Field emission measurement techniques for the optimisation of carbon nanotube cathodes

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-254

  Lysenkov, D ^a   Muller G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Field emission; Luminescent screen imaging; Scanning microscopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPES; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

FIELD EMISSION MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; LUMINESCENT SCREEN IMAGING; SCANNING MICROSCOPES;

CATHODES;

EID: 29144491672     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2005.008062     Document Type: Article

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