Similarities in the ‘cold’ electron emission characteristics of diamond coated molybdenum electrodes and polished bulk graphite surfaces

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 1776-1780

  Xu, N S ^a   Tzeng, Y ^b   Latham, R V ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND COATED MOLYBDENUM ELECTRODES; EMISSION CENTERS; FIELD COLD ELECTRON EMISSION; GRAPHITE INCLUSIONS; NEGATIVE ELECTRON AFFINITY; POLISHED BULK GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPARENT ANODE IMAGING TECHNIQUE;

COATED MATERIALS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DIAMONDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; FILMS; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; INCLUSIONS; MOLYBDENUM;

ELECTRON EMISSION;

EID: 0027683656     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/26/10/035     Document Type: Article

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