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We thank T. Banks, K. Colravy and D. Sievers for help with the processing. This work was supported by DARPA-funded AFRL-managed Macroelectronics Program Contract FA8650-04-C-7101, the NSF through grant NIRT-0403489, the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Lab and the Center for Microanalysis of Materials in University of Illinois which is funded by U.S. Department of Energy through grant DEFG02-91-ER45439, the Center for Nanoscale Chemical Electrical Mechanical Manufacturing Systems in University of Illinois which is funded by the NSF through grant DMI-0328162, and a graduate fellowship from the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation (M.A.M.).

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    Cao, Q., Kocabas, C., Meitl, M.A., Kang, S.J., Park, J.U., Rogers, J.A. (2009). Single–Walled Carbon Nanotubes for High Performance Thin Film Electronics. In: Kong, J., Javey, A. (eds) Carbon Nanotube Electronics. Integrated Circuits and Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-69285-2_9

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