Correlation between resistance and field emission performance of individual ZnO one-dimensional nanostructures

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2015-2022

  She, Juncong ^a   Xiao, Zhiming ^a   Yang, Yuhua ^a   Deng, Shaozhi ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Yang, Guowei ^a   Xu, Ningsheng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anode probe; Field emission; Resistance; Single ZnO nanostructure; Vacuum breakdown

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF GASES; FIELD EMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; VACUUM; ZINC OXIDE;

CHEMICAL VAPOR TRANSPORTS; DEVICE APPLICATIONS; EMISSION PERFORMANCES; FIELD EMISSION MEASUREMENTS; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH RESISTANCES; LOW RESISTANCES; RESISTANCE; SINGLE ZNO NANOSTRUCTURE; VACUUM BREAKDOWN; VACUUM BREAKDOWNS; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

ZINC ALLOYS;

NANOMATERIAL; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMPEDANCE; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 56849124601     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800283u     Document Type: Article

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