Electron emission from the side wall of an individual multiwall carbon nanotube

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-284

  Chai, Guangyu ^a   Chow, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON EMISSION; ION BOMBARDMENT;

FOCUSED-ION BEAM TECHNIQUE; MULTIWALL CARBON NANOTUBE; SIDE WALLS; TURN ON VOLTAGE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33845338413     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.09.030     Document Type: Article

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