Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Transistors—Ready for Prime Time?

Abstract

Recent efforts to synthesize carbon nanotube networks in a transistor integration strategy have shown significant promise as an alternative technology for large area TFT applications. With new knowledge of necessary process control mechanisms and carbon nanotube network properties, these approaches use solution-based assembly techniques to achieve specific device parameters by design and have the potential to gain a foothold in a high-end consumer products markets. Also: Nanomaterial Enabled Conductive Paper: A New Paradigm for Flexible Electronics and Energy Storage; Working Group Makes Important Contribution to EPA's Scientific Advisory Panel on Nanosilver; and Herr and Caprio Round Out Editorial Team.