IOP Publishing, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 4S(49), p. 04DN11, 2010
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Carbon nanotube (CNT) growth on HfO2 is reported for the first time. The process uses a combination of Ge and Fe nanoparticles and achieves an increase in CNT density from 0.15 to 6.2 µm length/µm2 compared with Fe nanoparticles alone. The synthesized CNTs are assessed by the fabrication of back-gate CNT field-effect transistors with Al source/drain contacts for nano-sensor applications. The devices exhibit excellent p-type behavior with an I on/I off ratio of 105 and a steep sub-threshold slope of 130 mV/dec.