The secondary electron emission yield for 24 solid elements excited by primary electrons in the range 250-5000 ev: A theory/experiment comparison

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Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 365-380

  Walker, C G H ^a   El Gomati, M M ^a   Assa'd, A M D ^a   Zadrazil M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D band; Inelastic mean free path; Low energy; Monte Carlo; Secondary electron yield

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON EMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SECONDARY EMISSION; TRANSITION METALS;

D BAND; INELASTIC MEAN FREE PATH; LOW ENERGY; MONTE CARLO; SECONDARY ELECTRON YIELD;

ELECTRONS;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CARBON; CHROMIUM; COPPER; GADOLINIUM; GERMANIUM; GOLD; HAFNIUM; IRON; LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; PLATINUM; SILICON; SILVER; TANTALUM; TIN; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN; VANADIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FIELD EMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 54949086700     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.20124     Document Type: Article

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