Engineering the next generation of large-area displays: Prospects and pitfalls

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1813, 2003, Pages 2891-2907

  Carey, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amorphous carbon; Carbon nanotubes; Electrical conduction; Field emission displays; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346361854     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1283     Document Type: Article

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