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- This application relates to electronic and/or electro-optic components formed from nano-scale materials, devices made with these components, and methods of production.
- Nanostructures or nano-scale materials are three-dimensional structures where at least one dimension is less than lOOnm.
- nano-structure includes nanoparticles, nanowires, nanofibers, nanoribbons, nanoplates and nanotubes.
- nanotube is sometimes abbreviated "NT" herein.
- Nanowires or nanofibers have also been shown to act as an electronic material and have been incorporated into various devices.
- Transistors have also been fabricated using nanofiber networks. Nanoelectronic Devices Based On Nanowire Networks Richard Kaner, Jason Huang George Gruner see PCT/USO4/28633.
- the network In order to support electrical conduction the network has to be above the so called percolation threshold where at least one interconnected path through the elements provides a conducting channel between the two electrodes, and the properties of the network depend on the density L.Hu et alNano Letters 4 (2004).
- the nano-structure networks are also often "functionalized”.
- Functionalization means a change of the nano-structured material properties, such as the electron or hole concentration or the mobility. Such functionalization may be achieved by attaching chemicals to the nano-structured materials. As an example, the conductivity can be enhanced by attaching molecules to the nanotubes. The effect of such attachment is twofold:
- the current invention also includes nano-scale material networks that have been functionalized also with a chemical that leads to a specific property (such as sensitivity to light, and biomaterials) in addition to the agents that lead to electron or hole doping as discussed above. Functionalizations have also been described in the patent Room Temperature Deposition OfNanotube Transistor Networks (PCTUSO5/03822).
- An electrode for an electro-optic device has a network of carbon nanotubes.
- the electrode has an electrical conductivity of at least 600 S/cm and a transmittance for 550 nm light of at least 80%.
- An average thickness of the network of carbon nanotubes is at least 2 nm.
- An electro-optic device has an at least semi-transparent electrode that has a network of carbon nanotubes.
- the network of carbon nanotubes has an electrical conductivity of at least 600 S/cm and a transmittance for 550 nm light of at least 80%.
- An average thickness of the network of carbon nanotubes is at least 2 nm.
- a method of producing a device includes forming a film of carbon nanotubes on a filter surface by vacuum filtration, pressing a stamp against at least a portion of the firm of carbon nanotubes to cause a portion of the firm of carbon nanotubes to adhere to the stamp, and pressing the stamp having the portion of carbon nanotubes adhered thereto against a substructure of the device to cause the network of carbon nanotubes to be transferred to a surface of the substructure upon removal of the stamp.
- a conductive nanorube network has a plurality of carbon nanotubes that have an average length that is greater than 5 ⁇ m.
- the conductive nanotube network also has a conductivity of at least 4000 S/cm.
- An electrode for an electro-optic device has a plurality of metallic carbon nanotubes and a plurality of semiconducting carbon nanotubes.
- a ratio of a number of the plurality of metallic carbon nanotubes to a number of the plurality of semiconducting carbon nanotubes is greater than 0.4, thereby providing the electrode with an enhanced electrical conductivity compared to electrodes having a ratio of about 0.3 metallic carbon nanotubes to semiconducting carbon nanotubes.
- a method of producing a device includes providing a substructure of the device, producing a carbon nanotube network separate from the substructure of the device; and transferring the carbon nanotube network to a surface of the substructure of the device.
- a device according to an embodiment of this invention has a substructure that is at least one of an electrically active and an optically active substructure, and a nanostructured network layer disposed on the substructure of the device.
- the nanostructured network has nanotubes and at least one of nanoparticles, nanoribbons, nanowires, and nanoplates.
- devices according to embodiments of this invention are manufactured according to the methods of this invention.
- Figure 1 shows sheet conductance versus volume of solution to illustrate some concepts of this invention
- Figure 2 shows sheet conductance versus coverage density
- Figure 3 shows optical transmittance at 550 nm versus nanotube coverage
- Figure 4 is a schematic illustration to facilitate an explanation of functionalizing nanotube networks
- Figure 5 shows sheet conductance versus nanotube density with the sheet conductance of all-metallic tabs indicated
- Figure 6 shows optical transmittance at 550 nm versus nanotube network density with the full line representing theory
- Figure 7 shows dependence of source-drain current on a back-gate transistor device with a spin-coated nanotube network
- Figure 8 shows dependence of source-drain current on the source-drain voltage of a transistor with a nanotube network conducting channel
- Figure 9 shows the sheet resistance as a function of nanotube amount deposited on the surface
- Figure 10 is a schematic illustration of a stamp method of production according to an embodiment of the current invention.
- Figure 11 is a series of photographs showing patterned nanotube films on a PET substrate
- Figure 12 shows the sheet resistance versus transmittance for nanotube films produced according to an embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 13 shows the optical parameters n and k of carbon nanotube networks
- Figure 14 shows the optical transmission, reflection and absorption of a nanotube film according to an embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 15 shows the optical transmission and reflection of an ITO film in the visible range
- Figure 16 shows sheet resistance versus transmittance for nanotube networks according to an embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 16A is a table of measured data corresponding to the cases of Figure
- Figure 18 is a schematic illustration of an interpenetrating nano-scale network according to an embodiment of the current invention.
- Figure 19 is a schematic illustration of an interpenetrating nano-scale network according to another embodiment of the current invention.
- Figure 20 is a schematic illustration of an interpenetrating nano-scale network according to another embodiment of the current invention.
- Figure 21 is a schematic illustration of an interpenetrating nano-scale network according to another embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 22 is a schematic illustration of an interpenetrating nano-scale network according to another embodiment of the current invention.
- Figure 23 is a schematic illustration of an interpenetrating nano-scale network according to another embodiment of the current invention.
- Figure 24 is a schematic illustration of an interpenetrating nano-scale network according to another embodiment of the current invention.
- Figure 25 is an AFM image of a gold nanoparticle-carbon nanotube network according to an embodiment of the current invention.
- Figure 26 shows 2.2 nm diameter gold nanoparticles (NP) on silicon wafer by incubation
- Figure 27 is a schematic illustration of a solar cell structure according to an embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 28 shows a nanoscale polyaniline network according to an embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 29 shows TEM images of a nanostructure according to an embodiment of the current invention.
- Figure 30 shows a nanotube-fabric composite structure according to an embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 31 is a schematic illustration of a smart window according to an embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 32 is a schematic illustration of a solar cell according to an embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 33 is a schematic illustration of a light emitting diode according to an embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 34 is a schematic illustration of a nanowire-nanoparticle network according to an embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 35 is a schematic illustration of a transistor according to an embodiment of the current invention.
- Figure 36 is a schematic illustration of a transistor according to another embodiment of the current invention.
- Figure 37 is a schematic illustration of a transistor according to another embodiment of the current invention.
- Figure 38 illustrates features of a smart window according to an embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 39 illustrates features of an electro-chromic device according to an embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 40 illustrates features of an electro-chromic device according to an embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 41 shows AFM images of nanotube networks according to embodiments of the current invention
- Figure 42 shows optical and SEM images of a sprayed nanotube fabric according to an embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 43 shows a conducting fabric according to an embodiment of the current invention
- Figure 44 is a table of conductivities of various materials on both flat and rough surfaces according to embodiments of the current invention.
- Figure 45 shows frequency dependence of conductivity of fabric according to an embodiment of the current invention.
- Electro-optic device has a broad definition herein that includes any device that has desirable electrical and optical properties. Electro-optic devices include, but are not limited to solar cells, solid state lighting devices, touch screens, display devices, smart windows, defrosting windows, electromagnetic screens, and static screens.
- Electrode has a broad definition herein that includes any component that is intended to conduct a charged current.
- the electrodes for electro- optic devices herein may be further defined to have certain optical properties in addition to electrical properties in some, but not necessarily all applications.
- the nanotube density of the nanotube network on a surface can be described by either:
- 100% coverage of a network leads to an average thickness equivalent to the diameter of the nanotubes, this also corresponds to a surface density of 100%.
- Networks with more or less than 100% coverage can be fabricated and are included in this invention.
- the dc, direct current conductivity ⁇ da is a parameter that is independent of the nanotube density.
