Issue 32, 2009
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Flash dry deposition of nanoscale material thin films

L. Hu,a   G. Gruner,*a   J. Jenkinsb  and  C.-J. Kimb  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
E-mail: gruner@physics.ucla.edu

b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Abstract

In this work, we report a simple and scalable solution-based method to deposit nanoscale material thin films. We have demonstrated uniform thin films fabricated by a flash dry deposition method, including carbon nanotubes and polyaniline nanofibers. The films are electrically uniform across an entire area of 8 inches by 8 inches in size. This method can be applied to other nanoscale materials and substrates or nanomaterial multilayer structures if the correct solution–substrate interface interaction is achieved. In the end, we use this method to deposit CNT thin films on an unusual substrate—the inner side of thin glass tubing. Such transparent and conductive coating in glass tubing is not possible with traditional indium tin oxide sputtering and allows for a novel design of electrowetting devices.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B905318M
Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Mar 2009
Accepted
19 May 2009
First published
30 Jun 2009

J. Mater. Chem., 2009,19, 5845-5849

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Flash dry deposition of nanoscale material thin films

L. Hu, G. Gruner, J. Jenkins and C.-J. Kim, J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 5845 DOI: 10.1039/B905318M

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