EP1590498A4 - Methods of making carbon nanotube films, layers, fabrics, ribbons, elements and articles - Google Patents
Methods of making carbon nanotube films, layers, fabrics, ribbons, elements and articlesInfo
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- the present invention relates generally to nanotube films, layers, and fabrics and methods of making same and, more specifically to carbon nanotube films, layers, and fabrics and methods of making same so that they form or may be made to form patterned ribbons, elements and articles of various shapes and characteristics.
- Wire crossbar memory has been proposed. (See U.S. Patent Nos. 6,128,214; 6,159,620; and 6,198,655.) These memory proposals envision molecules as bi-stable switches. Two wires (either a metal or semiconducting type) have a layer of molecules or molecule compounds sandwiched in between. Chemical assembly and electrochemical oxidation or reduction are used to generate an "on" or “off state. This form of memory requires highly specialized wire junctions and may not retain non- volatility owing to the inherent instability found in redox processes.
- nanoscopic wires such as single-walled carbon nanotubes
- crossbar junctions to serve as memory cells.
- nanoscopic wires such as single-walled carbon nanotubes
- NTWCMs nanotube wire crossbar memories
- Each physical state corresponds to an electrical state.
- Repelled wires are an open circuit junction. Attracted wires are a closed state forming a rectified junction. When electrical power is removed from the junction, the wires retain their physical (and thus electrical) state thereby forming a non-volatile memory cell.
- NTWCM proposals rely on directed growth or chemical self-assembly techniques to grow the individual nanotubes needed for the memory cells. These techniques are now believed to be difficult to employ at commercial scales using modern technology. Moreover, they may contain inherent limitations such as the length of the nanotubes that may be grown reliably using these techniques, and it may difficult to control the statistical variance of geometries of nanotube wires so grown. Improved memory cell designs are thus desired.
- the invention provides new and improved methods of making carbon nanotube films, layers, fabrics, ribbons, elements and articles.
- carbon nanotube growth catalyst is applied on to a surface of a substrate.
- the substrate is subjected to a chemical vapor deposition of a carbon-containing gas to grow a non-woven fabric of carbon nanotubes. Portions of the non-woven fabric are selectively removed according to a defined pattern to create the article.
- a non- woven fabric of carbon nanotubes may be made by applying carbon nanotube growth catalyst on to a surface of a wafer substrate to create a dispersed monolayer of catalyst.
- the substrate is subjected to a chemical vapor deposition of a carbon-containing gas to grow a non-woven fabric of carbon nanotubes of nanotubes in contact and covering the surface of the wafer and in which the fabric is of substantial uniform thickness.
- applying the carbon nanotube growth catalyst includes applying metallic nanoparticles.
- applying the carbon nanotube growth catalyst includes applying metal oxide nanoparticles.
- the surface of the substrate is derivitized to promote adhesion of the carbon nanotube growth catalyst.
- applying the carbon nanotube growth catalyst includes applying a ferritin solution in which the ferritin encapsulates metal, and wherein the act of applying followed by oxidizing the fenitin to remove the organic shell therefrom.
- applying carbon nanotube growth catalyst creates a substantial monolayer of nanoparticles on the surface of the substrate.
- applying the carbon nanotube growth catalyst includes applying a metal ligand-catalyst precursor, and wherein the surface is functionalized to promote binding of the ligand.
- the metal ligand-catalyst precursor has a formula ML, in which M is metal from a group including at least iron, cobalt, or nickel, and in which L is an organic ligand having a general formula C x H y (COOH).
- applying the carbon nanotube growth catalyst includes applying a solution of iron oxide nanoparticles on the surface of the substrate.
- applying the carbon nanotube growth catalyst includes applying a suspension of liquid precursor to a metal catalyst on the surface of the substrate.
- the carbon-containing gas is methane or ethylene.
- the chemical vapor deposition is at about 850 °C for about ten minutes and methane is applied at about a 500 seem flow or the chemical vapor deposition is at about 800 °C for about forty minutes and ethylene is applied at about a 10 seem flow.
- the carbon nanotubes of the non- woven fabric include metallic nanotubes and semiconducting nanotubes and the relative composition of metallic and semiconducting nanotubes in the fabric is controlled.
- the carbon nanotubes of the non- woven fabric include metallic nanotubes and semiconducting nanotubes, and semiconducting or metallic nanotubes may be selectively removed therefrom.
- Figure 1 A shows a structure, according to certain embodiments of the invention, having a thin layer of metal catalyst that may be used in an exemplary method of growing nanofabric.
- Figures 1B.1-1B.2 illustrate exemplary methods of growing nanotube fabric by CVD using the structure of Figure 1 A.
- Figures 1C-1Z are micrographs of nanofabrics grown with exemplary processes according to certain embodiments of the invention.
- Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of an exemplary structure used to practice certain embodiments of the invention.
- Figure 3 A shows a structure, according to certain embodiments of the invention, having a distribution of nanoparticles that may be used in an exemplary method of growing nanofabric.
- Figure 3B-C illustrate exemplary methods of growing nanotube fabric by CVD using the structure of Figure 3 A.
- Figures 3D-3F are micrographs of nanofabrics grown with exemplary processes according to certain embodiments of the invention.
- Figure 3G-H illustrate exemplary methods of growing nanotube fabric by CVD using the structure of Figure 3 A.
- Figure 4A shows a structure, according to certain embodiments of the invention, having a thin layer of metal catalyst and having a distribution of nanoparticles that may be used in an exemplary method of growing nanofabric.
- Figures 4B-D illustrate exemplary methods of growing nanotube fabric by CVD using the structure of Figure 4A.
- Figure 5 A shows a stracture, according to certain embodiments of the invention, in which a nanofabric is formed over a substrate.
- Figure 5B illustrates an exemplary method of forming nanotube fabric by spin- coating preformed nanotubes in suspension.
- Figures 5C-5H are micrographs of nanofabrics formed with exemplary processes according to certain embodiments of the invention.
- Figures 5I-J illustrate exemplary methods of forming nanotube fabric by spin- coating preformed nanotubes in suspension.
- Figure 6 are cross-sectional views of exemplary structures according to certain embodiments of the invention.
- Figure 7 shows cross-sectional views of exemplary structures according to certain embodiments of the invention.
- Figure 8 A shows cross-sectional views of exemplary stractures according to certain embodiments of the invention.
- Figures 8B-D are micrographs of nanofabrics patterned according to certain embodiments of the invention.
- Preferred embodiments of the invention provide nanotube films, layers, or non- woven fabrics and methods of making same so that they form, or may be made to form, various useful patterned components, elements or articles.
- films films
- layers layers
- non-woven fabrics are referred to as “fabrics” or “nanofabrics”.
- the components created from the nanofabrics retain desirable physical properties of the nanotubes and/or the nanofabrics from which they are formed.
- preferred embodiments allow modern manufacturing techniques (e.g., those used in semiconductor manufacture) to be readily employed to utilize the nanofabric articles and devices.
- the nanofabrics may be patterned into ribbons, which can be used to create non-volatile electromechanical memory cells.
- the ribbons may be used as a component of a non- volatile electromechanical memory cell.
- the deflected, physical state of the ribbon may be made to represent a conesponding information state.
- the deflected, physical state has non-volatile properties, meaning the ribbon retains its physical (and therefore informational) state even if power to the memory cell is removed.
- the nanofabric may also be formed into conductive traces or pads. As explained in U.S. Pat. Apl. Ser. Nos.
