to develop the method and demonstrate its utility. AFM imaging shows that the morphology of these networks depends on details of processing and is influenced by choice of substrate, substrate cleaning method, and postdeposition rinsing protocols. A method is outlined to analyze these images and extract relevant parameters describing the network morphology such as the density of SWCNTs and the degree to which tubes are bundled. Because this volume-based approach depends on accurate measurements of the height of individual tubes and their networks, a procedure for obtaining reliable height measurements is also discussed. Obtaining quantitative parameters that describe the network morphology allows going beyond qualitative descriptions of images and will facilitate optimizing network preparation methods based on measurable criteria and correlating performance with morphology.
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- Dusan Vobornik
- Measurement Science and Standards, National Research Council Canada , 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Measurement Science and Standards, National Research Council Canada , 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Measurement Science and Standards, National Research Council Canada , 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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Xu W, Dou J, Zhao J, Tan H, Ye J, Tange M, Gao W, Xu W, Zhang X, Guo W, Ma C, Okazaki T, Zhang K, Cui Z. Printed thin film transistors and CMOS inverters based on semiconducting carbon nanotube ink purified by a nonlinear conjugated copolymer. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:4588-4598. [PMID: 26847814 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr00015k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Two innovative research studies are reported in this paper. One is the sorting of semiconducting carbon nanotubes and ink formulation by a novel semiconductor copolymer and second is the development of CMOS inverters using not the p-type and n-type transistors but a printed p-type transistor and a printed ambipolar transistor. A new semiconducting copolymer (named P-DPPb5T) was designed and synthesized with a special nonlinear structure and more condensed conjugation surfaces, which can separate large diameter semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (sc-SWCNTs) from arc discharge SWCNTs according to their chiralities with high selectivity. With the sorted sc-SWCNTs ink, thin film transistors (TFTs) have been fabricated by aerosol jet printing. The TFTs displayed good uniformity, low operating voltage (±2 V) and subthreshold swing (SS) (122-161 mV dec(-1)), high effective mobility (up to 17.6-37.7 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1)) and high on/off ratio (10(4)-10(7)). With the printed TFTs, a CMOS inverter was constructed, which is based on the p-type TFT and ambipolar TFT instead of the conventional p-type and n-type TFTs. Compared with other recently reported inverters fabricated by printing, the printed CMOS inverters demonstrated a better noise margin (74% 1/2 Vdd) and was hysteresis free. The inverter has a voltage gain of up to 16 at an applied voltage of only 1 V and low static power consumption.
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- Wenya Xu
- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 138632, Singapore
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- Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China. and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, PR China
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China. and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, PR China
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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- CNT-Application Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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Xu W, Dou J, Zhao J, Tan H, Ye J, Tange M, Gao W, Xu W, Zhang X, Guo W, Ma C, Okazaki T, Zhang K, Cui Z. Printed thin film transistors and CMOS inverters based on semiconducting carbon nanotube ink purified by a nonlinear conjugated copolymer. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:4588-4598. [PMID: 26847814 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2016.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Two innovative research studies are reported in this paper. One is the sorting of semiconducting carbon nanotubes and ink formulation by a novel semiconductor copolymer and second is the development of CMOS inverters using not the p-type and n-type transistors but a printed p-type transistor and a printed ambipolar transistor. A new semiconducting copolymer (named P-DPPb5T) was designed and synthesized with a special nonlinear structure and more condensed conjugation surfaces, which can separate large diameter semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (sc-SWCNTs) from arc discharge SWCNTs according to their chiralities with high selectivity. With the sorted sc-SWCNTs ink, thin film transistors (TFTs) have been fabricated by aerosol jet printing. The TFTs displayed good uniformity, low operating voltage (±2 V) and subthreshold swing (SS) (122-161 mV dec(-1)), high effective mobility (up to 17.6-37.7 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1)) and high on/off ratio (10(4)-10(7)). With the printed TFTs, a CMOS inverter was constructed, which is based on the p-type TFT and ambipolar TFT instead of the conventional p-type and n-type TFTs. Compared with other recently reported inverters fabricated by printing, the printed CMOS inverters demonstrated a better noise margin (74% 1/2 Vdd) and was hysteresis free. The inverter has a voltage gain of up to 16 at an applied voltage of only 1 V and low static power consumption.
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- Wenya Xu
- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China
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- Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 138632, Singapore
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- Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China. and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, PR China
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China. and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, PR China
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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- CNT-Application Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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Lin Y, Liu CF, Song YJ, Yang L, Zeng WJ, Lai WY, Huang W. Improved performances of inkjet-printed poly(3-hexylthiophene) organic thin-film transistors by inserting an ionic self-assembled monolayer. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra02032a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Improved performances of inkjet-printed poly(3-hexylthiophene) organic thin-film transistors have been demonstrated by inserting an ionic self-assembled monolayer.
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- Yan Lin
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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Kim B, Geier ML, Hersam MC, Dodabalapur A. Inkjet Printed Circuits on Flexible and Rigid Substrates Based on Ambipolar Carbon Nanotubes with High Operational Stability. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:27654-27660. [PMID: 26619154 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b07727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Inkjet printed ambipolar transistors and circuits with high operational stability are demonstrated on flexible and rigid substrates employing semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). All patterns, which include electrodes, semiconductors, and vias, are realized by inkjet printing without the use of rigid physical masks and photolithography. An Al2O3 layer deposited on devices by atomic layer deposition (ALD) transforms p-type SWCNT thin-film transistors (TFTs) into ambipolar SWCNT TFTs and encapsulates them effectively. The ambipolar SWCNT TFTs have balanced electron and hole mobilities, which facilitates their use in multicomponent circuits. For example, a variety of logic gates and ring oscillators are demonstrated based on the ambipolar TFTs. The three-stage ring oscillator operates continuously for longer than 80 h under ambient conditions with only slight deviations in oscillation frequency. The successful demonstration of ambipolar devices by inkjet printing will enable a new class of circuits that utilize n-channel, p-channel, and ambipolar circuit components.