- the sheet conductance, the technically important parameter is given by ⁇ dc d .
- Various factors determine the dc conductivity:
- ⁇ ⁇ c is the optical conductivity
- c the speed of light
- d is the film thickness as defined above and is proportional to the nanotube network surface density. It has been shown that the ac conductivity in the visible spectral range, or in the range where the sunlight has substantial intensity is largely proportional to the density of the nanotube network, but is not, or is only very weakly influenced by inter- tube resistances, and by the nanotube length, and in addition it is not strongly influenced by doping.
- Carbon nanotube networks are a random array of nanotubes, usually on a substrate.
- the surface coverage by the network can be less than one monolayer, i.e. full coverage, but can be more. Due to the conducting properties of the nanotubes, the network is an electrically conducting medium above a certain nanotube density. Networks fabricated to date do not exceed a dc conductivity of 1000 Siemens/cm, yet many important applications require 4000 Siemens/cm.
- Transparency in the visible and ultraviolet spectral range is determined largely by nanotube coverage, with more coverage leading to less transparency (see Eq. 1). Li the infrared range, additional factors, such as the carrier density, are also important. Full coverage with one monolayer of nanotubes yields approximately 80% transparency.
- the dc, direct current conductivity is determined and/or influenced by:
- sheet conductance is defined as the conductivity of a square (the length of the layer the same as the width) of the network layer. (The sheet resistance is the inverse of the sheet conductance).
- An embodiment of the current invention provides highly conductive nanotube networks having a dc conductivity of at least about 4000 Siemens/cm and methods of fabricating these together with the ink material that is used for the fabrication.
- Highly conductive nanotube networks, exceeding the conductivity of networks that have been fabricated to date can be obtained by:
- Two parameters, the carrier density and the carrier mobility determine the electrical conductivity of the nanotube networks.
- Applications for transparent electronics require that the sheet resistance, the inverse of the sheet conductance, is sufficiently small, and an optical transparency is sufficiently high. For example, for indium-tin-oxide, 90% transparency and 100 Ohms/square sheet resistance are the typical values.
- Nanotube networks fabricated to date, while both conducting and transparent, have not been able to achieve the right combination of sheet conductance and transparency to be competitive with currently used materials such as indium-tin-oxide (ITO). A comparison between typical nanotube network parameters and parameters that characterize the properties of ITO are given below.
- Sheet Conductance or Sheet Resistance of Indium-Tin-Oxide at 90% Transparency Higher sheet conductance leads to superior device performance, or leads to higher transparency if films with the same sheet conductance are made.
- Touch screen/Display applications require 200 x 10 "5 Siemens/square at 90% transparency.
- NT network (undoped, commercial NT) 1000 Ohms/square
- the sheet conductance and the optical transparency of the carbon nanotube network depends, for a particular nanotube deposition method, and starting material, on the nanotube surface density.
- Figures 1 and 2 illustrates such a relation (L. Hu et al Nano Letters 4, 2513 (2004)).
- Sheet Conductance can also be expressed as the function of Surface Coverage for carbon nanotube networks.
- Embodiments of the invention include a carbon nanotube network structure and also a fabrication of the network, for which the dc electrical conductivity exceeds a value of 4000 (Siemens/cm).
- the dc conductance of carbon nanotube networks is limited by the inter-tube resistance which is approximately 100 MOhms, about 4 orders of magnitude larger than the resistance of the carbon nanotubes themselves, which is 10 kOhms.
- the resistance can be reduced by reducing the number of nanotube- nanotube interconnects per unit area of the network. Assume that we increase the length scale of a network by a factor X by fabricating a network with the equivalent geometry but using nanotubes twice the length i, in a fashion that is similar to a magnification with a copying machine. As the sheet resistance depends on the number of interconnects, both the sheet resistance and the sheet conductance are unchanged. However the nanotube density has decreased by a factor of X 2 . As the optical conductivity is largely proportional to the nanotube density, the optical conductivity is decreased by a factor of X 2 and through Equation (1) the transparency is increased.
- the sheet resistance is inversely proportional to X 2 (or equivalently the conductivity, for the same film thickness is proportional to X 2 ) and an increase of, for example, a factor of 3, in nanotube length leads to a decrease of a factor of 9 in the sheet resistance, and an increase of the dc conductivity ⁇ ⁇ j c , by the same factor of 9.
- Nanotube networks reported in the paper by Lu (2004), and reported by others are made from nanotubes with lengths of approximately 1 micron.
- the dc conductivities measured from these networks have been 2000 Siemens/cm or less and are not acceptable for most applications.
- nanotube networks are made from nanotubes that have, on average, lengths of at least about 5 ⁇ m and have dc conductivities of at least approximately 3000 Siemens/cm. In another arrangement, nanotube networks are made from nanotubes that have, on average, lengths of at least about 6 ⁇ m and have dc conductivities of at least approximately 5000 Siemens/cm.
- Carbon nanotubes can be modified chemically (functionalized), leading to changes of the electronic structure, and bonding properties to the surroundings.
- Functionalization refers to a chemical procedure that leads to changes of the nanotube electronic properties, or the resistance associated with the interconnects between nanotubes. Functionalization can also be referred to as doping. Such doping can be performed by dissolving the nanotubes in a solution and performing the functionalization in a wet chemistry environment. Several modifications can be made, and observed by optical and chemical methods.
- functionalization of various types is used to increase conductivities of the individual nanotubes.
- Functionalization involves treating nanotubes with chemical species either during or subsequent to nanotube growth.
- Examples of functionalization types include: Those that lead to a charge transfer between the functionalization molecule or layer of molecules and the nanotubes (hole or electron donation).
- TCNE Tetracyanoethylene • Inorganic species, such Br (bromine), Cl (chlorine), I (iodine), SOCl 2
- Electron Donors Strong electron donation leads to increased conductivity due to electrons, in particular if de-oxygenation, which can remove the p-doping of nanotubes, also occurs. Thus the combination of the two - electron doping and partial oxygen removal can cause increased electron conductivity of the individual nanotubes and therefore of the whole network.
- a functionalization that increases electron conductivity in carbon nanotubes is a coating of the polymer PEI (polyethylene-imine).
- doping or functionalizing nanotubes can also affect their optical conductivity.
- doping with iodine does not have an observable effect on the ac optical conductivity in the visible spectral range, while at the same time, significantly increases the dc conductivity.
- Nanotube Network Functionalization For Decreased Inter-Tube Resistance
- modifications are made to nanotube networks, which provide improved current flow, or increased nanotube-nanotube junction conductance (decreased resistance) from one nanotube to the other, through:
- FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration that illustrates some of these effects.
- significantly increased network conductivity is achieved by increasing the fraction of metallic nanotubes in the nanotube networks.
- the nanotubes can be made of any material known to form nanotubes that have metallic conduction characteristics.
- Currently known nanotube networks contain both metallic and semiconducting nanotubes.
- approximately 2/3 of carbon nanotubes are semiconducting and 1/3 are metallic.
- the metallic nanotubes have a conductivity approximately one order of magnitude higher than the semiconducting nanotubes. Consequently, networks with a larger proportion of metallic nanotubes have higher conductivities. This can be confirmed by the FET transistor behavior of the devices, indicating an "on" current at least one order of magnitude higher than the correct at zero voltage.
- the increase of the conductivity expected as a function of the increase of the fraction of metallic carbon nanotubes can be estimated as follows. For high densities (well above the percolation threshold), where the conductivity is proportional to the nanotube density, the conductivity will be proportional to the total number of metallic and semiconducting tubes, and this is indicated on the dash-dotted line in Figure 5. For a mixture of semiconducting and metallic tubes, at 90% transparency (see Figure 6), the network is close to the percolation threshold and such linear behaviour does not apply. The ratio of the two conductivities at densities corresponding to 90% transparency, approximately a factor of 9 (see Figure 5) is the ratio of the conductivity of "as produced" to 100% metallic tubes.
- a conductance of 4000 Siemens/cm in a nanotube network is achieved by using at least some of the above embodiments (e.g., increased nanotube length, enhanced fraction of metallic nanotubes, functionalization to increase nanotube conductivity, and functionalization to reduce nanotube-nanotube interconnect resistance) in combination.