- the trace has advantageous electrical and thermal conductivity, allowing it to be used for extremely small feature sizes, or to be utilized as a transistor component, such as a gate or base of a transistor forming superior metal to semiconductor contacts.
- the nanofabrics may also be formed or patterned into shorter segments such as ribbons or patches. The shorter segments or patches allow facile interconnection of their nanotubes to vias, interconnects, traces or other structures useful in electronic devices. They may also be used to create new forms of electromechanical memory cells, for example, non-crossbar, embedded cells.
- the articles so formed help enable the generation of nanoelectronic devices and may also be used to assist in increasing the efficiency and performance of cunent electronic devices using a hybrid approach (e.g., using nanoribbon memory cells in conjunction with semiconductor addressing and processing circuitry).
- Preferred nanofabrics have a plurality of nanotubes in contact so as to form a non-woven fabric. Gaps in the fabric, i.e., between nanotubes either laterally or vertically, may exist.
- the fabric preferably has a sufficient amount of nanotubes in contact so that at least one electrically conductive, semi-conductive or mixed conductive and semi-conductive pathway exists from a given point within a ribbon or article to another point within the ribbon or article (even after patterning of the nanofabric).
- nanofabrics may also be used.
- nanofabrics that are primarily a monolayer with sporadic bilayers and trilayers, but other embodiments benefit from thicker fabrics with multiple layers.
- the technique chosen must result in a sufficient quantity of nanotubes in contact with other nanotubes which thereby matte as a result of the nanotubes' adhesion characteristics.
- Certain embodiments e.g., memory cells
- SWNTs single-walled nanotubes
- Other embodiments e.g., conductive traces
- the nanotubes have a resistance per square between 1-1000 k ⁇ / ⁇ (a lower resistance per square value is generally preferred) but can be tuned to have a resistance per square between 1 k ⁇ / ⁇ -10 M ⁇ / ⁇ which is dependent upon the quality of nanotubes used and their electrical and mechanical characteristics.
- the porosity of the fabric can be tuned as well to generate low density fabrics with high porosity and high density fabrics with low porosity.
- the average length of a nanotube ranges between 50-1000nm and l-100 ⁇ m including single-walled nanotubes, multi-walled nanotubes or a mixture of both and can be controlled as is necessary for a particular application such as memory, switches, relays, chemical sensors, biosensors and resonators.
- Certain preferred methods of constructing the nanofabrics involve growing nanotubes using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) processes in conjunction with various catalysts.
- Other prefened methods generate films using spin-coating techniques with preformed nanotubes.
- the fabrics may be patterned after being formed or they may be grown or formed in a predetermined pattern, e.g., by using patterned catalyst metal layers, nanoparticles or a combination thereof.
- Carbon nanotubes can be grown on substrates whose surfaces contain certain metallic or oxide layers.
- the metallic or metal oxide layers allow metal-containing nanoparticles to be applied onto the substrate surface.
- Exemplary nanoparticles include metals, such as iron, cobalt, nickel, tungsten, molybdenum, rhenium and other transition metals, or metal oxides.
- the metals or metal oxides in these methods act as growth catalyst for carbon nanotubes.
- SWNTs single- walled nanotubes
- catalyst solutions e.g., "liquid catalysts” (see Cassell, A., et al., Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 103, 6484, 1999 and Cassell, A., et al., Journal Am. Chem. Soc, 121, 7975, 1999), and layered catalytic deposition (see Cassell, A., et al, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 103, 6484, 1999).
- Metal oxides of various diameters may be used depending upon whether growth of single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) or multi-walled nanotubes is desired. (See, e.g., Y. Li, W.
- Bi-metallic catalyst nanoparticles (iron-molybdenum) have also been fabricated to assist in the production of carbon nanotubes (see Li, Y. and Liu, J., Chem. Mater., 13. 1008, 2001). These nanoparticles are usually dispersed randomly on a substrate or other support to produce nanotube growth.
- Typical liquid catalysts contain a mixture of chlorides or nitrates that have iron, cobalt, nickel, or molybdenum.
- These liquid catalysts are generated by soaking a pre-patterned 'stamp' onto a substrate. After stamping, the catalyst is calcinated or oxidized to burn off all the chlorides, nitrides, and other species leaving a random distribution of metal nanoparticles within a broad size regime.
- Yet another method of producing SWNTs involves the deposition of metal layers (see Delzeit, L., et al., Chemical Physics Letters, 348, 368, 2001).
- the metal layers may include a porous under-layer such as aluminum or iridium, a catalytic layer (iron, cobalt, nickel), and a co-catalyst layer, typically molybdenum.
- the catalyst nanoparticles required for nanotube formation are produced during the CVD process.
- the inventors have discovered that the above techniques may be extended to create nanofabrics, which have important characteristics that may be controlled in the creation process.
- they have discovered new techniques to create nanofabrics.
- the fabrics can be assembled or grown (e.g., over an entire wafer surface) and then fabric may be selectively removed, e.g., by using lithographic patterning.
- the fabric may be formed in a pattern; i.e., nanotube fabric will grow in places where desired and none need be removed subsequent to growth.
- the metallic nanoparticles may be applied to the substrate surface in a variety of ways, including spin coating, application via aerosol, or by dipping the substrate into a solution that includes such nanoparticles.
- the metallic nanoparticles used as catalyst may also be applied to the substrate surface by deposition of a gas-phase metallic precursor such as any metallocene including ferrocene, molybdocene, cobaltocene and many other derivatives known in the literature to vaporize at relatively low temperatures, e.g. 25-600 °C (i.e., a low temperature relative to the temperatures at which carbon nanotube growth would occur using that metal as catalyst).
- a gas-phase metallic precursor such as any metallocene including ferrocene, molybdocene, cobaltocene and many other derivatives known in the literature to vaporize at relatively low temperatures, e.g. 25-600 °C (i.e., a low temperature relative to the temperatures at which carbon nanotube growth would occur using that metal as catalyst).
- an appropriate feedstock gas is supplied to the substrate's environment using a CVD process and nanotubes are allowed to grow. Typical growth times range from under 1 minute to 60 minutes. A typical growth phase can be completed in less than ten minutes.
- appropriate feedstock gasses include, but are not limited to CO, CH 4 , CzHU and other carbon sources.
- the feedstock gas should be used at proper flow rates and at proper concentrations with inert gasses such as argon or nitrogen. Typical temperature regimes are about 600-1000 °C.
- Some factors influencing nanotube growth include catalyst composition, catalyst diameter, catalytic growth efficiency, temperature, CVD ran time and choice of reagents including catalysts and feedstock gasses as well as reductants and inert canier gasses, flow rates, ratios of gasses and mixtures and substrate type and composition .
- the films generated by this method are typically characterized in bulk by resistance in ohms per square ( ⁇ /D) measurements that range from 1 tolOOO k ⁇ / ⁇ or in some circumstances from 1 to 20 M ⁇ /D. This measurement can be used to describe the quality and density of the tubes in bulk growth where lower resistance per square indicates a denser fabric and a relatively high concentration of metallic nanotubes.
- One preferred method of growing nanofabrics uses CVD techniques with substrates having a thin layer of metal catalyst on the substrate surface.
- the thin layers allow the catalyst to be easily removed in subsequent processing steps. Thicker catalyst layers may require more difficult processing steps.
- Figure 1 A shows a cross-sectional view of an exemplary stracture 10 having a substrate 12 and a thin metal catalyst layer 14 (shown here as one layer, though more than one layer may be employed). This figure is not to scale; the metal catalyst layer of typical embodiments is only about 1-2 nm thick.
