Ultra-low-threshold field emission from conjugated polymers

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6700, 1998, Pages 362-365

  Musa, I ^a   Munindrasdasa, D A I ^a   Amaratunga, G A J ^a   Eccleston, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

FIELD EMISSION; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LAMPERT-ROSE MODEL; LANGMUIR-CHILD LAW; POLYMER FILM; POLYOCTYLTHIOPHENE; SPACE CHARGE LIMITED CURRENT;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

NITROGEN; POLY(3 OCTYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER; SILICON; TIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DEVICE; ELECTRON; ILLUMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032563870     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/26444     Document Type: Article

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