Forms and behaviour of vacuum emission electronic devices comprising diamond or other carbon cold cathode emitters

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1863, 2008, Pages 281-293

  Davidson, J L ^a   Kang, W P ^a   Subramanian, K ^a   Wong, Y M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Field emission; Nanodiamond; Vacuum diode and triode

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FIELD EMISSION; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 40849111578     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2154     Document Type: Article

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