Electron emission from a hydrogenated diamond surface

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 26, 1996, Pages 4038-4040

  Liu, J ^a,b   Zhirnov, V V ^a,c   Choi, W B ^a   Wojak, G J ^a   Myers, A F ^a   Cuomo, J J ^a   Hren, J J ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON DEVICES; ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN; POLARIZATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING DIAMONDS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

CONTINUOUS EMISSION CURRENT; HYDROGENATED DIAMOND SURFACE; LOW EMISSION BARRIER; NEGATIVE ELECTRON AFFINITY;

ELECTRON EMISSION;

EID: 0030402510     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.117863     Document Type: Article

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