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Inkjet Printing of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes  

Song, Jin-Wong (Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Han, Chang-Soo (Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
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International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing / v.9, no.3, 2008 , pp. 79-81 More about this Journal
Abstract
A single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) transparent conductive film (TCF) was fabricated using a simple inkjet printing method. The TCF could be selectively patterned by controlling the dot size to diameters as small as $34{\mu}m$. In this repeatable and scalable process, we achieved 71% film transmittance and a resistance of 900 ohm/sq sheet with an excellent uniformity, about ${\pm}5%$ deviation overall. Inkjet printing of SWNT is substrate friendly and the TCF is printed on a flexible substrate. This method of fabrication using direct printing permits mass production of TCF in a large area process, reducing processing steps and yielding low-cost TCF fabrications on a designated area using simple printing.
Keywords
Single Wall Carbon Nanotube; Inkjet Print; Transparent Conductive Film;
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