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Patterned Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors with Transfer-Print Assembly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Vinod. K. Sangwan ,
D. R. Hines ,
V. W. Ballarotto ,
G. Esen ,
M. S. Fuhrer  and
E. D. Williams
Vinod. K. Sangwan
Affiliation:
vinod_sag@yahoo.co.uk, University of Maryland (College Park), Department of Physics, 8309, 20th Avenue, Adelphi, MD, 20783, United States
D. R. Hines
Affiliation:
hines@lps.umd.edu, University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, MD, 20742, United States
V. W. Ballarotto
Affiliation:
vince@lps.umd.edu, Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, MD, 20740, United States
G. Esen
Affiliation:
gokhan@umd.edu, University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, MD, 20742, United States
M. S. Fuhrer
Affiliation:
mfuhrer@physics.umd.edu, University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, MD, 20742, United States
E. D. Williams
Affiliation:
edw@physics.umd.edu, University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, MD, 20742, United States
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Abstract

Conditions for the transfer printing of patterned carbon nanotube (CNT) films, along with a Au-gate, a poly methylmethacrylate (PMMA) dielectric layer and Au source-drain electrodes have been developed for the fabrication of thin-film transistors on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate. Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) grown CNTs were patterned using a photolithographic method.

Transfer printing was used to fabricate devices having both top gate and bottom gate configurations. Replacement of the SiO2 dielectric with PMMA correlates with a decreased hysteresis in the transconductance behavior. Encapsulation of the CNTs between the polymeric substrate and dielectric layer yields ambipolar behavior. Variations in device performance are also observed as a function of CNT film density and channel length, suggesting changing contributions of the metallic and semiconducting CNTs to the transport mechanism.

Keywords

microelectronicsorganicsemiconducting
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 963: Symposium Q – Nanowires and Carbon Nanotubes – Science and Applications , 2006 , 0963-Q10-57
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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