- the fabrication methods include chemical vapor deposition (CVD), drop casting/spraying from solvents, spin coating. Quasi-Langmuir-Blodgett deposition, dip-casting, and printing methods.
- One embodiment of the invention includes methods for fabrication of nanotube networks.
- functionalization is performed in a solvent prior to deposition of the nanotubes onto the desired substrate.
- functionalization is performed after deposition of the nanotubes onto the desired substrate.
- fabrication methods include : 1. Spray painting
- Deposition of the solution onto a substrate to form a network is also suitable for deposition of a patterned network with varying network density onto a surface.
- the nanotube network is deposited through a printing method similar to ink-jet or dip-pen deposition using commercial deposition instruments. Such methods are also suitable for depositing patterned networks, with varying density, onto a surface.
- the substrate can be a porous material, such as alumina, or a material such as
- Si or Si oxide that has been treated for improved attachment of the nanotubes to the surface.
- substrates include glass (e.g., organosilicate glass), polymers
- low dielectric constant materials e.g., porous low k materials
- nanotube network samples were prepared by sonicating HpCO tubes in Chloroform and depositing them on an alumina filter membrane. Two different samples, with the following characteristics were prepared:
- Sample 1 40 ml of 1 mg/L NT in Chloroform
- Sample 2 40 ml of 1 mg/L NT in Chloroform with 30 mg of NTFB added in solution (Chemical formula is NO 2 BF 4 , NO 2 groups hole-dope the nanotubes)
- Sample 2 123 Ohms with a 32mm x 7mm channel, 562 Ohms/Sq sheet resistance
- Another approach was to first lay down nanotubes on a substrate from chloroform, paint on the contacts, measure the sheet resistance, followed by filtering through a solution of NTFB in water on top of that, or to soak the sample in a solution of NTFB in water.
- Sample 1 made a sample of HPCo NT on alumina and measured a sheet resistance of 726 Ohms/Sq
- Sample 2 Took above sample 1 and sucked through a mixture of NTFB in water, 100 ml of water with 30 mg NTFB. After drying in oven and letting cool (overnight), the new sheet resistance was measured to be 384 Ohms/Sq, again a decrease of approximately a factor of 2.
- Figure 7 shows the dependence of the source-drain current on the back-gate of a transistor device with spin-coated nanotube network.
- the device has high ON/OFF ratio, which is at least several hundreds. Due to low signal, the inventor didn't measure it more accurately even with all noise removal tools he had.
- the Isd(Vsd) characteristic is linear if Vsd is within 20OmV at
- Vg OV. No saturation at Vsd from -10V to +10V was seen.
- Figure 8 shows the dependence of the source-drain current on the source-drain voltage of a transistor with a nanotube network conducting channel.
- Step 1 Solubilization of nanotubes
- Step 2 Deposition of uniform NT film on Alumina filter:
- Parylene is a polymer which is deposited in vapor form under medium vacuum conditions ( ⁇ 10 "2 Torr), and forms a truly conformal coating on all exposed surfaces of the substrate. Deposition occurs in three steps: vaporization, pyrolysis, and polymerization. The powder dimer form is first vaporized into a gas. Then the gaseous dimer molecules are cleaved into monomers using a high temperature furnace. Finally the gaseous monomers polymerize on the substrate which is at room temperature. The thickness of the parylene C can easily be controlled by the mass of the input Parylene C material. The typical thickness is
- Step 4 Peel Parylene C with NT off the Alumina filter
- Step 5 Removal of the parylene plus nanotube network
- the parylene C film can be peeled off. After this process, substantially no NT remains on the alumina filter.
- the same method can be used for the deposition of a network that has been functionalized with a chemical before deposition onto a substrate. In this case the following steps are performed:
- solvent such as chloroform or water
- solubilization agent such as the surfactant SDS, and starch
- Exemplary Hole Donors 5 • Organic compounds, such as TCNQ (Tetracyanoquinodimethane) and TCNE (Tetracyanoethylene)
- Inorganic species such Br (bromine), Cl (chlorine), I (iodine), SOCl 2 (thionyl chloride), SO 3 (sulphur trioxide), NO 2 (nitrogen dioxide), NOBF 4 (nitrododium tetrafluoroborate), and NO 2 BF 4 O (nitronium tetrafluoroborate).
- This section describes a fabrication method for carbon nanotube thin films on various substrates including PET (polyethylene), glass, PMMA (polymethylmethacrylate), and silicon, according to an embodiment of this invention.
- the method O combines a PDMS (poly-dimethysiloxane) based transfer-printing technique with vacuum filtration, and allows controlled deposition - and patterning if needed - of large-area, highly-conducting carbon nanotube films with high homogeneity.
- the performance characteristics of the films fabricated meet or surpass the characteristics of other materials used as conducting and transparent conducting coatings on flexible substrates. With the recyclable use of filters and stamps, the method offers large area fabrication at an industrial scale.
- Carbon nanotube thin film transistors have reached and exceeded the performances of devices based on semiconducting polymers and amorphous silicon and carbon nanotube firms have also shown some promise as a transparent and conducting coating.
- large-scale fabrication methods required for applications have been elusive. It is difficult to control tube density and diameter for nanotube films grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), and the method is also limited because of the need for high temperatures for the nanotube growth.
- CVD grown films cannot exceed a monolayer (Zhou Y.X. ; Gaur A. ; Hur S .H. ; Kocabas C . ; Meitl M. A. ; Shim M. ; Rogers
- the fabrication method according to an embodiment of this invention preserves the exceptional properties of nanotubes, yields consistently reproducible nanotube films and allows large-scale industrial production.
- This method combines a PDMS (poly- dimethysiloxane) based transfer-printing technique (Meitl M. A.; Zhou Y.X.; Gaur A.; Jeon S.; Usrey M.L.; Strano M.S.; Rogers J.A. Nano Lett. 2004, 4, 1643) with vacuum filtration. It allows controlled deposition of large-area, highly-conducting carbon nanotube films with high homogeneity on various substrates, including PET (polyethylene), glass, PMMA (polymethyl-methacrylate), and silicon.
- the performance characteristics of the films compare favorably with indium-tin-oxide (ITO) and conducting polymers on flexible materials.
- the films can also be printed in a patterned fashion for use as building blocks in electronic devices.
- To prepare carbon nanotube films we use commercially available purified pristine (undoped) arc discharge nanotubes with purity of 70-90% (Carbon Solutions, Inc.). Powders of carbon nanotubes are dissolved in 1% solution of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) surfactant with a concentration of 0.01 g/L. Then the solution is bath- sonicated for 16 hours at 100 W and centrifuged at 15000 rcf (relative centrifugal field) for 30 minutes.
- SDS sodium dodecyl sulfate
- Alumina filters with the pore size of 0.1 -0.2 ⁇ m are used in the vacuum filtration (Armitage N.P.; Gabriel J.C.P.; Gruner G. J. Appl. Phys. 2004, 95, 3228; Hu L.B.; Hecht D.S.; Gruner G. Nano Lett. 2004, 4, 2513).
- the filtered film is rinsed by deionized water to remove SDS surfactant for several minutes until no bubble is seen.
- the inset of Figure 9 shows a photo image of a homogeneous nanotube film on a filter with two-inch diameter.
- the sheet resistance can be varied over a wide range by controlling the amount of nanotubes used.
- the sheet resistance reduces dramatically with the increase of nanotube amount, while in the region far from the threshold, the sheet resistance decreases inversely with the network density, or film thickness, as expected for constant conductivity.
- Figure 9 shows sheet resistance of carbon nanotube thin films as the function of the nanotube amount Note that the "nanotube amount” is proportional to the network density, or film thickness, hi the region far from the percolation threshold, the sheet resistance decreases inversely with the amount of nanotubes consumed as indicated by the dotted line.
- the inset shows a photograph of a uniform two-inch diameter carbon nanotube film (grey region) on a filter.
- PDMS stamps for transfer printing are fabricated by using SYLGARD® 184 silicone elastomer kit (Dow Corning Inc.) with silicon substrates as masters.
- SYLGARD® 184 silicone elastomer kit Dow Corning Inc.
