Laser surface treatment of screen-printed carbon nanotube emitters for enhanced field emission

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 255, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5770-5774

  Cheng, Chung Wei ^a   Chen, Chun Ming ^a   Lee, Yung Chun ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Excimer laser; Screen printed; Surface treatment

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXCIMER LASERS; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SURFACE TREATMENT; YARN;

BINDING MATERIALS; CARBON NANOTUBE EMITTERS; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; ENHANCED FIELD EMISSION; FIELD-EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH FLUENCE REGIME; LASER SURFACE TREATMENT; SCREEN-PRINTED;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 60949093554     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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