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Nature Materials 4, 589–592 (1 August 2005) | doi:10.1038/nmat1427

Electronic devices based on purified carbon nanotubes grown by high-pressure decomposition of carbon monoxide

Danvers E. Johnston , Mohammad F. Islam , Arjun G. Yodh & Alan T. Johnson

The excellent properties of transistors, wires and sensors made from single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) make them promising candidates for use in advanced nanoelectronic systems. Gas-phase growth procedures such as the high-pressure decomposition of carbon monoxide (HiPCO) method yield large quantities of small-diameter semiconducting SWNTs, which are ideal for use in nanoelectronic circuits.