- SU-8-25 resist MicroChem Inc.
- Silicon masters are pretreated with two hours of vacuum silanization in the vapor of (Tridecafluoro-l,l,2,2-tetrahydrooctyl)-l- trichlorosilane. Subsequently the silicone elastomer base and the curing agent are mixed together with a ratio of 10:1.
- Figure !0(a) illustrates a patterned PDMS stamp, together with the fabrication process.
- Figure 10(a) Illustrates a patterned PDMS stamp and carbon nanotube films made by vacuum filtration.
- Figure 10(b) shows conformal contact between the PDMS stamp and carbon nanotube films on the filter.
- Figure 10(c) shows, after the conformal contact, the PDMS stamp is removed from the filter. Patterns of carbon nanotube firms are transferred onto the PDMS stamp without any damage.
- Figure 10(d) shows the PDMS stamp with patterned carbon nanotube films and a flat receiving substrate.
- Figure 10(e) shows conformal contact between the PDMS stamp and the substrate.
- Figure 10(f) illustrates that after removing the PDMS stamp from the substrate, substantially all patterned nanotube films on the stamp are fully transferred onto the substrate.
- nanotube films loosely sit on the alumina filters, they can be fully transferred onto the PDMS surface even though PDMS has a low surface energy of 19.8 mJ/m 2 . Even for nanotube films with a high sheet resistance of 100 ⁇ (and consequently of small nanotube density), the leftover on the filter has a resistance larger than 100 M ⁇ , the limit of our multimeter. We note that the same filter can be reused for fabrication of another firm.
- nanotube firms on PDMS stamps readily allows them to be printed onto various flat substrates with a higher surface energy, such as PET (44.6 mJ/m 2 ), glass (47 mJ/m 2 ), and PMMA (41 mJ/m 2 ).
- the surface energy of silicon substrates can be increased by oxygen plasma cleaning and vapor silanization using (aminopropyl)triethoxysilane.
- To start the transfer we first contact the PDMS stamp with nanotube firms onto the receiving substrate (Figure 10(e)). After 10 minutes of mild heating at 80°C, substantially all nanotube firms on the stamp are transferred onto the receiving substrate by simply removing the stamp from the substrate ( Figure 10(f)).
- Figure 1 l(a) is a photograph of patterned nanotube films on a PET substrate. The small grey square patterns have a size of 1 mm .
- Figure ll(b) is a photograph of a transparent and homogeneous film with two-inch diameter on a flexible PET substrate.
- Figure 1 l(c) is an AFM image of a nanotube film with a sheet resistance of 200 ⁇ on a glass slide. The clean film has a roughness of approximately 8 nm.
- Figure ll(d) is an AFM image of a sub-monolayer nanotube film with a sheet resistance of 100 K ⁇ on a glass slide.
- Figure 1 l(e) is a section analysis of the AFM image in Figure 1 l(d) across the black line.
- FIG. 11 (a) shows a photo image of 1 mm square pattern arrays of nanotube films on a flexible PET substrate.
- the smallest pattern size achieved is 20 ⁇ m, limited by the SU-8-25 resist based optical lithography to make the silicon master.
- Usage of PDMS stamps with smaller feature sizes Meitl M.A.; Zhou Y.X.; Gaur A.; Jeon S.; Usrey MX.; Strano M.S.; Rogers J.A. Nano Lett.
- Figure ll(b) shows a photo image of a transparent and homogeneous film with a two-inch diameter on a flexible PET substrate. Recyclable use of filters and stamps may allow utilization of high cost large area filters and PDMS stamps at the industrial scale without significantly increasing the fabrication cost of thin films.
- Figure 1 l(c) shows an AFM image of a nanotube film with a sheet resistance of 200 ⁇ on a glass slide.
- the root mean square roughness of the film is 8 ran as estimated from the AFM image. Examining the edge of the film, we obtain the film thickness of 25 nm, this leading to a conductivity of 2000 S/cm. Similar evaluations of other films lead to conductivities of 1600-2000 S/cm. The measured conductivity allows us to assess the overall quality of the films, in comparison with films fabricated by methods reported in the literature. Films deposited directly onto various surfaces do not exceed the conductivity value of 200 S/cm. Films, deposited on a filter have high conductivity, in fact exceeding our results by about a factor of 3. Several factors are responsible for such differences.
- Direct deposition leads to large bundles on nanotubes, and, if the current flows at the outer layer of the bundles, to a conductivity that decreases with increasing bundle size.
- the nanotube bundle size is 3-6 nm, compared to the 20 nm bundle size and 200 S/cm obtained in by us earlier.
- Figure 12 shows optical transmittance T of a nanotube film on the PET substrate at 550 nm as function of sheet resistance. Also included are films based on an organic polymer and ITO in a polymer. The inset shows the wavelength dependence of the transmittance of a typical film over the visible spectral range. The full line is the expected relation between sheet resistance and optical transmittance.
- the film thickness of 10-40 nm is significantly less than wavelengths in the visible and infrared regions.
- the optical conductivity ⁇ op and the DC conductivity ⁇ & determines the relation between the optical absorption A and sheet resistance R s .
- T is determined by the optical absorption in the film
- the relation between T and the sheet resistance is given by
- ITO is readily used in a variety of applications, and we conclude that carbon nanotube films according to embodiments of this invention have technical characteristics that allow applications in areas where flexible coatings are required, such as transparent EM shielding, smart windows, touch screen displays, solar cells, OLEDs and flat panel displays.
- a third, factor is the cost of the material and of the process being used. The cost of the fabrication process is expected to be less that that for ITO for which high temperatures and vacuum deposition is required. The cost of the material can be calculated using the cost of starting material, the material loss during purification and deposition and the nanotube amount required for, say for a film with 80% transmittance.
- the three components can be evaluated using the total transmission measured and the optical constants as evaluated by Ruzicka et al Phys Rev B 61, 2468 (2000) .
- the optical parameters n and k (see Figure 13), the optical transmission T, absorption A and reflection are displayed in Figure 14.
- the transmission measured for a carbon nanotube network on a transparent substrate, such as glass, according to the current invention, has been analyzed using a two layer model as described in M. Dressel and G. Gruner Electrodynamics of Solids Cambridge University Press 2000.
- Figure 13 shows the optical parameters n and k of carbon nanotube networks according to the current invention. These parameters were calculated using the transmittance at 550nm as measured on a film with finite thickness and the optical data at different frequencies by Ruzicka et al Phys. Rev B 61, 2468 (2000).
- Transparent and electrically conducting coatings and/or electrodes require a transparency exceeding 80% and a sheet resistance less that 1000 Ohms for many applications.
- conductivity One can characterize overall performance by the parameter called conductivity.
- a higher conductivity is desirable for applications in the area of transparent coatings and electrodes.
- the transparency and sheet resistance depend, in addition to the conductivity, on the nanotube network density. For the same conductivity, higher density leads to smaller sheet resistance and smaller transparency.
- substrate transparency more than 90% may provide networks with conductivity less than 500 S/cm (N. Saran et alJ. Am. Chem. Soc 126, 4462 (2004); M. Kaempgen et al Applied Surface Science 252, 425 (2005)).
- Prior art networks on surfaces with low transparency (less that 75%) and free standing networks may result in transmittance less than 80 % even though a conductivity of 6400 S/cm has been achieved.
- Networks on surfaces with low transparency lead to overall low transparency of the network plus substrate.
- Free standing networks have to be dense, i.e., too dense for applications (Z. Wu et al
- Doped network To test the effects of chemical doping on the sheet resistance of the nanotube networks, first several nanotube network samples were prepared by sonicating HpCO tubes, obtained from Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc., in Chloroform and depositing them on an alumina filter membrane.
- Sample 2 40 ml of 1 mg/L NT in Chloroform with 30 mg of NO2BF4) Subsequently silver epoxy was painted on to form two straight contact leads and the results were measured as: Sample 1 : 225.7 Ohms with a 32 mm x 7 mm channel, thus a sheer resistance of 1031 Ohms/Sq
- Sample 2 123 Ohms with a 32mm x 7mm channel, 562 Ohms/Sq sheet resistance
- Doping has also been performed by subjecting the network, using tubes fabricated by laser ablation (Max Planck Institute for Festkorperforscchung, Stuttgart, Dr. J. Ceck) to an NO2 environment.
