We have carried out comparative studies on transparent conductive thin films made with two kinds of commercial carbon nanotubes: HiPCO and arc-discharge nanotubes. These films have been further exploited as hole-injection electrodes for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) on both rigid glass and flexible substrates. Our experiments reveal that films based on arc-discharge nanotubes are overwhelmingly better than HiPCO-nanotube-based films in all of the critical aspects, including surface roughness, sheet resistance, and transparency. Further improvement in arc-discharge nanotube films has been achieved by using PEDOT passivation for better surface smoothness and using SOCl2 doping for lower sheet resistance. The optimized films show a typical sheet resistance of approximately 160 Omega/ square at 87% transparency and have been used successfully to make OLEDs with high stabilities and long lifetimes.

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Nanocable devices (see Figure) of individual single‐walled carbon nanotube/polypyrrole (PPy) and their synthesis, transport studies, and chemical‐sensing applications are investigated. They exhibit suppressed conductance, in contrast to the anticipated combined conductance from the nanotubes and PPy. Further deposition of PPy leads to a recovery in conductance. These devices are demonstrated to work as chemical sensors.

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