Field-emission characteristics of individual carbon nanotubes with a conical tip: The validity of the fowler-nordheim theory and maximum emission current

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Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1907-1912

  Wang, Ming Sheng ^a   Chen, Qing ^a   Peng, Lian Mao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cap reconstruction; Carbon nanotubes; Field emission; Fowler Nordheim theory

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; ANNEALING; CARBON; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; EVAPORATION; FIELD EMISSION; MOISTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; PLATINUM; REPAIR; RESTORATION; VAPORS; WIRE;

ANNEALING PROCESSES; AREA OF INTERESTS; CAP RECONSTRUCTION; CAP STRUCTURES; CRITICAL RADIUSES; EMISSION CHARAC-TERISTICS; EMISSION CURRENTS; FE CURRENTS; FOWLER-NORDHEIM THEORY; LARGE CURRENTS; LOCAL TEMPERATURES; SMOOTH SURFACES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; METHODOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 55849107768     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200800157     Document Type: Article

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