An electrical switch based on Ag-tetracyanoquinodimethane sandwiched by crossed carbon nanotube electrodes

Wei Zhou; Liang Ren; Feng Lin; Liying Jiao; Teng Xue; Xiaojun Xian; Zhongfan Liu

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An electrical switch based on Ag-tetracyanoquinodimethane sandwiched by crossed carbon nanotube electrodes

Wei Zhou, Liang Ren, Feng Lin, Liying Jiao, Teng Xue, Xiaojun Xian, Zhongfan Liu

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We report herein a method to fabricate an electrical switch device in which two crossed carbon nanotubes (CNTs) serve as electrode contacts and Ag-tetracyanoquinodimethane (AgTCNQ) is embedded into the crossed point functions as the electrical bistable medium. To fabricate this device, an electrodeposition method is used to grow AgTCNQ particles along a CNT, and then the top CNT is placed intersectionally over the former tube wrapped with AgTCNQ. The device shows typical switching performance with an on/off ratio up to 10₃. The excellent electrical properties and nanoscale diameter of CNTs of this device show promising applications in the integrations of CNT nanoelectronics.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	123115
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	93
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2988272
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

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