Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Overview of Nanocarbon Electronics -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Nanocarbon Materials Fundamentals -- 1.3 Nanocarbon-Based Electronic Devices -- 1.4 Chapter Organization and Summaries -- 2. Nanocarbon Growth Methods and Device Integration -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 CNT Growth Method and Its Integration -- 2.2.1 Arc-Discharge Method -- 2.2.2 Laser Ablation Method -- 2.2.3 Chemical Vapor Deposition Method -- 2.3 Graphene Growth and Integration Process -- 2.3.1 Exfoliation Method -- 2.3.2 Chemical Vapor Deposition Method 2.3.3 Epitaxial Graphene Growth Method -- 2.4 CNT-Graphene Heterostructure Growth Methods -- 2.5 Summary -- 3. Electronic Transport in Nanocarbon Interconnects -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Side Contact versus End Contact -- 3.3 Horizontal CNT Interconnects with Side Contacts -- 3.4 Vertical CNT Interconnects with End Contacts -- 3.4.1 CNT Interconnect Vias -- 3.4.2 CNT Via Nanostructure Characterization -- 3.4.3 Electrical Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Vias -- 3.4.4 Current-Carrying Capacity Experiment -- 3.4.5 Comparison of CNT Vias with Cu and W Vias 3.5 Electronic Transport in CNT-Graphene Heterostructure -- 3.5.1 Vertical CNT-Graphene Heterostructure -- 3.5.2 Geometry Definition and Contact Optimization -- 3.5.3 Electronic Transport Properties -- 3.6 Summary and Conclusion -- 4. Carbon Nanotube Transistors -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 CNT Fabrication and Separation -- 4.3 Progress of CNT Transistors -- 4.3.1 Gate Control -- 4.3.2 Schottky Barrier -- 4.3.3 Unipolar Conduction Behavior -- 4.3.4 SWCNT Channel -- 4.4 Flexible and Stretchable CNT Transistors -- 4.4.1 Fabrication Technology -- 4.4.2 Flexible CNT Thin-Film Transistors 4.4.3 Stretchable CNT Thin-Film Transistors -- 4.5 Applications of CNT Transistors -- 4.5.1 Integrated Circuits -- 4.5.2 Flexible Display Circuits -- 4.5.3 Biosensors -- 4.6 Summary -- 5. Graphene Transistors -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Structure and Electronic Properties of Graphene -- 5.3 Issues of Graphene for FETs -- 5.3.1 Bandgap Engineering -- 5.3.1.1 Graphene nanoribbons -- 5.3.1.2 Bilayer graphene -- 5.3.1.3 Strain engineering -- 5.3.2 Contact Resistance -- 5.3.3 Mobility Optimization -- 5.4 Performance of Graphene FETs -- 5.4.1 Current Switching -- 5.4.2 Voltage Gain 5.5 Graphene FETs in CMOS Circuits -- 5.6 Novel Graphene Transistor Structures -- 5.7 Radio-Frequency Graphene Electronics -- 5.8 Flexible Graphene Electronics -- 5.8.1 Preparation of Flexible Graphene Thin Film -- 5.8.2 Flexible Graphene Transistor -- 5.9 Summary -- 6. Nanocarbons for Flexible Sensing Applications -- 6.1 Introduction and Overview for Flexible Nanocarbon Electronics -- 6.2 Flexible Device Fabrication -- 6.2.1 Flexible Substrate Selection -- 6.2.2 Fabrication Techniques -- 6.2.2.1 Lithography -- 6.2.2.2 Nanocarbon ink preparation -- 6.2.2.3 Nanocarbon printing
This book presents a comprehensive review of research on applications of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene to electronic devices. As nanocarbons in general, and CNTs and graphene in particular, are becoming increasingly recognized as the most promising materials for future generations of electronic devices, including transistors, sensors, and interconnects, a knowledge gap still exists between the basic science of nanocarbons and their feasibility for cost-effective product manufacturing. The book highlights some of the issues surrounding this missing link by providing a detailed review of the nanostructure and electronic properties, materials, and device fabrication and of the structure-property-application relationships.