- An exemplary, non-limiting substrate 12 is made of silicon and has an upper layer of SiO 2 (not shown).
- the SiO 2 insulates the conductive nanotubes (once formed) from the underlying bulk silicon of substrate 12.
- the upper layer of the substrate 12 may already have formed therein various elements that may be used together with the to-be-formed nanofabric articles to form circuits and the like, or the articles may be used as conductive connections between circuits formed on the substrate.
- the metals that can be used as primary catalyst metals of layer 14 can be selected from a non-exclusive group known to produce SWNTs, such as iron, nickel, cobalt, and molybdenum.
- Metal layer 14 can also include metals that act in conjunction with primary catalysts as co-catalysts, such metals include, but are not limited to, aluminum, molybdenum, cobalt, or other co-catalyst metals. If multi-walled nanotubes (MWNTs) are desired, these and additional transition metals may be used in layer 14, such as yttrium, lanthanides and actinides.
- MWNTs multi-walled nanotubes
- the growth of nanotubes from deposited thin metal layers 14 typically involves the deposition by any physical vapor deposition technique of an aluminum layer, an iron layer, and/or a molybdenum layer, onto a substrate 12.
- the aluminum layer generates a porous reactive support that aids in generation of carbon species which feed into the iron catalyst where growth of the nanotubes actually takes place.
- the molybdenum layer also serves as a site to reduce the carbon to a reactive form. The iron by itself can accomplish this reduction even but in some cases the rate is increased if the Mo and Al are present as well.
- the thin metal layers 14 such as aluminum and molybdenum assist in the formation of SWNTs during CVD (when these three metals are used in concert, iron is the primary growth catalyst).
- These layers are extremely thin (e.g., 1-2 nm) and will diffuse or vaporize during CVD growth. Some of the particles created from such vaporization may be encapsulated by the eventually-grown nanotubes. (As the nanotubes are growing, the thin layers will diffuse. When layers are heated, they have a tendency to generate particles. Some of these particles will contain iron which will then be the site of the direct growth of carbon nanotubes. If in some instances the catalyst is very small, then the catalyst particle will be carried along as the nanotube grows. In other cases the catalyst particle will be larger and the nanotube will grow out from this end leaving the catalyst particle in place. Either way, if one looks at a transmission electron micrograph of a nanotube, one will almost always find at one end a nanoparticle, which acted as a catalyst.)
- Figure 1B.1 illustrates a way of forming nanofabrics utilizing a substrate with thin metal catalyst layer(s).
- an intermediate stracture 10 is provided 110.
- the stracture as outlined above, includes a substrate 12 and a metal catalyst layer 14.
- a furnace is heated 120 to about 500 °C.
- the stracture 10 is placed 130 into the furnace.
- the metal layer 12 may be oxidized 140 in air.
- the oxidation can take place at 500 °C for 30 minutes. Oxidizing may be desired because it generates nanoparticles on the surface when metal atoms migrate and reanange themselves.
- the temperature of the substrate 10 is ramped up to the CVD temperature and a flow of feedstock and inert gasses is provided 150.
- hydrogen gas is mixed with an inert gas that has proper heat diffusion properties (typically argon or nitrogen).
- the ratio of the gasses can be 1:5 hydrogen to inert gas (the ratio, however, should depend on the flow rate and types of gas introduced into the system upon reaching CVD temperature). For example, methane at a flow rate of 100-750 standard cubic centimeters per minute (seem), or ethylene gas at 1.0-5.0 seem may be used.
- the CVD ran is performed 160 for some time typically between 1-10 minutes.
- a CVD process or chemical vapor deposition involves in this case a carrier gas (argon), a reductant (hydrogen) and a carbon feedstock (methane, ethylene in combination or alone, or other gas)).
- the furnace is ramped down 170 to less than 200° C in a flow of inert gas or gasses that have low or no reactivity with the carbon sources, such as argon or nitrogen.
- the gas used could be air or oxygen at a lower temperature; such use would provide a final annealing 180 for nanotube adhesion and/or removal of amorphous carbon.
- a nanofabric is created over substrate 12 and the thin metal layer 14 is substantially or totally vaporized.
- the surface of the substrate 12 may have a defined pattern (e.g., a grating) on its surface.
- the surface may have alternating regions of metal or semiconductor and insulator.
- the metal or semiconducting embedded materials may be partially or totally capped off by a sacrificial layer which can be removed later to provide a suspended nanotube nanoribbon stracture. See U.S. Pat. Apl. Ser. Nos. 09/915,093 and 10/033,323.
- a defined thin metal layer pattern will determine the origination of nanotube growth. (That is, nanotube growth will originate from the catalyst regions rather than the interstitial regions which do not have catalyst. This characteristic may be exploited; i.e., depending on the ultimate use of the nanoribbons or nanofabric articles, a specific surface pattern may be desired (for example in a memory device).
- the thin metal layer catalyst may be patterned to create a patterned growth of nanofabric. If the catalyst patterns are sufficiently far away from each other they may not require subsequent patterning.
- Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of an exemplary structure 15 having a grating configuration.
- Surface metal regions 17 are separated from one another by insulating regions 19.
- the material of metal regions 17 may be selected from appropriate carbon nanotube growth catalysts, and the insulating regions 19 may be made from material that does not readily initiate carbon nanotube growth and genesis, such as silica.
- the separate metal catalyst layer regions 17 provide a region where nanotube growth originates.
- the density of the nanotube ribbon may be controlled by altering such variables as catalyst composition and concentration, growth environment, including but not limited to growth time (e.g., less CVD ran time yields less dense nanofabric), temperature, gas composition and concentration.
- growth time e.g., less CVD ran time yields less dense nanofabric
- temperature e.g., less carbonate
- gas composition e.g., hydrogen
- Thin metal layers of aluminum, iron, and molybdenum (15 nm, 1 nm, and 2 nm, respectively) are sequentially deposited on a substrate.
- the substrate is placed in a tube furnace in which the temperature is ramped to 500 °C and held for thirty minutes, in an ambience of air.
- the temperature is then ramped to a CVD temperature of 850 °C in a flow of argon gas and hydrogen gas, at 100: 400 seem Ar: H 2
- methane gas at a flow rate of 500 seem is introduced into the furnace for a 1 minute growth time.
- the furnace is ramped down to below 200 °C in an argon atmosphere.
- Figure 1C is a micrograph of a fabric made from this procedure.
- Example 1 All parameters of example 1 are duplicated except in place of methane, ethylene is used at a flow rate of 5.0 seem for 10 minutes, the CVD temperature is 800 °C.
- the same types of metal layers are employed; however, the thicknesses of the metal layers used are 5 nm aluminum, 1 nm iron, and 2 nm molybdenum.
- Figure ID is a micrograph of the nanotube growth resulting from such use of ethylene. Examples 3-6:
- Examples 3-6 show that the rate of methane gas flow affects the production of nanotube fabrics in typical CVD methods. From the micrographs one can see how the change in gas flow from 725 to 500 to 250 seem affects the amount of growth. These examples show that the porosity and type of nanotubes grown may be controlled by changing specific parameters in the growth process. The growth of nanotubes is sustained over this range and can be finely controlled to generate primarily multilayer fabrics (750 seem) to primarily monolayer fabrics (250 seem). Reduction in gas flow to even lower levels is possible to assure primarily monolayer fabrics. An increase of the concentration would allow growth of fabrics with multilayers. Other parameters such as growth time and temperature can be controlled in concert with feedstock gas flow to provide more control over the fabric's characteristics.
- Example 3 Methane is flowed at 725 seem and the argon and hydrogen gas flow are kept constant at 100 seem and 400 seem, respectively.
