Observation of valence band electron emission from n-type silicon field emitter arrays

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 823-825

  Ding, Meng ^a   Kim, Han ^a,b   Akinwande, Akintunde I ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Institute for Advanced Engineering (IAE)   (South Korea)

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EID: 0001133480     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.124525     Document Type: Article

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