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- Bongjun Kim
- Microelectronics Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78758, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Microelectronics Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78758, United States
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Sun L, Zhang J, Zhao F, Luo X, Lv W, li Y, Ren Q, Wen Z, Peng Y, Liu X. Ultrahigh near infrared photoresponsive organic field-effect transistors with lead phthalocyanine/C60 heterojunction on poly(vinyl alcohol) gate dielectric. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2015; 26:185501. [PMID: 25865614 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/18/185501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Performances of photoresponsive organic field-effect transistors (photOFETs) operating in the near infrared (NIR) region utilizing SiO2 as the gate dielectric is generally low due to low carrier mobility of the channel. We report on NIR photOFETs based on lead phthalocyanine (PbPc)/C60 heterojunction with ultrahigh photoresponsivity by utilizing poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) as the gate dielectric. For 808 nm NIR illumination of 1.69 mW cm(-2), an ultrahigh photoresponsivity of 21 A W(-1), and an external quantum efficiency of 3230% were obtained at a gate voltage of 30 V and a drain voltage of 80 V, which are 124 times and 126 times as large as the reference device with SiO2 as the gate dielectric, respectively. The ultrahigh enhancement of photoresponsivity is resulted from the huge increase of electron mobility of C60 film grown on PVA dielectric. AFM investigations revealed that the C60 film grown on PVA is much smooth and uniform and the grain size is much larger than that grown on SiO2 dielectric, which together results in four orders of magnitude increase of the field-effect electron mobility of C60 film.
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- Lei Sun
- Institute of Microelectronics, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, South Tianshui Road 222#, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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Schießl SP, Fröhlich N, Held M, Gannott F, Schweiger M, Forster M, Scherf U, Zaumseil J. Polymer-sorted semiconducting carbon nanotube networks for high-performance ambipolar field-effect transistors. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:682-9. [PMID: 25493421 PMCID: PMC4344370 DOI: 10.1021/am506971b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Efficient selection of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) from as-grown nanotube samples is crucial for their application as printable and flexible semiconductors in field-effect transistors (FETs). In this study, we use atactic poly(9-dodecyl-9-methyl-fluorene) (a-PF-1-12), a polyfluorene derivative with asymmetric side-chains, for the selective dispersion of semiconducting SWNTs with large diameters (>1 nm) from plasma torch-grown SWNTs. Lowering the molecular weight of the dispersing polymer leads to a significant improvement of selectivity. Combining dense semiconducting SWNT networks deposited from an enriched SWNT dispersion with a polymer/metal-oxide hybrid dielectric enables transistors with balanced ambipolar, contact resistance-corrected mobilities of up to 50 cm(2)·V(-1)·s(-1), low ohmic contact resistance, steep subthreshold swings (0.12-0.14 V/dec) and high on/off ratios (10(6)) even for short channel lengths (<10 μm). These FETs operate at low voltages (<3 V) and show almost no current hysteresis. The resulting ambipolar complementary-like inverters exhibit gains up to 61.
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- Stefan P. Schießl
- Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Chemistry
Department and Institute for Polymertechnology, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal D-42119, Germany
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- Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Chemistry
Department and Institute for Polymertechnology, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal D-42119, Germany
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- Chemistry
Department and Institute for Polymertechnology, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal D-42119, Germany
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- Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
- Institute for Physical Chemistry, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
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Xu W, Liu Z, Zhao J, Xu W, Gu W, Zhang X, Qian L, Cui Z. Flexible logic circuits based on top-gate thin film transistors with printed semiconductor carbon nanotubes and top electrodes. NANOSCALE 2014; 6:14891-7. [PMID: 25363072 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr05471g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
In this report printed thin film transistors and logic circuits on flexible substrates are reported. The top-gate thin film transistors were made of the sorted semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (sc-SWCNTs) ink as channel material and printed silver lines as top electrodes and interconnect. 5 nm HfOx thin films pre-deposited on PET substrates by atomic layer deposition (ALD) act as the adhesion layers to significantly improve the immobilization efficiency of sc-SWCNTs and environmental stability. The immobilization mechanism was investigated in detail. The flexible partially-printed top-gate SWCNT TFTs display ambipolar characteristics with slightly strong p-type when using 50 nm HfO(x) thin films as dielectric layer, as well as the encapsulation layer by atomic layer deposition (ALD) at 120 °C. The hole mobility, on/off ratio and subthreshold swing (SS) are ∼ 46.2 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1), 10(5) and 109 mV per decade, respectively. Furthermore, partially-printed TFTs show small hysteresis, low operating voltage (2 V) and high stability in air. Flexible partially-printed inverters show good performance with voltage gain up to 33 with 1.25 V supply voltage, and can work at 10 kHz. The frequency of flexible partially-printed five-stage ring oscillators can reach 1.7 kHz at supply voltages of 2 V with per stage delay times of 58.8 μs. This work paves a way to achieve printed SWCNT advanced logic circuits and systems on flexible substrates.
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Affiliation(s)
- Weiwei Xu
- Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, PR China.
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