The effect of atmospheric pressure plasma treatment on the field emission characteristics of screen printed carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 649-654

  Kyung, Se Jin ^a   Park, Jae Beom ^a   Voronko, Maksym ^a   Lee, June Hee ^a   Yeom, Geun Young ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; LIGHT EMISSION; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SCREEN PRINTING;

EMISSION CURRENT; PLASMA TREATMENT; TAPE ACTIVATION METHOD; TURN-ON FIELD;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; EMISSION; PLASMA; SILK SCREEN PRINTING;

EID: 33846437074     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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