Carbon nanotube active-matrix backplanes for conformal electronics and sensors

Autor: Kuniharu Takei, Ronald S. Fearing, Ali Javey, Toshitake Takahashi, Andrew G. Gillies
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Nano letters. 11(12)
ISSN: 1530-6992
Popis: In this paper, we report a promising approach for fabricating large-scale flexible and stretchable electronics using a semiconductor-enriched carbon nanotube solution. Uniform semiconducting nanotube networks with superb electrical properties (mobility of ∼20 cm2 V(-1) s(-1) and ION/IOFF of ∼10(4)) are obtained on polyimide substrates. The substrate is made stretchable by laser cutting a honeycomb mesh structure, which combined with nanotube-network transistors enables highly robust conformal electronic devices with minimal device-to-device stochastic variations. The utility of this device concept is demonstrated by fabricating an active-matrix backplane (12×8 pixels, physical size of 6×4 cm2) for pressure mapping using a pressure sensitive rubber as the sensor element.
Databáze: OpenAIRE