Fabrication of Ni-matrix carbon nanotube field emitters using composite electroplating and micromachining

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3466-3471

  Deng, Min ^a   Ding, Guifu ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Wu, Huiqing ^a   Yao, Yuanjin ^a   Zhu, Lida ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD; COMPOSITE ELECTROPLATING; CONDUCTING LAYERS; FIELD EMITTER; FIELD-EMISSION PROPERTIES; GOOD STABILITY; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; MATRIX CARBON; MULTI-WALLED CNT; NI SUBSTRATES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TURN-ON FIELD;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIELD EMISSION; MICROMACHINING;

NICKEL;

EID: 70349217908     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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