- CVD is performed as above with the following parameters: the CVD is performed at 850 °C for 1 minute with the following metal layers: 15 nm aluminum, 1 nm iron and 2 nm molybdenum.
- Figure IE is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Example 4 All parameters are kept the same as example 3 except methane gas flow is 500 seem.
- Figure IF is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Example 5 All parameters are kept the same as example 3 except methane gas flow is 250 seem.
- Figure 1G is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Example 6 All parameters are kept the same as example 3 except methane gas flow is 100 seem.
- Figure IH is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Examples 7-9 mirror examples 3-6 in that the flow rates of ethylene gas used are decreased in sequential CVD processes, while keeping all other variables constant. As above, all of these examples show fine control may be achieved over the growth density, nanotube porosity, nanotube length and the resistance per square values. (Resistance per square is used to assess in general the porosity of the nanotubes and/or their overall conductive quality.) Figures for examples 7-9, respectively, show fabrics conesponding to decreasing the gas flow. As flow decreases, the fabric density decreases and resistance increases.
- Example 7 The argon flow and hydrogen flow are kept constant at 100 seem and 400 seem, respectively. Ethylene gas is flowed at 5.0 seem. Metal layers are as follow: 5.0 nm aluminum, 1.0 nm iron and 2.0 nm molybdenum, the CVD temperature is 800 °C, and is ran for 10 minutes. Figure II is a micrograph of the film, which resulted from this procedure.
- Example 8 All parameters are kept the same as example 7 except ethylene gas flow is 2.5 seem.
- Figure 1 J is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Example 9 All parameters are kept the same as example 7 except ethylene gas flow is 1.0 seem.
- Figure IK is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Examples 10-12 show the effects of reducing CVD temperatures while keeping all other parameters constant.
- the CVD methods are otherwise much the same as in example 1. These examples also show that fine control may be achieved in porosity, thickness and length of nanofabrics and nanotubes.
- Figures for examples 10-12, respectively, show fabrics corresponding to decreasing CVD temperatures. As the temperature decreases, the fabric density decreases, and the resistance increases.
- Example 10 CVD is performed on a substrate of silicon coated with 15 nm aluminum, 1 nm iron and 2 nm molybdenum, using a 725 seem flow of methane gas at 900 °C for ten minutes in Ar/H flow as above.
- Figure IL is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Example 11 All parameters are kept the same as in example 10, except the CVD temperature is decreased to 850 °C.
- Figure IM is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Example 12 All parameters are kept the same as in example 10, except the CVD temperature is decreased to 800 °C.
- Figure IN is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Figures for examples 13-16 show fabrics conesponding to decreasing CVD ran time. As the run time decreases, the fabric density decreases, and the resistance increases.
- Example 13 CVD is ran for 10 minutes on a substrate of silicon coated with 15 nm aluminum, 1 nm iron, and 2 nm molybdenum at 850 °C in a 725 seem flow of methane gas and 100:400 seem Ar:H 2 as above.
- Figure IO is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Example 14 All parameters are kept the same as example 13, except the CVD run time is decreased to five minutes.
- Figure IP is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Example 15 All parameters are kept the same as in example 13, except the CVD ran time is decreased to two minutes.
- Figure IQ is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Example 16 All parameters are kept the same as in example 13, except the CVD ran time is decreased to one minute.
- Figure IR is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Examples 17-20 show the effect that varying the thicknesses of the aluminum metal layer has on the resulting films. As above, all of these examples show fine control may be achieved over the growth density, nanotube porosity, nanotube length and the resistance per square values. Figures for examples 17-20, respectively, show fabrics corresponding to decreasing thickness of the metal layer catalyst. As the thickness decreases, the fabric density decreases, and the resistance increases.
- Example 17 CVD is performed on a substrate of silicon coated with 25 nm aluminum, 1 nm iron and 2 nm molybdenum, using a 725 seem flow of methane gas and the argon and hydrogen gas flow are kept constant at 100 seem and 400 seem, respectively, at 850 °C for ten minutes.
- Figure IS is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Example 18 All parameters are kept the same as in example 17, except the thickness of the aluminum layer is decreased to 15 nm.
- Figure IT is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Example 19 All parameters are kept the same as in example 17, except the thickness of the aluminum layer is decreased to 5 nm.
- Figure 1U is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Example 20 All parameters are kept the same as in example 17, except the thickness of the aluminum layer is decreased to 0 nm (no aluminum is deposited in this example).
- Figure IV is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Examples 21-22 show the results of altering thin metal layer thickness and using silicon dioxide as substrate. Altering the metal layer thickness allows tuning of the porosity and specifically the type of nanotubes. Thicker layers are more conducive to growing MWNTs while thinner layers grow better SWNTs and leave less residual metal because they are vaporized at the high temperatures of nanotube growth.
- Figures for examples 21-22, respectively, show fabrics corresponding to decreasing thickness of the metal layer catalyst. As the thickness decreases, the fabric density decreases, and the resistance increases.
- Example 21 CVD is performed on a silicon dioxide substrate coated with thin metal layers; 2.0 nm aluminum, 0.5 nm iron and 1.0 nm molybdenum at 850 °C in a 500 seem flow of methane gas in 100:400 seem Ar:H 2 for one minute.
- Figure 1W is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Example 22 All parameters are kept the same as example 21, except thin metal layers of the following thicknesses; 1.0 nm aluminum, 0.5 nm iron and 1.0 nm molybdenum were used.
- Figure IX is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure. Examples 23-24:
- Examples 23 and 24 show the films that are grown by CVD on silicon and silicon dioxide substrates. These examples illustrate control over porosity even on different substrates.
- a semiconducting substrate and an insulating substrate are examples of a semiconducting substrate and an insulating substrate. Growth is achievable on a variety of substrate layers allowing ready integration into typical semiconductor process flows and ease of manufacture.
- Figures for example 23 and 24 show that the fabric density changes with the type of substrate, and thus resistance changes.
- Example 23 CVD is performed on a silicon substrate coated with thin metal layers; 15 nm aluminum, 1.0 nm iron and 2.0 nm molybdenum at 850 °C in a 500 seem flow of methane gas for two minutes.
- Figure 1 Y is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Example 24 All parameters are kept the same as example 23, except silicon dioxide is used as substrate.
- Figure 1Z is a micrograph of the film which resulted from this procedure.
- Another preferred method of growing nanofabrics uses metallic or metal oxide nanoparticles (e.g., iron oxide) as carbon nanotube growth catalyst.
- Metallic or metal- oxide nanoparticles have a nanow range of diameters. This narrow range can lead to more effective control over the diameter and type of nanotubes forming the eventual nanofabric.
- the surface of the substrate used can be derivitized to create a more hydrophobic or hydrophilic environment to promote better adhesion of the catalyst particles.
- the nature of the substrate allows control over the level of dispersion of the nanoparticles to a precision sufficient to generate monolayer nanotube fabrics.
- Figure 3 A shows a cross-sectional view of an exemplary stracture 20 used to grow nanofabrics.
- a substrate 12 has a distribution 16 of metallic or metal oxide nanoparticles thereon.
- the substrate surface used for generation of carbon nanotubes may be any material including, but not limited to, silicon, thermal oxide, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, tungsten, tungsten/titanium and other typical insulators, semiconductors and metallic surfaces commonly used in CMOS and semiconductor fabrication processes the surface may have electronic components and patterns already defined therein, as mentioned above, and the substrate may be functionalized or non-functionalized.
