Aligned, high-density semiconducting carbon nanotube arrays for high-performance electronics

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 368; no. 6493; pp. 850 - 856
• Main Authors: Liu, Lijun, Han, Jie, Xu, Lin, Zhou, Jianshuo, Zhao, Chenyi, Ding, Sujuan, Shi, Huiwen, Xiao, Mengmeng, Ding, Li, Ma, Ze, Jin, Chuanhong, Zhang, Zhiyong, Peng, Lian-Mao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The American Association for the Advancement of Science 22.05.2020
• Subjects: Arrays; Carbon; Density; Dispersion; Fabrication; Field effect transistors; Gating; Integrated circuits; Ionic liquids; Metal oxides; Nanotechnology; Nanotubes; Oscillators; Performance measurement; Purity; Room temperature; Self alignment; Semiconductor devices; Silicon; Silicon transistors; Silicon wafers; Single wall carbon nanotubes; Transconductance; Transistors

Although semiconducting carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are promising candidates to replace silicon in transistors at extremely small dimensions, their purity, density, and alignment must be improved. Liu et al. combined a multiple dispersion sorting process, which improves purity, and a dimension-limited s...