title: Imperceptible and Ultraflexible p-Type Transistors and Macroelectronics Based on Carbon Nanotubes.
abstract: Flexible thin-film transistors based on semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes are promising for flexible digital circuits, artificial skins, radio frequency devices, active-matrix-based displays, and sensors due to the outstanding electrical properties and intrinsic mechanical strength of carbon nanotubes. Nevertheless, previous research effort only led to nanotube thin-film transistors with the smallest bending radius down to 1 mm. In this paper, we have realized the full potential of carbon nanotubes by making ultraflexible and imperceptible p-type transistors and circuits with a bending radius down to 40 μm. In addition, the resulted transistors show mobility up to 12.04 cm(2) V(-1) S(-1), high on-off ratio (∼10(6)), ultralight weight (<3 g/m(2)), and good mechanical robustness (accommodating severe crumpling and 67% compressive strain). Furthermore, the nanotube circuits can operate properly with 33% compressive strain. On the basis of the aforementioned features, our ultraflexible p-type nanotube transistors and circuits have great potential to work as indispensable components for ultraflexible complementary electronics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and ‡Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California 90089, United States.
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and ‡Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California 90089, United States.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and ‡Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California 90089, United States.
authors.forename: Chongwu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhou
keywords: carbon nanotubes; circuits; complementary electronics; thin-film transistors; ultraflexible and imperceptible transistors