- a nanotube network having a sheet resistance of 320 Ohms, and a transparency of 82% (conductivity 2400 Ohmscm-1) was subjected to an NO2 atmosphere of approximately lOOppm.
- Printing method of nanotube network fabrication Figure 16 shows the sheet resistance and transparency of pristine nanotube networks at various network densities produced according to the printing embodiment of this invention.
- the full line corresponds to a network conductivity of 2400 S/cm. Performance of individual networks are listed in Table 1.
- Figure 17 summarizes the performance characteristics of undoped carbon nanotube networks according to the prior art and embodiments according to the current invention. Shaded areas represent prior art nanotube networks.
- the zone on the left in Figure 17 corresponds to free-standing nanotube networks which have low transmittance.
- the central shaded region corresponds to nanotube networks deposited on substrates for which the conductivity is low.
- the narrow shaded region to the right in Figure 17 corresponds to CVD grown carbon nanotube films which can only be grown to very thin films that have an average thickness of about 1 nm, or less. This method has not been shown to be able to grow films having average thicknesses greater than 2 nm.
- carbon nanotube networks that have an average network thickness greater than 2 nm, conductivity greater than 600 S/cm and a transmittance greater than 80%. According to another aspect of the current invention, it is desirable to have carbon nanotube networks that have an average network thickness greater than 2 nm, conductivity greater than 1000 S/cm and a transmittance greater than 80%. According to another aspect of the current invention, it is desirable to have carbon nanotube networks that have an average network thickness greater than 2 nm, conductivity greater than 2400 S/cm and a transmittance greater than 80%. According to another aspect of the current invention, it is desirable to have carbon nanotube networks that have an average network thickness greater than 2 ran, conductivity greater than 7000 S/cm and a transmittance greater than 80%.
- the conductivity has been evaluated in two different ways.
- the resistivity is R/sq x d and the conductivity is 1 /resistivity.
- the optical absorption to good approximation is 1-T where T is the optical transmission.
- the reflection is less than 10% of A.
- the well-known relation between the conductivity and T can be used to evaluate the conductivity using the procedure as described in L.Hu et al Nano Letters 5, 757 (2005). This procedure (see Row 5 in Table 1) leads to
- Additional embodiments of the present invention relate to structures that incorporate either multiple networks of nano-structured materials or multiple layers in which such networks are incorporated. These types of networks which employ combinations of nano-structured materials are referred to herein as "interpenetrating" nano-scale networks.
- the structures that form part of the invention include:
- interpenetrating nano-scale networks as an electronic material (having a finite electronic conduction) and the various methods that may be used to fabricate such networks.
- the networks can be free-standing or on a substrate. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a multitude of interpenetrating nano- structure networks that are suitable for use in electronic applications, such as resistors, diodes, transistors, solar cells and sensors;
- a three component structure a (1) substrate and (2) functional layer together with a (3) network or networks of nano-structured materials; and a (1) substrate together with a (2) network or networks of nano-structured materials and an encapsulation layer (3), together with
- a four component structure a (1) network or networks together with a (2)functional material on a (3) substrate and an (4) encapsulation material that prevents the functional material to be removed from the network and substrate, and the various methods that may be used to fabricate such structures that are suitable for use in electronic applications, such as resistors, diodes, transistors solar cells and sensors;
- nano-particle networks also referred to herein as “nano-particle networks”
- Figure 18 where there are two or more different nano-structures present as represented at 10 (e.g. nanotube) and 12 (e.g. nanoribbon).
- the two different nano-structures may be of the same type, e.g. both nano wires, but they should have at least one different property.
- the two different nano- structures can be any of those previously mentioned including nanoparticles, nanowires, nanofibres, nanoribbons, nanoplates and nanotubes.
- Other types of nanostructured materials such as a sol-gel produced silica, arerogels, and activated carbon also are included in the application. Combinations of more than two different types of nano-structures are possible.
- the density of one or each of the nano-particle networks can be below or above the percolation threshold but taken together the entire network is above the percolation threshold.
- Two interpenetrated networks, such as a cloth, other clothing materials such as leather and a conducting nanostructures or nano-particle networks also are included within the present invention.
- a multilayer structure illustrated in Figure 21 , the incorporates a substrate, a nanowire network and an encapsulation layer 5.
- a multilayer structure that includes a substrate, a "functional layer", a nano-particle or multiple nanoparticle network such as shown on Figure 22
- PMPV nanoporous materials such as aerogels, and activated carbon.
- the functional component in Figure 21 can be : 0 Organic compounds such as
- Tetracyanoquinodimethane TCNQ Tetracyanoethylene TCNE polymers with electron acceptor groups, such as polyethylene imine 5 Inorganic species such as bromine (Br) chlorine (Cl) iodine (I) thionyl chloride (SOCl 2 ) sulphur trioxide (SO 3 ) nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) O nitrododium tetrafluoroborate (NOBF 4 ) nitronium tetrafluoroborate (NO 2 BF 4 ) Light sensitive materials such as porphyrine
- the encapsulation agent in Figure 21 and Figure 23 can be a polymer such as a parylene, a PEDOT , PMPV, light sensitive material, such as a poly((m-phenylenevinyle)-co-)2.3.diotyloxy- pphenylene)),
- the functional layer ( Figure 22) can be a polymer layer that prevents non-specific binding of biomolecules and/or sensitivity to serum such as poly- ethylene-glycol (PEG), Twenn 20, and PEO together with the combination of these polymer layers with electron donating or withdrawing properties, such as polyethylene-imine (PEI) materials with appropriate conducting/transparent property and electron affinity or ionization potential a layer of biomolecules such as bovin serum albumin (BSA).
- PEG poly- ethylene-glycol
- Twenn 20 Twenn 20
- PEO electron donating or withdrawing properties
- PEO polyethylene-imine
- BSA bovin serum albumin
- Electronic devices that can be formed using the interpenetrating networks include:
- Nanotube-gold nanoparticle (NP) interpenetrating networks were fabricated in the following way:
- the surface of silicon was pretreated with piranha and APTES.
- a carbon nanotube network was deposited from solution both by sparing or incubating the wafer.
- the nanoparticle network alone was found to be insulating.
- the inert- penetrating network was found to be electrically conducting, with the conductivity exceeding the conductivity of the nanotube network, indicating that the conduction process is through both networks, hi addition, a field effect transistor has also been fabricated, with a mobility exceeding 1 cm2/Vsec, and on-off ratio of 20, demonstrating that screening effects due to the gold nanoparticled are negligible.
- Figure 15 shows an AFM image of the gold nanoparticle-carbon nanotube network.
- the architecture can also be functionalized by attacking various biomolecules such as single strand DNA using thiol chemistry well known in the literature.
- the device can be used as a biosensor, detecting duplex formation.
- biomolecules such as an antibody can also be attached, for ligand-receptor binding.
- Figure 26 shows 2.2 ⁇ m gold nanoparticles on a silicon wafer by incubation.
- the surface of silicon was pretreated with piranha and APTES.
- a substrate plus PEDOT conducting polymer-Nanotube network architecture A substrate plus PEDOT conducting polymer-Nanotube network architecture.
- a substrate plus carbon nanotube-PEDOT polymer three -layer structure has been fabricated on a substrate.
- the structure is show on Figure 27(a), with the dark green layer representing the PEDOT polymer.
- Figure 27(a) represents a reference structure, without the polymer.
- the structure, depicted on Figure 27(b) includes a
- Polyaniline-NT network A two-network architecture has been fabricated using a conducting polymer, polyaniline and a carbon nanotube network.
- a polyaniline-NT network can be fabricated by depositing first a polyaniline nanofiber network using the method described in J. Huang J. Am. Chem. Soc 125, 314 (2003), and Figure 28. shows such nanostructured network of polyaniline. Subsequently, a carbon nanotube network can be deposited using any of the deposition routes:
- Spray coating the simplest method involves spraying the solubilized nanotubes onto a surface.
