Self-texturing of nitrogenated amorphous carbon thin films for electron field emission

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1477-1479

  Silva, S R P ^a   Amaratunga, Gehan A J ^b   Barnes, J R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATHODES; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; THIN FILMS;

AMORPHOUS CARBON THIN FILMS; ELECTRON FIELD EMISSION; SELF TEXTURING;

ELECTRON EMISSION;

EID: 0031572023     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.119975     Document Type: Article

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