Recent progress of carbon nanotube field emitters and their application

Recent Patents on Nanotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-244

  Seelaboyina, Raghunandan ^a   Choi, Wonbong ^a  

^a Florida International University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapor deposition; Emission uniformity; Field emission; Field emission display; Field emitters; Field enhancement; Microchannel plate; Microwave; Miniature x ray; Multistage; Nanowires; Tungsten oxide; Vacuum microelectronics; Vacuum stability

Indexed keywords

EMISSION UNIFORMITY; FIELD EMITTER; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; MICRO CHANNEL PLATE; MULTISTAGE; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; VACUUM MICROELECTRONICS; VACUUM STABILITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRON SOURCES; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; IMAGE STORAGE TUBES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MICROELECTRONICS; MICROWAVES; NANOWIRES; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; VACUUM; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW;

ELECTRONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 43049125298     PISSN: 18722105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187221007782360439     Document Type: Review

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