Spinning out nanotube transistors

   July 7/14, 2008
Spin carbon nanotubes onto a specially coated surface and semiconducting nanotubes separate from metallic tubes, congregate and align -- all in one step. The resulting thin films are efficient transistors. The process could make mass-produced carbon nanotube transistors commercially viable.

Thin-film transistors are widely used in computer displays, and could also be used in flexible electronic devices.

Research paper:
Self-Sorted, Aligned Nanotube Networks for Thin-Film Transistors
Science, July 4, 2008

Researcher's homepage:
Zhenan Bao

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