The use of camphor-grown carbon nanotube array as an efficient field emitter

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1899-1904

  Kumar, Mukul ^a   Okazaki, Tsugio ^a   Hiramatsu, Mineo ^a   Ando, Yoshinori ^a  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; FIELD EMITTERS; NANOTUBE TIPS; STABILITY TESTS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CURRENT DENSITY; DIODES; FIELD EMISSION; PYROLYSIS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 34447552367     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.04.023     Document Type: Article

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