Enhanced field emission stability and density produced by conical bundles of catalyst-free carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 287-292

  Pandey, Archana ^a   Prasad, Abhishek ^a   Moscatello, Jason ^a   Ulmen, Benjamin ^a   Yap, Yoke Khin ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS-GROWN; CATALYST-FREE; EMISSION DENSITY; EMISSION STABILITY; ENHANCED FIELD EMISSION; LOCAL FIELDS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SCREENING EFFECT; SELF-ASSEMBLED; THEORETICAL SIMULATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIELD EMISSION; STABILITY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 70350031597     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.09.031     Document Type: Article

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