Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the University of Waterloo, Canada
- Provides an accessible introduction to carbon nanotubes, their fabrication, and electronic properties
- Describes use of the alignment relay technique for fabrication of carbon nanotube field-effect transistors
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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This thesis addresses the problem of improving the alignment of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in transistor applications, taking a unique approach using iptycenes acting as molecular tweezers in combination with a liquid crystal solvent. As part of a project to test the effectiveness of a multi-step method, the so-called Alignment Relay Technique (ART), this work contributed evidence for the selectivity and stability of ART, as well as providing the first proof-of-concept that ART can be used to create CNT field-effect transistors (FETs). The thesis effectively explains and illustrates the chemical synthesis of the tweezers, the concept and actualization of the technique, the various factors observed to influence deposition and selectivity, along with material fabrication using both photolithography and electron beam lithography. This research advances knowledge of transistors and expands the applications of small organic molecules in the field of materials science. Particular highlights of this thesis include: an extensive review of ART, its advantages, and limitations; development of new material chemistry methods for the optimization of semiconducting CNT selectivity; and a comprehensive exploration of fabrication and characterization of CNTFETs for future applications.
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Book Title: Methods of the Alignment-Relay Technique for Nanosystems
Book Subtitle: Optimization and Innovation
Authors: Monika Snowdon
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84413-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84412-7Published: 09 November 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84415-8Published: 10 November 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-84413-4Published: 08 November 2021
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 263
Number of Illustrations: 71 b/w illustrations, 160 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nanoscale Science and Technology, Semiconductors, Electronic Circuits and Devices, Chemistry/Food Science, general, Materials Science, general