Field emission from individual multiwalled carbon nanotubes prepared in an electron microscope

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 95, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 85-91

  De Jonge, N ^a   Van Druten, N J ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electron microscope; Electron source; Field emission

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRONS; MEASUREMENTS;

FIELD EMISSIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; ELECTRON BEAM; FIELD EMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0037402110     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3991(02)00301-7     Document Type: Article

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