Focused-ion-beam assisted fabrication of individual multiwall carbon nanotube field emitter

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2083-2087

  Chai, Guangyu ^a   Chow, Lee ^a   Zhou, Dan ^b   Byahut, Sitarum R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Field emission; Focused ion beam

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRON EMISSION; ETCHING; GRAPHITE; ION BEAMS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; TUNGSTEN; VACUUM;

ETCHED TUNGSTEN TIP; FIELD EMITTERS; FOCUSED-ION-BEAM (FIB); MULTIWALL CARBON NANOTUBE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 22344440022     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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