Vacuum ion emission from solid electrolytes: An alternative source for focused ion beams

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Escher, Conrad ^a   Thomann, Sandra ^a   Andreoli, Cornel ^a   Fink, Hans Werner ^a   Toquant, Julien ^b   Pohl, Dieter W ^b  

^a PHYSIK INSTITUT DER UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ION BEAMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILVER COMPOUNDS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

MICROAMPERE; SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIALS; STABLE CURRENTS;

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 33748468236     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2264092     Document Type: Article

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