Cold Field Emission from Cvd Diamond Films Observed in Emission Electron Microscopy

Electronics Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 1991, Pages 1459-1461

  Wang, C ^a   Garcia, A ^a   Ingram, D C ^a   Kordesch, M E ^a   Lake, M ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Applied Sciences Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Thick film devices

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; MICROSCOPES, ELECTRON;

COLD FIELD EMISSION; CVD DIAMOND FILMS;

DIAMONDS;

EID: 0026205094     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19910914     Document Type: Article

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