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Applied Physics Letters / Browse Journal / Volume 94 / Issue 16 / LASERS, OPTICS, AND OPTOELECTRONICS

Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 161108 (2009); doi:10.1063/1.3114463 (3 pages)

Highly stretchable, conductive, and transparent nanotube thin films

Liangbing Hu1, Wei Yuan2, Paul Brochu2, George Gruner1, and Qibing Pei2

1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA Map This map
2Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA Map This map

(Received 15 December 2008; accepted 16 March 2009; published online 22 April 2009)

We have studied the electrical and optical properties of transparent and conductive nanotube thin films subjected to extremely large strains, both isotropic and anisotropic. The films maintain electrical conductivity for strains up to 700% and the eventual loss of conductivity is due primarily to the buildup of cracks in the nanotube films. We also measured the change in optical transmittance and explain the observed haziness of the films by considering the micrometer sized cluster. This study of transparent nanotube films as stretchable electrodes is crucial for many applications, in particular, for medical implantation of electronic devices.

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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords

biomedical materials, carbon nanotubes, cracks, electrical conductivity, elongation, light transmission, thin films

PACS

  • 78.66.Tr

    Fullerenes and related materials

  • 73.61.Wp

    Fullerenes and related materials

  • 62.20.mt

    Cracks

  • 81.40.Np

    Fatigue, corrosion fatigue, embrittlement, cracking, fracture, and failure

  • 68.60.Bs

    Mechanical and acoustical properties

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0003-6951 (print)  
1077-3118 (online)

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