- FIG. 3B illustrates a way of growing a nanofabric using a substrate coated with nanoparticles 16.
- a mixture of ferritin and water is created.
- ferritin dissolved in deionized (DI) water at a typical concentration (1-1000 ⁇ M) (SIGMA catalog) is provided.
- DI deionized
- the ferritin contains naturally encapsulated iron in an organic layer or shell, and can be processed so that the encapsulated iron may be used in subsequent nanotube generation.
- This shell is oxidized using air or oxygen oxidation or plasma ashing, which causes its removal leaving only an iron oxide nanoparticle.
- the iron oxide nanoparticles are reduced to leave metallic iron nanoparticles which catalyze the growth of nanotubes.
- fenitin or any appropriate nanoparticles The purpose of using fenitin or any appropriate nanoparticles is to cause the nanoparticles to be dispersed on the surface in an even fashion (monodisperse). Ferritin particles have a very narrow diameter range as do the nanoparticles discussed below.
- the ferritin solution is applied 310 to a surface of substrate 12.
- the substrate Before application the substrate can be derivitized to make it more hydrophilic or hydrophobic in order to promote adhesion of the ferritin to the surface.
- the substrate is allowed to dry 320 (e.g. approximately five minutes has been found to be sufficient). This leaves a coating of fenitin on the surface of the substrate.
- the protein shells are then removed 330 from the ferritin particles.
- the stracture may be subjected to either an oxidation operation at 400-800 °C for about 15 minutes, or it may be subjected to a plasma ashing operation.
- the oxidation process removes substantially all of the proteinaceous shell from the fenitin, thereby leaving behind a coating 16 of nanoparticles of iron oxide.
- the nanoparticles are approximately two to five nanometers in diameter, or more particularly approximately three nanometers in diameter. (See Li, 46 Journal Physical Chem. above.)
- CVD may be performed 340 to grow a nanofabric of nanotubes.
- the nanofabric may be grown, for example, over an entire wafer surface as a monolayer of contacting nanotubes.
- the above embodiment is conducive to growing a conductive (primarily) monolayer fabric with sufficient density to remain suspended over a switching junction.
- metal ligand-catalyst precursor molecules are used to deposit metallic nanoparticles on a functionalized substrate surface to thereby help create growth of nanotubes.
- the formula of the metal/ligand complex will have a formula such as ML, in which M is a metal such as iron, cobalt, or nickel, and L is one or more organic ligands having an affinity for the metal.
- M is a metal such as iron, cobalt, or nickel
- L is one or more organic ligands having an affinity for the metal.
- One general formula may be C x H y (COOH), but other carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and/or sulfur- containing ligands are known and may be used.
- a metallic nanoparticle ligated to an organic moiety is deposited on a functionalized substrate surface.
- the surface is functionalized to optimize ligand bonding during spin coating, a procedure which may result in minimal deposition of untreated nanoparticles.
- Certain embodiments use a generic method to synthesize metallic nanoparticles with organic shells which have a very specific size regime for example 3-5 nm which can be monodisperse on a substrate.
- Iron oxide nanoparticles are applied to a substrate in a concentration sufficient to support the desired density of nanotube growth.
- the substrate is then subjected to a CVD operation as described herein.
- the substrate optionally, can be dried and/or oxidized prior to beginning the CVD ran.
- iron oxide nanoparticles may be applied to a substrate surface by spin coating.
- iron oxide is suspended in deionized water at a 1 : 10 ratio.
- the aqueous iron suspension is applied to a substrate surface, and the surface is spun at approximately 1000 rpm to distribute the suspension.
- the surface is then spun at 4000 rpm to dry the suspension.
- More than one application of iron oxide nanoparticles may be performed. The number of applications of iron oxide nanoparticles required will vary depending on the concentration of the suspension used, the desired resulting surface density of nanoparticles, the physical properties of the desired fabric, and the physical properties of the substrate used.
- a liquid catalyst precursor suspension is used.
- Figure 3C illustrates a way of growing a nanofabric using liquid metal catalyst.
- a liquid metal catalyst is created.
- a dissolved metal catalyst e.g., iron nitrate (Fe(NO 3 ) 3j is mixed with methanol and applied onto a substrate 350.
- the substrate is oxidized 360, e.g., by ashing, thereby leaving a dispersion of iron oxide nanoparticles on the surface of the substrate.
- the substrate is then subjected to a CVD operation 370 to grow nanotubes.
- a CVD operation 370 Provided below are several exemplary ways of growing nanofabrics using the above principles.
- HMDS hexamethyldisilane
- Iron nanoparticles are made by dissolving Fe(NO 3 ) 3 in solution of a lauric acid in methanol at a ratio of 1:3.3 Fe: lauric acid.
- the nitrate solution is evacuated to pump off nitric acid, and the solvent.
- the dried iron nanoparticles are then added to 10 mL toluene and 10 mL isopropanol to resuspend the nanoparticles in solution.
- the Fe nanoparticle solution is then diluted 1:25 in isopropanol.
- the iron nanoparticles in a 1:25 iron nanoparticle solution in isopropanol is then deposited on the wafer by spinning at 1000 rpm for 30 seconds, then at 4000 rpm for 20 seconds. Two Fe nanoparticle applications are deposited and spun.
- the substrate is baked at 100 °C to remove the solvent, it is then ashed for 30 minutes in O 2 plasma, CVD is performed at 850 °C for ten minutes in a 500 seem flow of methane and a 100:400 seem flow of Ar:H 2 .
- Figure 3D is a micrograph of a nanofabric which resulted from this procedure.
- nanoparticles in this embodiment can be tuned to a particular size by changing the organic ligand (analogous to the protein shell of ferritin) that is bound to the metal. Additionally, nanoparticles of different metal or metal oxide species may be mixed together in a solution and applied for use as catalyst, e.g., 50% Fe and 50% Co, or 33% Fe 33% Co and 33% Al, or any other appropriate combinations.
- Example 27 demonstrates the growth of carbon nanotubes from a substrate with ferritin on the surface.
- the process involves the use of fenitin as a catalyst precursor.
- a 1: 10 mixture of ferritin in deionized water is applied to a silica surface of a wafer. The wafer is dried, leaving a dispersed coating of ferritin on the surface of the substrate.
- the substrate is oxidized to remove all non-iron, organic matter and placed in the oven. The oven is ramped to 700 °C for 10 minutes in Ar:H 2 , then it is ramped to 800 °C for seven minutes in Ar:H 2 .
- CVD is performed at 800 °C with a 10 seem flow of ethylene for 40 minutes in 600:400 seem Ar:H 2 .
- Figure 3F shows a FESEM micrograph of carbon nanotubes grown using ferritin as catalyst precursor.
- Another preferred method of growing nanofabrics uses nanoparticles in conjunction with thin metal layers on a substrate surface. This method allows one to easily distribute catalyst particles while taking advantage of the ease of thin layer deposition and their properties in assisting the process of growing nanotubes. Recall that aluminum and molybdenum are useful in generating surface carbon precursors that grow nanotubes.
- Figure 4A shows a cross-sectional view of an exemplary stracture 30 used to grow nanofabrics.
- a substrate 12 has a thin layer 14 of metal catalyst and a distribution 16 of nanoparticles thereover.
- the substrate surface used for generation of carbon nanotubes may be any material including, but not limited to silicon or thermal oxide, e.g. silicon oxide, alumina.
- the uppermost layer can be an insulator, semiconductor or metal.
- Typical substrates which are of interest include silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ), silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ), titanium, titanium/tungsten and others used in standard CMOS and semiconductor processing.
