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Fabrication of Low Temperature Carbon Nanotube Vertical Interconnects Compatible with Semiconductor Technology
Published on: December 7, 2015
Carbon nanotube nanoelectronic devices compatible with transmission electron microscopy
Huiliang Wang1, Jun Luo, Franziska Schäffel
1Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Abstract:
We report on a novel method to fabricate carbon nanotube (CNT) nanoelectronic devices on silicon nitride membrane grids that are compatible with high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). Resist-based electron beam lithography is used to fabricate electrodes on 50 nm thin silicon nitride membranes and focused-ion-beam milling is used to cut out a 200 nm gap across a gold electrode to produce the viewing window for HRTEM. Spin-coating and AC electrophoresis are used as methods to deposit small bundles of carbon nanotubes across the electrodes. We demonstrate the viability of this approach by performing both electrical measurements and HRTEM imaging of solution-processed CNTs in a device.
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