- the quality of the network depends on the dispersion of the nanotubes in the solvent, and also on the properties of the surface. Additional factors are important. For example, having the surface heated past the boiling point of the solvent aids in ensuring film uniformity, but is not necessary for substrates that are not suitable for elevated temperatures.
- the solubilized suspension of nanotubes can also be spun onto a surface along with methanol, which acts to remove the SDS.
- the resulting films have single tubes to small bundles (1-4 nm diameter).
- a nanotube network of a desired density is first made as above, using the vacuum filtration process onto an alumina filter. These networks can then be coated with a thin layer of an insulating, transparent polymer (Parylene C for example), and the networks ripped off of the substrate intact, as they become embedded in the polymer. This effectively transfers the nanotube network from one surface to another. In theory, using an appropriate solvent for the polymer, these networks can then be transferred to any desired substrate. Using this approach, one can fabricate networks of varying densities on substrates of varying thicknesses, yielding high controllability of the process.
- Parylene C insulating, transparent polymer
- Nanotubes were dissolved in DI water with 1% Sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) surfactant by weight.
- SDS Sodium dodecyl sulphate
- the solution was sonicated for one hour at 30Ow using a probe sonicator and then centrifuged at 14000rpm for one hour. After centrifugation, the suspension was decanted so that only the supernatant of the centrifuged material was included in the final suspension. Centrifuging and decanting removes large, heavier bundles from the suspension.
- the solution was filtered through a 0.2um anodic membrane filter, followed by thorough water washing until no bubble was observed. The typical thickness of the film is lOum. After the film was dried in air for 30mins, it was transferred to carbon. Subsequently the silica sol-gel was filtered, using a vacuum pump, into the open volume of the nanotube film on a carbon paper substrate.
- Figure 29 shows TEM of carbon nanotubes and TEM of sol-gel carbon nanotube composite. Carbon nanotubes are integrated within silica aerogel particles. Figure 29 is a TEM of silica aerogel particles.
- a conducting fabric can be produced by spraying nanotubes onto a fabric. Spraying leads to a well dispersed network of the nanoscale fabric material and nanotube network, and to appropriate conducting properties.
- a fabric with spar coated nanotube is shown in Figure 30. In addition to becoming conducting, the fabric retains it's color, due to the high transparency of the nanotube network. In general, several methods can be used for coating the fabric.
- Spray coating the simplest method involves spraying the solubilized nanotubes onto a surface.
- the quality of the network depends on the dispersion of the nanotubes in the solvent, and also on the properties of the surface. Additional factors are important. For example, having the surface heated past the boiling point of the solvent aids in ensuring film uniformity, but is not necessary for substrates that are not suitable for elevated temperatures.
- the solubilized suspension of nanotubes can also be spun onto a surface along with methanol, which acts to remove the SDS.
- the resulting films have single tubes to small (1-4 nm diameter) bundles.
- a nanotube network of a desired density is first made as above, using the vacuum filtration process onto an alumina filter. These networks can then be coated with a thin layer of an insulating, transparent polymer (Parylene C for example), and the networks ripped off of the substrate intact, as they become embedded in the polymer. This effectively transfers the nanotube network from one surface to another. In theory, using an appropriate solvent for the polymer, these networks can then be transferred to any desired substrate. Using this approach, one can fabricate networks of varying densities on substrates of varying thicknesses, yielding high controllability of the process. 1. In addition to pristine nanotubes, the nanotubes can be functionalized, coated with various chemicals that have a functional character.
- Such chemicals can be light sensitive, or sensitive to gases, and biological molecules thus acting as a chemical or biological sensor, or an optoelectronic device.
- another layer or layers can be sprayed or deposited onto the fabric plus NT network, leading to other functionalities.
- a layer that leads to charge separation, together with another transparent electrode layer can be fabricated using techniques described in the MRS Bulletin , VoI 30 No. 1 January 2005 "Organic based Photovoltaics.”
- Applications that include multiple layers where at least one layer is a carbon nanotube, or nanowire, network include, but are not limited to the following.
- FIG. 33 A schematic representation of the structure of a light emitting diode is shown in Figure 33.
- Embodiments of this invention also include, but are not limited to, multiple nanoscale networks with at least a carbon nanotube network. An example is also described above in the current specification.
- Nanotube on a fabric A schematic representation of the structure of nanostructures on a fabric is shown in Figure 34, where the nanostructured material is a fabric. An example is also described above in the current specification.
- FIG. 35-37 A schematic representation of the structure of a transistor is shown in Figures 35-37 with a nanoparticle network as part of the structure.
- Transistors where the network is the conducting channel has been patented before, with G. Gruner as one of the co-inventors.
- a multilayer device architecture that includes several nanoscale networks, with different functionalities was fabricated.
- Two carbon nanotube (NT) networks act as transparent electrodes with a polyaniline (PANI) layer serving as an electrochromatic layer.
- PANI polyaniline
- the architecture also includes an electrolyte layer. A change of the transparency, induced by a voltage applied between the NT electrodes, was observed.
- Potential applications include a variety of electrochromatic devices, such as glazing "smart" windows or electronic papers.
- Transparent electrodes have been widely used in many technology areas, such as solar cells, light emitting diodes or electrochromatic devices, where light and electricity are coupled.
- TCOs transparent and conducting oxides
- Al-doped ZnO, F-doped In 2 O 3 , SnO 2 and ZnO which are all n- 5 type electrodes.
- ITO Indium Tin Oxide
- the manufacture of commercial quantities of ITO on glass and roll-to- roll coating on optical grade polymers has become routine in the past using the dc- sputtering technique.
- ITO films on glass show high conductivity, which is the reason 0 that ITO is widely used in flat-panel display and thin film solar cells.
- ITO on flexible polymer substrates requires low substrate temperature and high deposition rates, which substantially reduce the quality of ITO.
- typical conductivities for ITO on PET are no better than 1000-1500 S/cm, about five times lower than ITO on glass.
- the fatigue tests also show that ITO 5 firms develop cracks at about 6000-cycle bending.
- the ITO on PET is also not environmentally resistant, for example it is not resistant to mild acid.
- the price of ITO has been rocketing recently due to the rarity of Indium on earth and the decrease of mining around the world. The price of ITO increased ten-fold over the past two years and this uptrend is believed to be continuing.
- the O demand for transparent electrical conductors, especially on flexible substrates has been growing recently, especially due to the progress in large area display technology and solar cell applications. There is thus an urgent need for a replacement for ITO for various applications.
- SWNT Single walled carbon nanotubes
- Single walled carbon nanotubes have caught much attention due to 5 the quasi-one dimensional properties.
- Single walled carbon nanotubes have shown high conductivity up to 10 6 S/cm and high current-carrying capacity up to 10 9 A/cm 2 .
- Transparent and conducting firms made of randomly distributed SWNTs have been studied by many groups.
- the conventional nanotube films on substrates either involve complicated and uncontrollable transfer processes, or the films could O not be deposited in a patterned fashion.
- electrochromatic (EC) devices based on conjugated conducting polymers has been actively pursued in recent years for smart windows and electronic paper applications due to the easy color tuning properties, short response time and high contrast.
- Polyaniline is a typical example, which shows multiple colored forms depending on the oxidation state of the polymer film which include bright yellow, green and dark blue and shows promising properties for the next generation EC materials.
- highly transparent and conducting electrodes are needed, which are inexpensive, resistant to extreme environments, flexible, and are able to be patterned.
- Transparent and conducting SWNT films on PET substrates have been demonstrated as a replacement of ITO for electrochromatic device applications according to an embodiment of this invention.
- the PANI was electrochemically deposited on the SWNT films, and the liquid electrolyte was sandwiched between two transparent SWNT films.
- the nanotube film preparation and the PDMS based stamping process described above according to an embodiment of this invention can be used for this embodiment.
- laser ablation single walled carbon nanotube powder is refluxed with 2M HN03 acid for 48 hours. Then the SWNT left over from the filtration of solution is dissolved in water with 1% Sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), isonicated for half an hour, centrifuged for 1 hour and filtrated through a O.lum pore size filter, followed by copious of water rinsing. The dried films are transferred onto other receiving substrates using a PDMS stamp. Transferred NT films with different thicknesses on PET are used as electrodes for electrochemical deposition of PANI. The thickness of the NT films and the transparency are related by the following equation
- Figure 38(B) is the PANI coated NT.
