Local probing of the field emission stability of vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1074-1080

  Giubileo, F ^a   Bartolomeo, A Di ^a   Scarfato, A ^a   Iemmo, L ^a   Bobba, F ^a   Passacantando, M ^b   Santucci, S ^b   Cucolo, A M ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; FIELD EMISSION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PROBES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; CONDITIONING PROCESS; CURRENT INTENSITIES; CURRENT STABILITIES; CURVATURE RADIUS; EMISSION STABILITIES; FIELD EMISSION CURRENTS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; HIGH VACUUMS; LOCAL PROBING; LONG-TERM STABILITIES; METALLIC CANTILEVERS; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; SCANNING PROBE TECHNIQUES; SMALL AREAS; SUB MICRONS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 59849093345     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.12.035     Document Type: Article

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