Field emission properties of Fe70Pt30 catalysed multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Experimental Nanoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-228

  Khan, S ^a   Tripathi, K N ^a   Aggarwal, M ^b   Tripathi, K ^b   Husain, M ^b   Khan, Z H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Field enhancement factor ( ); Growth time; HRTEM; Radius of apex curvature (r); SEM; TEM; Turn on field (Eto); Working distance (d)

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; IRON COMPLEX; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; PLATINUM COMPLEX;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EMISSION; LOW PRESSURE CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 34548314228     PISSN: 17458080     EISSN: 17458099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17458080701306253     Document Type: Article

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