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DC and radio-frequency transmission characteristics of double-walled carbon nanotubes-based ink

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2010

Sébastien Pacchini ,
Emmanuel Flahaut ,
Norbert Fabre ,
Véronique Conédéra ,
Fabien Mesnilgrente ,
Fabio Coccetti ,
Mircea Dragoman  and
Robert Plana
Sébastien Pacchini*
Affiliation:
CNRS; LAAS; 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31077 Toulouse, France. Phone: +33 56133 6964. Université de Toulouse; UPS, INSA, INP, ISAE; LAAS; F-31077 Toulouse, France.
Emmanuel Flahaut
Affiliation:
Université de Toulouse; UPS, INP; Institut Carnot Cirimat; 118, route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France. CNRS; Institut Carnot Cirimat; F-31062 Toulouse, France.
Norbert Fabre
Affiliation:
CNRS; LAAS; 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31077 Toulouse, France. Phone: +33 56133 6964. Université de Toulouse; UPS, INSA, INP, ISAE; LAAS; F-31077 Toulouse, France.
Véronique Conédéra
Affiliation:
CNRS; LAAS; 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31077 Toulouse, France. Phone: +33 56133 6964. Université de Toulouse; UPS, INSA, INP, ISAE; LAAS; F-31077 Toulouse, France.
Fabien Mesnilgrente
Affiliation:
CNRS; LAAS; 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31077 Toulouse, France. Phone: +33 56133 6964. Université de Toulouse; UPS, INSA, INP, ISAE; LAAS; F-31077 Toulouse, France.
Fabio Coccetti
Affiliation:
CNRS; LAAS; 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31077 Toulouse, France. Phone: +33 56133 6964. Université de Toulouse; UPS, INSA, INP, ISAE; LAAS; F-31077 Toulouse, France.
Mircea Dragoman
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnology (IMT), P.O. Box 38-160, 023573 Bucharest, Romania.
Robert Plana
Affiliation:
CNRS; LAAS; 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31077 Toulouse, France. Phone: +33 56133 6964. Université de Toulouse; UPS, INSA, INP, ISAE; LAAS; F-31077 Toulouse, France.
*
Corresponding author: Sébastien Pacchini Email: pacchini@laas.fr;
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Abstract

In this paper, double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) network layers were patterned using inkjet transfer printing. The remarkable conductive characteristics of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are considered as promising candidates for transmission line as well as microelectronic interconnects of an arbitrary pattern. In this work, the DWNTs were prepared by the catalytic chemical vapor deposition process, oxidized and dispersed in ethylene-glycol solution. The DWNTs networks were deposited between electrodes contact and then characterized at DC through current–voltage measurements, low frequency, and high frequency by scattering parameters measurements from 40 MHz up to 40 GHz through a vector network analyzer. By varying the number of inkjet overwrites, the results confirm that the DC resistance of DWNTs networks can be varied according to their number and that furthermore the networks preserve ohmic characteristics up to 100 MHz. The microwave transmission parameters were obtained from the measured S-parameter data. An algorithm is developed to calculate the propagation constant “γ”, attenuation constant “α” in order to show the frequency dependence of the equivalent resistance of DWNTs networks, which decreases with increasing frequency.

Keywords

Double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNT)Inkjet printingMicrowave characteristics
Type
Original Article
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 2 , Issue 5 , October 2010 , pp. 471 - 477
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2010

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