Field emission from chemical vapor deposited diamond and diamond-like carbon films: Investigations of surface damage and conduction mechanisms

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1618-1625

  May, Paul W ^a   Höhn, Stefan ^a   Ashfold, Michael N R ^a   Wang, Wang N ^a   Fox, Neil A ^a   Davis, Tim J ^a   Steeds, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CARBON; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING DIAMONDS;

DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS; LASER RAMAN MAPPING;

ELECTRON EMISSION;

EID: 0032134621     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.368231     Document Type: Article

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