- the surface may have already formed therein various components and stractures (e.g., gratings) of the aforementioned materials.
- the surface may be functionalized or non-functionalized.
- Figure 4B illustrates a way of growing a nanofabric of carbon nanotubes (e.g., to cover a wafer surface) by using nanoparticles in conjunction with thin metal layers.
- a substrate 12 is provided and a thin layer of metal catalyst is provided 410 to at least selected regions of a wafer or perhaps an entire wafer surface, as described above. This forms layer 14 of metal catalyst.
- a distribution of nanoparticles 16 is applied 420 to the surface of laye- 1 " T in ⁇ n " ⁇ — -- g any 0 f he above methods of applying nanoparticles, e.g., spin coating suspensions of nanoparticles.
- Catalyst precursors such as ferritin, liquid metal catalyst precursor and metal ligand- catalyst precursor molecules may also be used in conjunction with thin metal layers on substrates to grow carbon nanotube fabrics.
- the substrate may be dried (optionally) 425.
- the substrate is oxidized 430. Once so formed, the stracture 30 may be subjected to a CVD process 440 to form a nanofabric.
- Nanotubes should be sufficiently free of amorphous carbon if the nanotubes are to be used as electronic elements.
- this technique is more conducive to semiconductor manufacturing environments than growth of nanotubes by CVD because it uses a room temperature process that does not contribute to the thermal budget of the standard CMOS process flows or semiconductor manufacturing methods. Additionally, the overall cost of this integration of nanotubes is very inexpensive.
- Figure 5A shows an exemplary stracture 50 having a wafer substrate 12 and a nanofabric 54 thereover.
- the nanofabric 54 may be made to cover an entire wafer surface.
- the substrate may be any material that will accept the deposition of nanotubes by spin coating, but preferably a material chosen from the group consisting of a thermal oxide or nitride, including but not limited to silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, alumina on silicon, or any combination of the following on silicon or silicon dioxide: aluminum, molybdenum, iron, titanium, platinum, and aluminum oxide, or any other substrate useful in the semiconductor industry.
- a thermal oxide or nitride including but not limited to silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, alumina on silicon, or any combination of the following on silicon or silicon dioxide: aluminum, molybdenum, iron, titanium, platinum, and aluminum oxide, or any other substrate useful in the semiconductor industry.
- Figure 5B shows a way of making a fabric of nanotubes on a functionalized carbon nanotube growth substrate surface 52.
- the substrate surface 52 may be prepared for spin coating by functionalizing the surface.
- functionalization of a wafer/substrate surface involves derivitizing the surface of the substrate. For example, one could chemically convert a hydrophilic to hydrophobic state or provide functional groups such as amines, carboxylic acids, thiols or sulphonates to alter the surface characteristics of the substrate.
- Functionalization may include the optional primary step 510 of oxidizing or ashing the substrate in oxygen plasma to remove carbon and other impurities from the substrate surface and to provide a uniformly reactive, oxidized surface which is then reacted with a silane.
- the substrate surface 52 may be derivitized 520 prior to application of a nanotube suspension to enhance bonding of the nanotubes.
- APTS 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane
- the substrate surface 52 may be derivitized 520 prior to application of a nanotube suspension to enhance bonding of the nanotubes.
- any reactive silane could be used in functionalization of such a surface.
- the substrate surface 52 is exposed to an approximately 1 to 50 millimolar solution of APTS in suitable organic solvent, e.g. hexane, but more preferably 13 to 28 millimolar APTS in hexane, such that approximately a monolayer of APTS is deposited on the substrate surface.
- the substrate In order to form such a monolayer of APTS, the substrate typically is immersed in an APTS solution for 30 minutes. Once the surface 52 is prepared for spin coating, carbon nanotubes are dispered 530 on the surface, and the surface is subjected to spinning in order to disperse the nanotubes, forming a nanotube fabric (e.g., fabric 54 of Fig. 5A). The substrate is then (optionally) annealed 540.
- a nanotube fabric e.g., fabric 54 of Fig. 5A
- Nanotubes may be employed to apply nanotubes to surfaces to form nanofabrics: to attain desired fabric properties; the selection of one method over another depends, in part, on the properties of the pre-formed nanotubes being used. For example, under certain embodiments laser-ablated SWNTs are used; under other embodiments, commercially-available high pressure carbon monoxide decomposition SWNTs nanotubes are used, such as HiPcoTM nanotubes available from Rice University; under still other embodiments, other nanotubes may be used.
- laser-ablated nanotubes are mixed with a solvent at a concentration of about 100-500 ⁇ g/mL.
- Solvents which are quite useful for suspension of SWNTs and distribution via spin coating include isopropanol, methanol, ethanol, 1,2 dichlorobenzene, 1,3 dichlorobenzene, 1,4 dichlorobenzene, chlorobenzene, n- methylpyrollidinone, dimethylformamide, dimethylsulfoxide, acetonitrile, hexane, toluene, methylene chloride and chloroform. While all of these solvents have the ability to suspend nanotubes, the precise characteristics of the film desired and substrate used are important for solvent selection. If a low boiling solvent is desired hexane would, for example, be a better selection than DMSO. 1,2 dichlorobenzene is a preferred solvent owing to its excellent suspension properties and compatibility with industrial semiconductor processes.
- HiPcoTM nanotubes may be used.
- the HiPcoTM nanotubes are SWNTs and relatively free from amorphous deposits, fibrous deposits and other impurities.
- HiPcoTM tubes are mixed into orthodichlorobenzene at a more dilute concentration than are laser ablated nanotubes, typically 10-200 ⁇ g/mL.
- the prefened concentration depends on the length of the nanotubes used. Laser ablated nanotubes tend to have overall greater lengths than HiPcoTM tubes. Regardless of the nanotubes used, the nanotubes in mixture should be adequately dispersed, e.g., by sonication.
- Adequately-dispersed nanotubes may be applied 530 onto a substrate surface by spin coating. Such a surface should be relatively free of any residue remaining after storage or after any substrate preparation step, e.g. functionalization of the surface. If solvent, e.g. hexane is present on the substrate's surface, it may be removed, e.g., by baking at 100-115 °C for 1 minute. After removal of any storage solvent, the nanotubes are spun onto the substrate surface.
- solvent e.g. hexane
- One way of spin coating the nanotubes involves spinning the substrate, for example, at 1000 rpm while depositing the nanotube solution on the substrate surface, for about 30 seconds or alternatively they can be applied before the spinning has begun.
- the substrate may (i.e., optionally) then be dried, for example, by spinning at 4000 rpm until dry.
- Further coats of nanotube suspension may be applied in like manner, until the substrate surface is coated with the desired density of nanotubes. Ribbon density may be varied based on desired use.
- Adequate layers of nanotubes typically have resistance per square measurements between 1-1000 k ⁇ / ⁇ . For particular applications, nanotube layers with resistances per square below 1 k ⁇ / ⁇ may be preferred, and for yet other uses, nanotube films with resistance per square measurements of 1-10 M ⁇ / ⁇ may be sufficient.
- the substrate surface typically has a redundancy of electrically conductive pathways.
- a layer of nanotubes of desired density i.e., a monolayer
- the substrate may be baked 540 once again to remove any remaining solvent, e.g., at 100-115 °C.
- a fabric resistance per square of -100 k ⁇ is typically measured. The actual resistance per square depends upon the quality of the nanotubes used, their compositions, and overall purity.
- a non-functionalized substrate surface may be coated with nanotubes by spin coating.
