Effects of O2, H2, and N2 gases on the field emission properties of diamond-coated microtips

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1179-1181

  Lim, S C ^a   Stallcup II, R E ^a   Akwani, I A ^a   Perez, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 0012253972     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.124636     Document Type: Article

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