A fully sealed luminescent tube based on carbon nanotube field emission

Microelectronics Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-336

  Croci, Mirko ^a,c   Arfaoui, Imad ^a   Stöckli, Thomas ^a,d   Chatelain, André ^a   Bonard, Jean Marc ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Rolex SA   (Switzerland)

^c Ecl d'Ingenieursdu Conton de Vaud   (Switzerland)

^d CSEM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemical vapor deposition method; Field emission; Nanotubes

Indexed keywords

FIELD EMISSION; TURBOMOLECULAR PUMPS;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COLD CATHODE TUBES; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRON EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; PHOSPHORS; WIRE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 1442333525     PISSN: 00262692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mejo.2003.07.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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