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Fabrication of Low Temperature Carbon Nanotube Vertical Interconnects Compatible with Semiconductor Technology
Published on: December 7, 2015
Electrical connectivity in single-walled carbon nanotube networks
Peter N Nirmalraj1, Philip E Lyons, Sukanta De
1School of Chemistry, School of Physics, Center for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Abstract:
Transport in single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) networks is shown to be dominated by resistance at network junctions which scale with the size of the interconnecting bundles. Acid treatment, known to dope individual tubes, actually produces a dramatic reduction in junction resistances, whereas annealing significantly increases this resistance. Measured junction resistances for pristine, acid-treated and annealed SWCNT bundles correlate with conductivities of the corresponding films, in excellent agreement with a model in which junctions control the overall network performance.
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