- the surface may be oxidized, e.g., by ashing in oxygen plasma, to remove surface impurities, or it may be coated and not oxidized.
- the nanotubes used may be, but are not limited to, laser-ablated SWNTs or HiPcoTM nanotubes.
- Adequately dispersed nanotubes may be deposited on a non-functionalized substrate surface by spin coating.
- the substrate may be spun at 1000 rpm for 30 seconds while applying a nanotube solution to the substrate surface to distribute the nanotubes or the solution may be applied first and then spun. Further coats of nanotube suspension may be applied until the substrate surface is coated with the desired density of nanotubes.
- the substrate may be dried (optionally) between application steps, e.g., by spinning at 4000 rpm until dry.
- ribbon density may be varied based on desired use.
- eight coatings of the nanotube suspension are applied to the non- functionalized substrate surface, when using the preceding parameters, to attain a fabric of electrically conductive nanotubes.
- the substrate can be baked once again to remove any remaining solvent, e.g. at 100-115 °C.
- Such a method typically results in a nanotube layer resistance per square measurement of -1-100 k ⁇ which is dependent both on the number of applications performed and the purity and character of the nanotubes used.
- nanotubes that have been deposited on a surface may be solvated and removed by subsequent applications of nanotubes in solvent, it may be desirable to cure the substrate and nanotubes before subsequent applications of solvated nanotubes. Such curing may be accomplished through evaporation or drying.
- Another way of limiting the subsequent dissolution and removal of already-spun-on tubes is to use a different solvent for subsequent spin coating steps.
- the density of the nanotube ribbon may be controlled by altering such variables as including but not limited to functionalization of the underlying surface, spin coating parameters (length of time and RPM),solvent choice, nanotube type and concentration, diameter and length of nanotubes, number of applications and substrate type and composition.
- a wafer substrate is first ashed in oxygen plasma for 15 minutes. After ashing, the substrate is bathed for 30 minutes in a solution of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTS), the functionalization agent, and hexane at a ratio of 30-60 ⁇ L of APTS to 10 mL of Hexane.
- APTS 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane
- hexane at a ratio of 30-60 ⁇ L of APTS to 10 mL of Hexane.
- APTS 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane
- hexane at a ratio of 30-60 ⁇ L of APTS to 10 mL of Hexane.
- a nanotube solution is prepared.
- HiPcoTM SWNTs are mixed in a solution comprising 1 mg of nanotubes and 50 ml 1,2 dichlorobenzene.
- the nanotube solution is then sonicated for 1 hour to
- the substrate Before nanotube deposition, the substrate is removed from the hexane bath and is baked at 100-115 °C for 1 minute to remove any solvent residue. After baking, the nanotubes are spun onto the wafer at 1000 rpm for 30 seconds to distribute the nanotubes, and then they are spun at 4000 rpm to dry the wafer. Four such SWNT spin coatings are applied to the wafer. After spinning, the wafer is baked again at 100-115 °C to remove any remaining solvent.
- Figures 5C-D display FESEM images of different magnifications of HiPcoTM SWNTs spun onto a functionalized surface.
- Figure 5F displays a micrograph of a nanofabric spun on to the substrate according to this method; the micrograph shows that nanotubes conform to a substrate surface via van der Waals attraction.
- conformal nanofabrics may be useful in fabrication of non-horizontal electromechanical switches, especially vertical electromechanical switches or also as interconnects, actuators, relays, sensors and other electronic elements.
- Carbon nanotubes are deposited on a non-functionalized surface as follows. A wafer surface is ashed for 1 minute. A nanotube solution is deposited and spun on to the wafer as presented in Example 28, above. Eight applications of nanotube mixture are applied to the wafer surface, producing resistance per square measurements on varying sections of the nanotube fabric ranging from 50 to 100 k ⁇ .
- Figures 5G displays an FESEM image of SWNTs spun onto a non-functionalized wafer surface with sufficient applications to generate a multilayer nanofabric.
- Figure 5H displays an FESEM micrograph of a monolayer fabric spun onto a substrate which has a prefabricated metal electrode with a width of about 130 nm shown.
- Preferred embodiments operate with a range of concentrations for pre-formed nanotubes.
- concentrations for laser ablated nanotubes a concentration of about 0.1-.5 mg/mL (100-500ug/mL) is used.
- concentration is preferably adjusted depending upon the purity and length of the nanotubes; for example, shorter nanotubes have one spinning regime and longer ones have a different regime.
- preferred embodiments preferably subject the nanotube solution to sonication.
- sonication times such as 30-120 minutes.
- Patterning Nanofabrics The new and improved methods for creating nanofabrics may be used to create articles therefrom.
- the various masking and patterning techniques for selectively removing portions of the fabric are described in these applications but are not repeated here for the sake of brevity.
- various component architectures are described in the incorporated applications but not repeated here for the sake of brevity.
- Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of exemplary stractures used in creating patterned nanofabrics.
- This method creates patches of carbon nanotube fabric which can be used as electronic elements.
- Such a patch of nanotube fabric may be used as an electromechanical switch, or as an electronic interconnect.
- An intermediate stracture 600 is provided.
- Stracture 600 comprises a nanofabric 620 overlying a substrate 610.
- the substrate 610 could be a simple substrate made of a single material; it could be a substrate which has already undergone some processing, e.g., to include vias, plugs or other elements, etc.
- the nanofabric 620 may be grown or formed using any of the methods disclosed or incorporated above.
- the nanofabric may be of SWNTs or multi-walled nanotubes.
- a layer of resist 630 is applied over the nanofabric 620 to form intermediate structure 640.
- the resist 630 is then patterned using any of a variety of techniques, including but not limited to those described in the incorporated references.
- the resist may be patterned to conespond to the desired pattern of nanofabric patches, so that the resist will cover (and define) the desired patches. Removing selected portions of the resist (e.g., exposed portions) will create intermediate structure 650.
- the intermediate stracture 650 includes exposed nanofabric portions 670 and remaining resist portions 660.
- the exposed nanofabric portions 670 may be removed in many ways; for example, by performing a reactive ion etch procedure, or oxidizing the substrate, by plasma ashing, air oxidation or other reaction methods to remove all nanotube fabric except for the desired patches, thereby creating intermediate stracture 680.
- the remaining resist portions 660 may then be stripped from intermediate structure 680, yielding structure 690 which includes patterned patches 695 of nanofabric.
- the nanofabric 620 may be formed or grown over defined regions of sacrificial material and over defined support regions.
- the sacrificial material may be subsequently removed, yielding suspended articles of nanofabric. See, for example, Electromechanical Memory Array Using Nanotube Ribbons and Method for Making Same (U.S. Pat. Apl. Ser. No. 09/915,093) filed July 25, 2001, for an architecture which suspends ribbons of nanofabric.
- Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view of exemplary structures used in creating suspended, patterned nanofabrics.
- This method creates suspended patches of carbon nanotube fabric, which can be used as electronic elements.
- a patch of nanotube fabric may be used as an electromechanical switch, or as an actuator, a relay, a sensor, especially a biosensor or chemical sensor.
- Structure 700 comprises defined regions of sacrificial material 720 overlying a substrate 710 (which as outlined above could made of a single material; could be a substrate which has already undergone some processing, e.g. to include vias, plugs or other elements, etc.).
- a nanofabric 730 covers the substrate surface and the sacrificial material 720.
- the nanofabric 730 may be formed or grown as outlined above and may be multilayer or single layer and may have single- or multi-walled nanotubes.
- a layer of resist 740 is applied over the nanofabric 730 to create intermediate stracture 745. The resist 740 is then patterned (not shown).
