Method of manufacturing a carbon nanotube device

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a carbon nanotube device including an inner electrode, having connecting step, connecting a carbon nanotube to the inner electrode, wherein the connecting step comprises: attaching a conductor to an end or periphery thereof of a needle-shaped or rod-shaped carrying electrode; arranging the carbon nanotube in contact or close to a predetermined connection part of the inner electrode; approaching the end of the carrying electrode on which the conductor is carried to the connection part; and transferring the conductor carried on the carrying electrode to the connection part or periphery thereof to connect the carbon nanotube to the inner electrode. A carbon nanotube device manufactured by this method includes a conductive particle which electrically connects the inner electrode and the carbon nanotube. Also disclosed is a carbon nanotube device having at least an inner electrode and a carbon nanotube electrically connected thereto, including a conductive particle that electrically connects the inner electrode to the carbon nanotube therethrough.

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