Improvement of field-emission characteristics of carbon nanotubes by post electrical treatment

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2392-2402

  Baik, Chan Wook ^a   Lee, Jeonghee ^a   Chung, Deuk Seok ^a   Jun, Seong Chan ^a   Choi, Jun Hee ^a   Song, Byung Kwon ^a   Bae, Min Jong ^a   Jeong, Tae Won ^a   Heo, Jung Na ^a   Jin, Yong Wan ^a   Kim, Jong Min ^a   Yu, SeGi ^b   Jang, Kyu Ha ^c   Park, Gun Sik ^c  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube (CNT); Electrical treatment; Field emission; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION;

ALTERNATING-CURRENT VOLTAGE; NONSTATIONARY ELECTRICAL TREATMENT;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 40949140054     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2007.902236     Document Type: Article

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