- the intermediate structure 750 includes exposed nanofabric portions 770 and remaining resist portions 760.
- the exposed nanofabric portions 770 may be removed in many ways; for example, by performing a reactive ion etch procedure, or oxidizing the substrate, by plasma ashing, air oxidation or other reactive methods to remove all nanotube fabric except for the desired patches, thereby creating intermediate stracture 780.
- the remaining resist portions 760 may then be stripped from intermediate stracture 780, yielding stracture 790 which includes patterned nanofabric patches 795 overlying defined sacrificial material 720.
- the sacrificial layer 720 is removed by selective etching, leaving substantially intact the suspended patterned nanofabric 795 and leaving an air gap 798 in the place of the removed sacrificial layer.
- Figure 8A is a cross-sectional view of exemplary stractures used in creating suspended, patterned nanofabrics. This method creates suspended patches of carbon nanotube fabric overlying an electrode with which the nanofabric may come into electrically conductive contact when the nanofabric is deflected.
- Such a device can be used as an electronic element, e.g. as an electromechanical switch, etc.
- Stracture 800 comprises a substrate 810 (similar to those described above) with already defined electrodes 820 (e.g., made of sufficiently conductive material, such as doped semiconductor or metal) and defined sacrificial material 830 thereover.
- a nanofabric 840 covers the substrate surface and the sacrificial layer 830.
- the nanofabric may be made by any of the above-described methods. Similar to that described above and as described in the incorporated references, the nanofabric 840 may be patterned (e.g., lithographic patterning) and defined portions of nanofabric may be removed to form intermediate stracture 850. Patterned nanofabric articles 860 then cover defined sacrificial material 830 which in turn cover electrodes 820.
- Structure 870 comprises suspended nanofabric articles 860 separated from electrodes 820.
- the nanofabric articles 860 and/or the electrodes may then be subjected to electrical stimulus to cause the nanofabric articles 860 to deflect toward, or away from, electrodes 820. As described in the incorporated references, the deflected articles retain their deflected state in a non- volatile manner.
- a wafer substrate, an overlying nanofabric, an embedded titanium electrode under a sacrificial layer of Al 2 O 3 are provided.
- Shipley 1805 photoresist is applied to the wafer surface by spin coating at 4000 rpm for 60 seconds.
- the photoresist is exposed using a Kasper Mask Aligner for 8 seconds.
- the pattern is developed using a basic developer, thereby exposing portions of nanofabric and leaving other portions protected by the photoresist.
- the substrate is rinsed in deionized water and dried at 115 °C.
- the exposed portions of nanofabric are removed by plasma ashing for five minutes with 25 cubic feet per minute oxygen at a pressure of 280 millitorr and a power of 300 Watts.
- FIG. 8B displays an FESEM image of patterned nanofabrics made by this method.
- bare substrate regions are dark, nanofabric patches are light in color and the longitudinal light stripe is a metallic electrode.
- Typical resistivity for a patterned trace with a length of 100 ⁇ m and width of 3 ⁇ m is 1-10 M ⁇ .
- Figure 8C displays an FESM image of the same stracture as in 8B under greater magnification.
- the dark longitudinal stripe is the sacrificial layer overlying the metal electrode.
- Figure 8D displays an FESM image of the same stracture with the sacrificial layer removed; the nanofabric can be seen suspended over and not in contact with the electrode.
- Other embodiments involve controlled composition of carbon nanotube fabrics.
- methods may be employed to control the relative amount of metallic and semiconducting nanotubes in the nanofabric.
- the nanofabric may be made to have a higher or lower percentage of metallic nanotubes relative to semiconducting nanotubes.
- other properties of the nanofabric e.g., resistance
- the control may be accomplished by direct growth, removal of undesired species, or application of purified nanotubes.
- nanotube fabric With regard to application of purified nanotubes, using proper bulk nanotube preparations which contain primarily metallic or semiconducting nanotubes would allow application of a nanotube fabric to a substrate.
- the application could be performed via spin coating of a nanotube stock solution onto a substrate, dipping a substrate into a nanotube stock solution, spraying of nanotube stock solutions onto a surface or other methods.
- Application of single-walled, multiwalled or mixtures of such nanotubes can be envisioned with subsequent patterning and etching to generate fabrics or traces of sufficient length and width to make electronic devices.
- figure 1B.2 is similar to figure 1B.1 and the description thereof is not repeated.
- the method of figure IB.2 removes the optional step of annealing nanotubes found in figure 1B.1 and substitutes it with a selective removal of nanotubes, e.g., removing semiconducting nanotubes or metallic. By doing so the composition of the nanofabric may be controlled.
- Figures 3G-H is similar to figures 3B-C and the descriptions thereof are not repeated.
- the method of figure 3G adds a selective removal 345 of nanotubes, e.g., removing semiconducting nanotubes or metallic; analogously, the method of figure 3H adds a selective removal 380 of nanotubes. By doing so the composition of the nanofabric may be controlled.
- Figure 4C is similar to figures 4B and the description thereof is not repeated.
- the method of figure 4C adds a selective removal 450 of nanotubes, e.g., removing semiconducting nanotubes or metallic. By doing so the composition of the nanofabric may be controlled.
- Figure 4D is similar to figure 4B and the description thereof is not repeated.
- the method of figure 4D substitutes the CVD step 440 of figure 4B with a selective growth 440' of nanotubes, in which the growth process affects the relative concentration of one type of nanotube as compared to another. By doing so the composition of the nanofabric may be controlled.
- the application of nanotubes may be iterative.
- a nanofabric may be created and subsequently processed to remove semiconducting nanotubes and then another application of nanotubes may be applied. Repeated application and removal will increase the relative amount of metallic or semiconducting nanotubes in the resulting nanofabric.
- Figure 51 is similar to figure 5B and the description thereof is not repeated.
- the method of figure 51 removes the optional annealing step 540 of figure 5B and adds a selective removal 550 of nanotubes, e.g., removing semiconducting nanotubes or metallic. By doing so the composition of the nanofabric may be controlled. This process step 550 can be iterated to generate a more dense nanofabric.
- Figure 5 J is similar to figure 5B and the description thereof is not repeated.
- the method of figure 51 removes the optional annealing step 540 of figure 5B and substitutes the dispersal step 530 with a new dispersal step 530', in which the nanotubes that are disperse have a controlled composition, e.g., selected amounts of metallic nanotubes. By doing so the composition of the nanofabric may be controlled.
- This process step 530' can be iterated to generate a more dense nanofabric.
- Catalyst deposited on substrate surface or remaining in spun-on SWNTs may be removed by rinse/wash steps if a desired property of the ribbon included that it be free of metal/catalyst. This could be performed by successive treatments in an appropriate solvent or acid which would cause the removal of the exterior carbon shell that typically passivates the particles during nanotube growth. Other unreacted nanoparticles could be removed with just a mild solvent wash.
- nanofabrics and patterning articles therefrom are conducive to certain environments, such as a circuit manufacturing environment.
- Other methods provide nanofabrics and articles therefrom that have desirable characteristics, such as an ability to adhere to hydrophobic surfaces (found in many electronic devices), even when the feature size is in the nanometer regime ( ⁇ 200 nm).
- the previous methods illustrate that control over catalyst type, catalyst distribution, surface derivitization, temperature, feedstock gas types, feedstock gas pressures and volumes, reaction time and other conditions allow growth of fabrics of single-walled, multi-walled or mixed single- and multi-walled nanotube fabrics that are at the least monolayers in nature but could be thicker as desired with measurable electrical characteristics.
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