The growth mechanism and field-emission properties of single carbon nanotips

Nanotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3655-3661

  Yeong, K S ^a   Boothroyd, C B ^b   Thong, J T L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; GROWTH KINETICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; CARBON NANOTIPS; EMISSION CURRENT STABILITY; FIELD EMISSIONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33748915295     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/17/15/006     Document Type: Article

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