Transparent nanostructured electrode by centrifuge coating

Author

Huang, Yan Yan S ; Terentjev, Eugene M.

Author_Institution

Cavendish Lab., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

fYear

2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We employ a new solution-based coating process, centrifuge coating, to fabricate nanostructured conductive layers over large areas. This coating procedure allows fast quenching of the metastable dispersed state of nanomaterials, which minimizes material wastes by mitigate the effects of particle re-aggregation. Using this method, we fabricate SWNT coatings on different substrates such as PET (polyethylene terephthalate), PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane), and an acrylic elastomer. The effects of the choice of solvents on the morphology and subsequent performance of the coating network are studied.

Keywords

centrifuges; coatings; electrodes; nanostructured materials; nanotechnology; PDMS; PET; SWNT coatings; acrylic elastomer; centrifuge coating network; coating procedure; material waste; metastable dispersed state; nanomaterials; nanostructured conductive layers; particle reaggregation; polydimethylsiloxane; polyethylene terephthalate; solution based coating process; transparent nanostructured electrode; Chemicals; Coatings; Polyethylene; Positron emission tomography; Solvents; Waste heat;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2012 12th IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Birmingham

ISSN

1944-9399

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2198-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NANO.2012.6322181

Filename

6322181