Pulsed laser deposition-assisted patterning of aligned carbon nanotubes modified by focused laser beam for efficient field emission

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2128-2133

  Saurakhiya, N ^a   Zhu, Y W ^a   Cheong, F C ^a   Ong, C K ^a   Wee, A T S ^a   Lin, J Y ^a   Sow, C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Field emission; Laser irradiation; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER BEAMS; MORPHOLOGY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CATALYST FILMS; FIELD EMISSIONS; LASER MODIFICATIONS; PRUNING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 22344454091     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.03.045     Document Type: Article

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