Electromechanical interactions in a carbon nanotube based thin film field emitting diode

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Sinha, N ^a   Roy Mahapatra, D ^b   Sun, Y ^a   Yeow, J T W ^a   Melnik, R V N ^c   Jaffray, D A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; CURRENT DENSITY; DEGRADATION; FIELD EMISSION; THIN FILMS;

ELECTROMECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; FOWLER-NORDHEIM EQUATION; THIN FILM FIELD EMITTING DIODES;

DIODES;

CARBON; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DIODE; FIELD EMISSION; FILM; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 36849035321     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/02/025701     Document Type: Article

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