Toward the Development of Printable Nanowire Electronics and Sensors

Abstract

In recent years, there has been tremendous progress in the research and development of printable electronics on mechanically flexible substrates based on inorganic active components, which provide high performances and stable device operations at low cost. In this regard, various approaches have been developed for the direct transfer or printing of micro‐ and nanoscale, inorganic semiconductors on substrates. In this review article, we focus on the recent advancements in the large‐scale integration of single crystalline, inorganic‐nanowire (NW) arrays for electronic and sensor applications, specifically involving the contact printing of NWs at defined locations. We discuss the advantages, limitations, and the state‐of‐the‐art of this technology, and present an integration platform for future printable, heterogeneous‐sensor circuitry based on NW parallel arrays.

Size effects on elasticity, yielding, and fracture of silver nanowires:In situexperiments

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Exohedral Physisorption of Ambient Moisture Scales Non-monotonically with Fiber Proximity in Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays

“…[12][13][14][15][16][17][18] However, while many studies have previously explored the synthesis of new architectures and devices using one dimensional nanomaterials, specifically carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the properties they reported were far lower than the properties of predicted using current theory.…”

“…[12][13][14][15][16][17][18] However, while many studies have previously explored the synthesis of new architectures and devices using one dimensional nanomaterials, specifically carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the properties they reported were far lower than the properties of predicted using current theory. [12] Some of the main reasons why existing models cannot accurately predict the behavior of CNTs in scalable architectures, such as aligned CNT arrays, are the various CNT morphology and proximity effects, [13][14][15]19] which can strongly impact properties, but are not well understood and cannot be properly integrated into theoretical frameworks.…”

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