Abstract
This paper presents materials, device designs, and physical/electrical characteristics of a form of nanotube electronics that is physically transient, in the sense that all constituent elements dissolve and/or disperse upon immersion into water. Studies of contact effects illustrate the ability to use water soluble metals such as magnesium for source/drain contacts in nanotube based field effect transistors. High mobilities and on/off ratios in transistors that use molybdenum, silicon nitride, and silicon oxide enable full swing characteristics for inverters at low voltages (5 V) and with high gains.Dissolution/disintegration tests of such systems on water soluble sheets of polyvinyl alcohol demonstrate physical transience within 30 min.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 013506 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 105 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 7 2014 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)