Negative differential conductance observed in electron field emission from band gap modulated amorphous-carbon nanolayers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Tsang, W M ^a   Henley, S J ^a   Stolojan, V ^a   Silva, S R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BAND STRUCTURE; CARBON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON EMISSION; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FIELD EMISSIONS; QUANTUM CONFINED STRUCTURES; SWITCHING EFFECTS; VACUUM BARRIERS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33750909886     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2378492     Document Type: Article

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