Selective positioning and integration of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes.
We present a general selective positioning and integration technique for fabricating single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) circuits with preselected individual SWNTs as building blocks by utilizing poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) thin film as a macroscopically handlable mediator. The transparency and marker-replicating capability of PMMA mediator allow the selective placement of chirality-specific nanotubes onto predesigned patterned surfaces with a resolution of ca. 1 mum. This technique is compatible with multiple operations and p-n conversion by chemical doping, which enables the construction of complex and logic circuits. As demonstrations of building SWNTs circuits, we fabricated a field effect inverter, a 2 x 2 all-SWNT crossbar field effect transistor (FET), and flexible FETs on plastic with this technique. This selective positioning approach can also be extended to construct purpose-directed architecture with various nanoscale building blocks.
Jiao
Liying
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Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China.
Xian
Xiaojun
X
Wu
Zhongyun
Z
Zhang
Jin
J
Liu
Zhongfan
Z
D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010316:Particle Size; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate