{"607462":{"#nid":"607462","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Research Charts the Way to More Reliable Carbon-based Microelectronics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECarbon nanotubes \u0026ndash; cylindrical formations of carbon atoms with incredible strength and electrical conductivity \u0026ndash; hold great promise for creating new micron-scale low-power electronic devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut finding a way to build a reliable computing platform based on the carbon material has been a major challenge for researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, a team of mechanical and materials engineers at Georgia Institute of Technology has devised a method for identifying performance variabilities in\u0026nbsp;transistors\u0026nbsp;made from carbon nanotube\u0026nbsp;networks.\u0026nbsp;The new approach could help researchers create more reliable devices and ultimately harness that technology for a range of applications such as wearable electronics, sensors and antennas.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Using carbon nanotubes to make thin-film transistors with good performance repeatability has been challenging because of the random imperfections in the fabrication process,\u0026rdquo; said Satish Kumar, an associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. \u0026ldquo;Those random imperfections cause variations in the properties of the nanotubes \u0026ndash; differences in length, diameter and chirality. All of those things can impact how conductive a nanotube is, which leads to these performance variations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;What we\u0026rsquo;ve done now is created a systematic way to estimate these variations that could improve reliability for carbon nanotube network based devices,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPlease read article \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/news\/607064\/research-charts-way-more-reliable-carbon-based-microelectronics?utm_source=Georgia+Tech+Research+Newsletter+List\u0026amp;utm_campaign=9ff920ce02-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_6_21_2018_0_33\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_term=0_87fbcee08c-9ff920ce02-454492121\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A team of mechanical and materials engineers at Georgia Institute of Technology have devised a method for identifying performance variabilities in\u00a0transistors\u00a0made from carbon nanotube\u00a0networks.\u00a0"}],"uid":"32022","created_gmt":"2018-07-02 18:21:15","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Farlenthia Walker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"607461":{"id":"607461","type":"image","title":"Jialuo Chen and Satish Kumar","body":null,"created":"1530555040","gmt_created":"2018-07-02 18:10:40","changed":"1530555040","gmt_changed":"2018-07-02 18:10:40","alt":"","file":{"fid":"231716","name":"Jialuo Chen and Satish Kumar.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jialuo%20Chen%20and%20Satish%20Kumar.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jialuo%20Chen%20and%20Satish%20Kumar.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":140564,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jialuo%20Chen%20and%20Satish%20Kumar.jpg?itok=iOFR1azy"}}},"media_ids":["607461"],"groups":[{"id":"217141","name":"Georgia Tech Materials Institute"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosh Brown - Research News\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}