Field emission properties and electronic structures of ultra small diameter carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1165-1170

  Li, Yung Ta ^a   Chen, Tei Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FIELD EMISSION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); WORK FUNCTION;

CURVATURE EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC BEHAVIORS; FIELD EMISSION MECHANISMS; FIELD EMISSION PROPERTIES; FINITE LENGTHS; FINITE NANOTUBES; FIRST-PRINCIPLE THEORIES; GEOMETRICAL CONDITIONS; GEOMETRICAL RELAXATIONS; LOCALIZED STATE; OPEN-ENDED CARBON NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBONS; ULTRA SMALLS; UNOCCUPIED STATE; VALENCE ELECTRONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 59649103833     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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