- the uniform color in the large area indicates the uniformity of and the high conductivity the NT films.
- the NT films are examined by SEM images using JOEL before and after the electrochemical deposition of PANI.
- Figure 38(B) shows the 30nm thick transferred NT films, which are clean and uniform. There is no PDMS leftover in the transferred NT films. One could also see that the trace of the NT films which is compressed which is due to the soft mechanical pressure applied during the transfer process.
- Figure 38(C) shows the PANI grown on the top of NT films. The grown PANI films are uniform as well. By zooming in the PANI films, the deposited PANI films show island structure, which may due to the porous surface of NT films.
- Figure 38(A) shows Transmittance vs wavelength for 150 Ohm/Sq NT films before and after the PANI coating for 5 minutes at 0.8 fixed voltage. Insets: the left side is for the NT exposed in air and the right side is for NT dipped into the aniline solution.
- Figure 38(B) shows SEM of the transferred NT film with 30nm thickness on PET substrate and
- Figure 38(C) shows SEM of PANI coated on top of NT film.
- the growth rate of PANI depends on the thickness of SWNT films. The thicker the NT film, the quicker the electrochemical growth of PANI, which is indicated by the deeper color of the PANI. But even for ultrathin SWNT films such as monolayer ( ⁇ lnm thick), clear blues color was observed after longer deposition time.
- PAM has multiple colored forms depending on the oxidation state of the polymer which include leucoemeraldine (bright yellow), emeraldine (green) and pernigraniline (dark blue).
- An electrocbromatic device (ECD) using electrochemically deposited PANI on NT films is assembled as shown by the schematic in Figure 39(A).
- One NT film with 80% transparency at 550nm and 150 Ohm/Sq transferred on PET is used as the electrode for electrochemical deposition of PANI for 5 minutes at 0.8V, and another same NT film is used as the opposite electrode.
- the electrolyte Sandwiched between the PANI coated NT film and the other NT film is the electrolyte, and in this case, is 0.1M H 2 SO 4 , which is not limited to this type of electrolyte.
- acidic and liquid electrolyte are, firstly, liquid electrolyte is good enough to study the EC effects of PANI coated on SWNT film, compared to the solid electrolyte candidate, and, secondly, the ITO on flexible substrate such as PET does not survive in acidic environment, which SWNT on PET is resistant acid, which is an advantage of SWNT compared to ITO on flexible substrates.
- Figure 39(B) shows the voltage dependence transparency of the whole device from -0.2V to 0.8.
- the color changes from light blue to dark green, which is due to the different oxidation states of PANI under different applied voltages.
- the color is uniform in a large area up to 2cm by 2 cm, which indicates the transferred SWNT films are uniform and highly conducting since the SWNT film and PANI coated SWNT films are connected to copper wire at the ends of the films where voltages are applied.
- Transparent conducting NT films as a hole-electrode, meet all the requirements of ITO for further applications, especially on flexible substrates, in terms of the transparency/sheet resistance (typical data 150 Ohm/Sq with 80% transparency on PET), and the work function concerned ( ⁇ 4.7eV).
- the porous structure of NT electrodes may have other advantages over the traditional flat alternatives.
- Figure 39(A) is a schematic representation of the EC device by sandwiching electrolyte between 80% transparency and 150 Ohm/Sq NT films and PANI coated same NT film" and Figure 39(B) shows the whole transparency of CE device under different applied voltages.
- Figure 40(A) shows the transferred NT films on PET.
- the highest resolution of the patterned NT films is around lOum, which is limited by the spun SU- 8 thickness and photolithography steps.
- the PANI is electrochemically deposited on the "UCLA" NT films using the same condition as before, as shown in
- Figure 40(B) The PANI films are only deposited along the "UCLA" pattern and are uniform from the color, which are due to the high conductivity of the NT films.
- Figure 40(C) shows the PANI coated NT films under different applied voltages for different parts, -0.2V, OV and 0.2V. Also it can be bent for large angle without damaging the quality of the NT and PANI films, as show in Figure 40(C) as well.
- the flexibility, ease of patterning and environmental resistance makes the transferred NT films on flexible substrates useful for EC device applications, such as electronic paper and flexible smart windows.
- Figure 40(A) shows the transferred NT film on PET in a patterned fashion, where "UCLA" are the lines of the NT firms. The horizontal length is around 4 cm.
- Figure 40(B) corresponds to after PANI electrochemical deposition after 5 minutes, and Figure 40(C) is for the cases under different applied voltages and bending.
- FIG 41(A) shows the AFM images NT films and Figure 41(B) shows NT with PANI after 2 minutes of deposition. Even for submonolayer NT films, the PANI is still covered after 5 mins electrochemical deposition. For 2 minutes of deposition, the NF are coated only on the top of nanotubes. This is the first time that the PANI has been electrochemically deposited on the solution based nanotubes. Phorous A et al. have shown that the doping states change the poraity of the transistor. By this type of electrochemical deposition of PANI on NT could eventually useful to do further study of this type of system.
- polymer coating nanotube has been shown to decrease the hystersis of transistors by removing the mobile ions.
- the uniformly coated PANI, by electrochemical deposition, could be an effective method to coat NTs, which make the functionalization of nanotube by polymers easy to control.
- Figure 41(A) shows AFM of transferred NT films on SiO 2 with 50 kOhm/Sq sheet resistance and Figure 41(B) shows AFM of 2 minutes electrochemical deposition PANI on the NT films
- the transferred single walled carbon nanotube films on flexible PET have been used for electrodes for PANI electrochemical deposition, which could be applied to any conducting polymer.
- the uniformity of the deposited PANI on top of the NT films indicates the continuity and the high conductivity of the NT films.
- the transferred transparent NT films are used as a replacement of ITO for EC device applications.
- the EC devices using PANI as the color change materials and the NT films as the transparent electrodes were demonstrated herein. Furthermore, selective color change and the flexibility of the device has been demonstrated, which can be used for smart windows and electronic paper applications.
- silicon substrates are used as the master for PDMS stamps.
- the silicon substrate is baked for 15 minutes at 15O 0 C, and SU-8 photo resist is spun onto the silicon wafer for 30 seconds at 4000 rpm, which gives a 20um thick resist layer. This is followed by a soft bake at 65 0 C for 3 minutes and 90 0 C for 4 minutes. Then it is exposed with 405 nm light for 75 seconds at a power of 8mW/cm 2 .
- the post-exposure baking procedure is the same as the soft bake. After 5 minutes development using SU-8 developer, the sample is rinsed by IPA and blow dried.
- the master is treated with 2 hours silanization in the vapor of (Tridecafluoro- 1 , 1 ,2,2-tetrahydrooctyl)- 1 -trichlorosilane.
- silanization in the vapor of (Tridecafluoro- 1 , 1 ,2,2-tetrahydrooctyl)- 1 -trichlorosilane is in our previous work.
- SWNT powders are suspended in water with the surfactant SDS followed by sonication and filtering. Washing with de-ionized water is used to remove the SDS.
- a PDMS-based transfer method is then applied to transfer the nanotube films onto PET substrates.
- Other layers were deposited using the methods described in Huang, Q.; Evmenenko, G. A.; Dutta, P.; Lee, P.; Armstrong, N. R.; Marks, TJ. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 10227; Yan, H.; Scott, B.; Huang, Q.; Marks, T. J. Adv. Mater. 2004, 16, 1948; and Yan, H.; Lee, P.; Armstrong, N.
- a polymer blend hole transporting layer composed of a cross-linkable, hole-transporting organosiloxane material such as TPD-Si 2 and a hole-transporting polymer such as
- TFB which also serves as an effective PLED electron-blocking layer, was spin- coated onto the clean carbon SWNT film or onto a PEDOT-PSS-coated carbon SWNT film to form a double-layer HTL. These HTL films were then baked in a vacuum oven at ⁇ 9O 0 C for l-2h. The PEDOT-PSS had been spin-coated onto the SWNT sheet at 2500rpm for 1 min, followed by drying at 12O 0 C for 8 min.
- the PLED devices were characterized inside a sealed under a dry N 2 atmosphere using a source meter and a Radiometer.
