Mold growth of polycrystalline pyramidal-shape diamond for field emitters

Diamond and Related Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-24

  Okano, K ^a   Hoshina, K ^a   Koizumi, S ^b   Nishimura, K ^c  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Kita Kyushu Polytechnics College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron emission; Field emitter; Mold growth; Pyramidal shape polycrystalline diamond

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042353727     PISSN: 09259635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-9635(95)00339-8     Document Type: Article

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