Electron emission from amorphous carbon nitride films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1874-1876

  Modinos, A ^a   Xanthakis, J P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; FERMI LEVEL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIDES;

CARBON NITRIDE; MOBILITY GAP;

ELECTRON EMISSION;

EID: 0032575819     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.122311     Document Type: Article

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