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Inkjet Printing of Electrically Conductive Patterns of Carbon Nanotubes†

  1. Krisztián Kordás Dr.2,
  2. Tero Mustonen2,
  3. Géza Tóth2,
  4. Heli Jantunen Prof.2,
  5. Marja Lajunen Prof.3,
  6. Caterina Soldano4,
  7. Saikat Talapatra Dr.5,
  8. Swastik Kar Dr.5,
  9. Robert Vajtai Dr.1,
  10. Pulickel M. Ajayan Prof.5

Article first published online: 28 JUL 2006

DOI: 10.1002/smll.200600061

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Volume 2, Issue 8-9, pages 1021–1025, August 2006

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Kordás, K., Mustonen, T., Tóth, G., Jantunen, H., Lajunen, M., Soldano, C., Talapatra, S., Kar, S., Vajtai, R. and Ajayan, Pulickel M. (2006), Inkjet Printing of Electrically Conductive Patterns of Carbon Nanotubes. Small, 2: 1021–1025. doi: 10.1002/smll.200600061

Author Information

  1. 1

    Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA, Fax: (+1) 518-2766540

  2. 2

    Microelectronics and Materials Physics Laboratories, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4500, 90014 Oulu, Finland

  3. 3

    Division of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, 90014 Oulu, Finland

  4. 4

    Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA

  5. 5

    Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA

  1. †

    The authors thank the Academy of Finland, the National Technology Agency of Finland (TEKES), the Graduate School of Infotech Oulu, the Tauno Tönningin Säätiö, and the Nokia Foundation for supporting this work. C.S., S.K., and P.M.A. acknowledge the support received from the Interconnect Focus Center New York at RPI.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 JUL 2006
  2. Article first published online: 28 JUL 2006
  3. Manuscript Received: 3 FEB 2006

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Keywords:

  • carbon nanotubes;
  • chemical vapor deposition;
  • inkjet printing;
  • oxidation;
  • patterning
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Jet stream: Multi-walled carbon nanotubes grown by catalytic chemical vapor deposition were carboxylated in a two-step oxidation process. An aqueous dispersion of the functionalized nanotubes was dispensed using an inkjet printer to obtain electrically conductive patterns on paper and plastic surfaces (see picture). Sheet resistivities for the deposited patterns of about 40 kΩ/□ could be achieved by multiple prints.

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