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Indium is used as ITO (indium-tin oxide) astransparent conducting films (TCF) in displays and touch screens. Polycrystalline silicon is the semiconductor material used in the thin film field effect transistors (TFT-FET) display back planes. Recent introduction of bendable as well as flexible - and even stretchable – devices requires novel materials to replace both ITO and silicon, due to their rigid nature. To replace indium and polycrystalline silicon, we have developed single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) thin films [1]. We present floating catalyst CVD-based, dry deposition of nanotube TCFs to manufacture touch sensors with electrical properties on par with those of ITO-on-PET, and with optical properties better than those of ITO, metal nanowire and metal mesh. Similar method has been used to manufacture TFT-FETs with properties comparable to those of polycrystalline silicon transistors [2].