Electron beam machining of nanometer-sized tips from multiwalled boron nitride nanotubes

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Celik Aktas, Ayten ^a   Stubbins, James F ^a   Zuo, Jian Min ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM SIZE; FIELD EMITTERS; NANOARCHES; NANOMETER-SIZED TIPS;

BORON NITRIDE; ELECTRON BEAM CUTTING; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROMACHINING; NANOTUBES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 34547584469     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2757007     Document Type: Article

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