- the PLED with PEDOT-PSS and TFB+TPD-Si 2 as a double-layer HTL shows a low turn-on voltage of 4.1 V, a maximum luminance of 500 cd/m 2 , and a maximum current efficiency of 0.6 cd/A.
- the device exhibits more than a 2-fold increase of maximum luminance, -50%, lower turn-on voltage, greater current density and current efficiency than the device having TFB+TPD-Si 2 only as the HTL.
- SWNT Single walled carbon nanotube
- Fabric composite materials were manufactured using two manufacturing processes according to embodiments of the current invention.
- the first method is direct deposition of SWNTs by either a spray method or by incubation; the other is a Quasi-Langmuir-Blodgett (QLB) transfer technique.
- QLB Quasi-Langmuir-Blodgett
- the composite retains high mechanical strength (governed by the fabric), and good electrical properties (determined by the nanotubes).
- We measure the DC electrical conductivity of the composite fabric to be 5.33 S/cm for the sprayed tubes, 13.8 S/cm for the incubated SWNTs, and 8 S/cm for the QLB transferred tubes. These values are limited not by the nanotube network, but by the surface roughness of the fabric itself.
- Measurements of the conductivity up to one MHz reveal a transport process that proceeds along a random network, with barriers separating the various nanotubes.
- the material is resistive both to changes in temperature (range of 0-80 degrees Celsius) and mechanical deformations.
- the conductivity of the composite decreases by less than 10% when bent around a cylinder of 1 cm diameter.
- Networks of carbon nanotubes are emerging as a material that is relevant from both a scientific and an applications viewpoint, both in stand alone applications or when combined with other materials.
- Nanotube-polymer composites for example, have been thoroughly explored (P.M. Ajayan, L. S. Schadler, C. Giannaris, A. Rubio, Adv. Mater. 12 . (2000) 750; B. Safadi, R.
- Functionalized carbon nanotubes have been shown to operate as extremely sensitive sensors for the selective detection of both gases and biomolecules. These sensors will in the future be incorporated as wearable sensors that can be fabricated directly onto various fabrics.
- One method for direct deposition of the nanotubes in solution onto almost any surface is through a spraying technique, where a dilute (0.01-0.02 mg/ml) solution of well dispersed nanotubes is sprayed through a fine mist onto the substrate of interest.
- the nanotubes are sprayed onto the fabric surface using a Paasche airbrush, with the fabric heated to 100° Celsius to avoid forming large droplets and small pools of liquid, which would decrease the film uniformity.
- the fabric is then soaked in water for 10 minutes to remove residual SDS.
- Another method used to coat the fabric is the QLB technique, which involves first vacuum filtering the solution of carbon nanotubes in SDS through a porous alumina filter (Whatman, 20nm pore size), followed by the re-deposition of the film by flowing water over the filter and allowing the film to break free and float on the water's surface, where it can be re-deposited onto the fabric substrate.
- QLB porous alumina filter
- the spray deposition technique is a simple and cheap method for coating a fabric surface with nanotubes. It can make patterns down to the resolution of the spray mist, can be easily scaled up for large area applications, and can be used on almost any surface compatible with water.
- the results are firms of controllable sheet resistance and, for films that are relatively thin, films that retain high transparency.
- Figure 42A shows the fabric with a square shaped region in the middle sprayed with nanotubes (far right, darker square in the middle of the fabric has been sprayed), and
- Figure 42B/C/D shows SEM images of the sprayed fabric at increasing magnification.
- the optical image of the sprayed, conductive fabric shows the camouflage pattern showing through the mostly transparent nanotube layer.
- Nanotube fihns can be transparent, as well as conductive.
- the films are not perfectly uniform (film uniformity defined as the variation in nanotube density (NT/Area) over the surface of the fabric).
- the nanotube density can be determined directly from SEM images, as well as indirectly from measurements of the sheet resistance at various locations of the fabric, since the sheet resistance should be proportional to the network density when well above the percolation threshold.
- the film shown in Figure 42A has a sheet resistance of 75 k ⁇ /square ⁇ 10 k ⁇ /square over the area of the fabric surface sprayed (we used a piece of fabric about 5 cm by 5 cm which can be scaled up for applications).
- the uniformity of the fihns will be determined by the droplet size in the spray mist, as well as the spatial distribution of droplets in the mist. These two parameters can be controlled in industrial applications to make fihns of extremely high uniformity.
- the nanotube density can be finely controlled by adjusting both the volume of liquid sprayed onto the fabric, and the initial concentration of nanotubes in the aqueous solution.
- FIG. 42 A shows a piece of fabric with no nanotubes (far left) and after incubation overnight (middle).
- the sheet resistance for this fabric is 29 k ⁇ /square average where there is a monolayer coverage, with some more dense (thicker) patches of tubes down to 5 - 10 k ⁇ /square that appear visibly darker.
- Figure 42 shows optical (A) and SEM (B 5 C 5 D) images of the sprayed nanotube fabric.
- the optical photograph shows from left to right: fabric with no nanotubes, fabric with an incubated layer of 29 k ⁇ /square, and fabric with a square shaped sprayed area of nanotubes (darker region in middle) yielding about 75 k ⁇ /square.
- the SEM image in Figure 42(B) shows fabric fiber morphology.
- Figure 42(C) shows the tubes coating one of the fibers. The distribution of nanotubes along each fiber in the bundle is non-uniform, but about one monolayer.
- Figure 42(D) shows an image zoomed in on one fiber, revealing nanotube bundle sizes between 20-30 nm in diameter and 0.5-2 um long.
- Figure 43 shows conducting fabric can be used as interconnects along a piece of clothing.
- Figure 43(A) shows the measurement of the resistance of a thin layer of nanotubes sprayed onto the fabric
- Figure 43(B) shows a circuit set up to light an LED with a battery, using a piece of fabric as a simple wire in series with the battery and LED.
- the second method for nanotube network film deposition involves the re- deposition of a nanotube network from the surface of an alumina filter to the fabric surface.
- the conductivity of the film is about 8 S/cm, which is a decrease in conductivity by a factor of 200. That is to say, the conductivity, of the same exact SWNT network, is more than two orders of magnitude worse on the rough surface of the fabric, than on the smooth surface of the filter.
- the morphology of the fabric surface makes a significant difference in the film conductivity; discontinuities, crossing threads, and gaps in the fabric itself leads to a dramatic increase in resistance over the nanotube network film on a smooth surface.
- Nanotube networks are also stable in air and practically insoluble in water once deposited on the fabric. Conducting polymers like polypyrrole are also insoluble in water and concentrated-acid, and air stable, but are degraded by oxidants and alkaline solutions.
- Carbon nanotubes are robust under most weather conditions, and show very little change in conductivity in temperature ranges from -20° C to 80° C. Almost no change of the conductivity of the network was found under repetitive bending of the fabric, indicating that the nanotube network is resistive to mechanical distortions. The conductivity of the network decreases by less than 10 percent when the fabric is wrapped around a cylinder that has a 1 cm diameter.
- the table of Figure 44 shows conductivities of various materials on both flat (filter/PET) and rough (fabric) surfaces.
- Figure 45 shows the frequency dependence of the conductivity.
- the increasing conductivity with increasing frequency gives evidence of a transport process that proceeds via hopping over (random) barriers.
- the tube- tube interconnect provides a random barrier height for electron transport.
- the network has excellent mechanical (determined by the fabric) and electrical properties (determined by the nanotube network), indicating its significant application potential, when combined with wearable photovoltaic or active electronic devices.
- the properties of the coated fabric are comparable to conducting polymer coated fabrics. We expect that significant improvement can be made by inter- dispersing the network during fabric production into the fabric matrix itself, creating a more dense - and maybe a three dimensional - network, instead of the two dimensional network that resides on the surface of the fabric. This should significantly aid the conductivity as the limiting factor at this point seems to be topological gaps in the fabric between threads. Also, one can optimize the choice of fabric towards one with a flatter surface.
- the network can be modified towards a specific purpose. For example, recognition molecules that are sensitive to different analytes can be attached to the carbon nanotubes themselves to make wearable chemical and biological sensors.
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