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Tunability of Carbon NanoTubes Resistance Deposited by Inkjet Printing at Low Temperature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Sebastien Pacchini ,
Véronique Conédéra ,
Fabien Mesnilgrente ,
Norbert Fabre ,
Emmanuel Flahaut ,
Fabio Coccetti ,
Mircea Dragoman  and
Robert Plana
Sebastien Pacchini
Affiliation:
[email protected], LAAS-CNRS, MINC, Toulouse, France
Véronique Conédéra
Affiliation:
[email protected], LAAS-CNRS, TEAM, Toulouse, France
Fabien Mesnilgrente
Affiliation:
[email protected], LAAS-CNRS, TEAM, Toulouse, France
Norbert Fabre
Affiliation:
[email protected], LAAS-CNRS, TEAM, Toulouse, France
Emmanuel Flahaut
Affiliation:
[email protected], Université de Toulouse, UPS, INP - Institut Carnot Cirimat, Toulouse, France
Fabio Coccetti
Affiliation:
[email protected], LAAS-CNRS, MINC, Toulouse, France
Mircea Dragoman
Affiliation:
[email protected], Univ. Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Robert Plana
Affiliation:
[email protected], LAAS-CNRS, MINC, Toulouse, France
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Abstract

A deposition method based on inkjet printing technology and conductive double-wall carbon nanotubes (DWNT) suspension is, hereby, presented. The approach exploits the selective transfer capabilities offered by the inkjet printing process and the excellent conductive characteristics of the available DWNTs, in order to realize microelectronic interconnects of arbitrary patter and given electrical properties. The DWNTs are prepared by CCVD process, oxidized and dispersed in ethylene-glycol (EG) and in water solution. The DWNTs lines are fabricated on tests structures and then characterized through impedance and current-voltage measurements. 400 μm long and 90 μm wide transmission lines have been printed by varying the number of overwrites for given DWNT density. The results confirm that the DC resistance of DWNTs lines can be changed according to the number of overwrites and that the lines preserve ohmic characteristics up to 100 MHz.

Keywords

electrical propertiesink-jet printingmicroelectronics
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1258: Symposia P/Q/R – Low-Dimensional Functional Nanostructures-Fabrication, Characterization and Applications , 2010 , 1258-R10-15
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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