Nanotube Press: Printing technique makes nanotransistors

With a combination of existing methods, some new tricks, and a drop of water, researchers have found a way of stamping carbon-nanotube circuits onto virtually any surface. The technique might lead to bright, flexible displays and to more-powerful wireless-communications chips.

TINY TRANSISTORS. Pairs of metal contacts (thick bars) lie atop printed carbon nanotubes (thin lines), forming transistors visible only in this electron microscope image.