On the phenomenological nature of the work function as determined from electron field-emission experiments on nanotuhes and nanowires

Surface and Interface Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1073-1077

  Peng, Lian Mao ^a   Wang, Mingshen ^a   Wang, Jingyun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Electron field emission; Nanowires

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRON FIELD EMISSION; FOWLER-NORDHEIM (F-N) THEORY; NANOWIRES; PHENOMENOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STRAIGHT LINE;

ELECTRON EMISSION;

EID: 33745171798     PISSN: 01422421     EISSN: 10969918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sia.2343     Document Type: Article

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