Room-temperature fabrication of high-resolution carbon nanotube field-emission cathodes by self-assembly

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2521-2523

  Oh, S J ^a   Cheng, Y ^b   Zhang, J ^b   Shimoda, H ^b,c   Zhou, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Applied Nanotechnologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON EMISSION; FABRICATION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SUBSTRATES;

LOW-RESOLUTION DEPOSITION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0037650992     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1563812     Document Type: Article

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