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Chem. Commun., 2009, 7182 - 7184, DOI: 10.1039/b915508b

Solution-processable semiconducting thin-film transistors using single-walled carbon nanotubes chemically modified by organic radical initiators

Jianwen Zhao, Chun Wei Lee, Xuanding Han, Fuming Chen, Yanping Xu, Yizhong Huang, Mary B. Chan-Park, Peng Chen and Lain-Jong Li

The reactivity of organic radicals produced by 1,1-azobis(cyanocyclohexane) (ACN) is tuned to selectively suppress electrical conduction of small diameter single-walled carbon nanotubes, and the modified tubes are able to produce high-mobility (10 cm2 V-1 s-1) and solution-processable thin-film transistors with full semiconductor device yield, promising applications in high-performance printable electronics.

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