Horizontally aligned carbon nanotube scaffolds for freestanding structures with enhanced conductivity

Conference Paper (2017)
Author(s)

Cinzia Silvestri (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)

Federico Marciano (TU Delft - Electronic Components, Technology and Materials)

Bruno Morana (TU Delft - EKL-Users)

Violeta Podranovic (External organisation)

S Vollebregt (TU Delft - Electronic Components, Technology and Materials)

Guo Qi Zhang (TU Delft - Electronic Components, Technology and Materials)

P.M. Sarro (TU Delft - Electronic Components, Technology and Materials)

Research Group
Tera-Hertz Sensing
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Publication Year
2017
Language
English
Research Group
Tera-Hertz Sensing
Pages (from-to)
266-269
ISBN (electronic)
978-1-5090-5078-9

Abstract

An unprecedented enhancement in electrical conductivity of horizontally aligned carbon nanotube (HA-CNT) structures using a 10 nm conformal coating of alumina (Al2O3) or amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC) is presented. By combining the capability to grow long vertically aligned CNTs (VA-CNTs) with a liquid-assisted flattening technique, dense arrays of HA-CNTs exhibiting a high degree of alignment are realized and integrated at wafer-scale. Suspended structures, ranging from large area membranes to narrow beams, can be fabricated. The impressive enhancement in electrical conductivity, approximately 209% for the Al2O3 coated HA-CNTs (Al2O3/HA-CNTs) and 2276% for the a-SiC ones (a-SiC/HA-CNTs), demonstrates the potential of CNT-based scaffolds as scalable and functional building blocks for suspended interconnects, heat spreaders and novel chemical and optical sensors.

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