Field emission from cylindrical carbon nanotube cathodes: Possibilities for luminescent tubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 2775-2777

  Bonard, Jean Marc ^a   Stöckli, Thomas ^a   Noury, Olivier ^a   Châtelain, André ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0035971787     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1367903     Document Type: Article

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