Field emission properties of carbon nanotube pillar arrays

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Killian, Jessica L ^a,b   Zuckerman, Nathaniel B ^a,b   Niemann, Darrell L ^a,c   Ribaya, Bryan P ^a,c   Rahman, Mahmud ^c   Espinosa, Robert ^d   Meyyappan, M ^a   Nguyen, Cattien V ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Santa Clara University   (United States)

^d inXitu Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CURRENT DENSITY; FIELD EMISSION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CARBON NANOTUBE PILLAR ARRAYS (CPA); COLD FIELD EMISSION; EDGE EFFECTS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 41549135700     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2870931     Document Type: Article

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