Role of hydrogen on field emission from chemical vapor deposited diamond and nanocrystalline diamond powder

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3667-3673

  Cui, J B ^a   Stammler, M ^a   Ristein, J ^a   Ley, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0000462215     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1288163     Document Type: Article

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