Electron microscopy of multi-walled carbon nanotubes for display devices application

Defence Science Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 655-663

  Ghosal, P ^a   Sarkar, R ^a   Muraleedharan, K ^a   Chaturvedi, P ^b   Rawat, J S B S ^b   Harsh, ^b  

^a DEFENCE METALLURGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b SOLID STATE PHYSICS LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; EELS; Electron energy loss spectrum; HRTEM; PECVD; Plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition; Thermal chemical vapour deposition

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PLASMA CVD; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARACTERIZATION TOOLS; DEVICE APPLICATION; ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTRA; EMERGING MATERIALS; MULTI-WALLED-CARBON-NANOTUBES; PROPERTY; SYMMETRICS; SYNTHESISED; THERMAL CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 53449086709     PISSN: 0011748X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14429/dsj.58.1689     Document Type: Article

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