Enhancing electron emission from silicon tip arrays by using thin amorphous diamond coating

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 25, 1998, Pages 3668-3670

  Xu, N S ^a   She, J C ^a   Huq, S E ^b   Chen, J ^a   Deng, S Z ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001011461     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.122857     Document Type: Article

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