Operation of a gated field emitter using an individual carbon nanofiber cathode

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 3506-3508

  Guillorn, M A ^a,b   Melechko, A V ^a,b   Merkulov, V I ^a,b   Ellis, E D ^a,b   Britton, C L ^a,b   Simpson, M L ^a,b   Lowndes, D H ^a,b   Baylor, L R ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 0035914794     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1419038     Document Type: Article

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