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Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes-Zinc Oxide Structure by Drop-drying and Ink Jet Printing

abstract: This thesis elaborates the application of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and it is discussed in two parts. In the first part of the thesis, two types of CNTs inks for inkjet materials printer are prepared. They are both chemical stable and printable, effective and easily made. The sheet resistance of printed films decreases exponentially as the number of layers increases. In the second part of this study, CNTs/ZnO composite structures are fabricated to understand the electronic and optical properties. The materials were deposited by two different methods: drop-drying and RF magnetic sputtering system on flexible polymer substrates. To further increase the conductivity of the various layers of deposited CNTs films, electrical and optical characterizations are also done. This study establishes CNTs as a multi-functional semitransparent conductor, which can be deposited at room-temperature with other transparent conductive oxide (TCO) composites for application in flexible electronics and printed circuit and sensors. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Materials Science and Engineering 2012

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:15226
Date January 2012
ContributorsLiu, Pai (Author), Alford, Terry L (Advisor), Alford, Terry L (Advisor), Tasooji, Amaneh (Committee member), Krause, Stephen (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMasters Thesis
Format52 pages
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