Field emission from open multiwall carbon nanotubes: A case of non-Fowler-Nordheim behavior.

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Zestanakis, P A ^a   Xanthakis, J P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLEANING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FIELD EMISSION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ANGLE DEPENDENCES; CLEANING PROCESSES; EMISSION CHARAC-TERISTICS; IMAGE POTENTIALS; LOW FIELDS; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL; MULTIWALL CARBON NANOTUBES; NON LINEARITIES; PLANAR SURFACES; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS; WKB METHODS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 56349165746     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3008040     Document Type: Article

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