Numerical calculations of field enhancement and field amplification factors for a vertical carbon nanotube in parallel-plate geometry

Diamond and Related Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1381-1386

  Zeng, Wei ^a,b,c   Fang, Guojia ^a,c   Liu, Nishuang ^a   Yuan, Longyan ^a   Yang, Xiaoxia ^a   Guo, Shishang ^a   Wang, Dianyuan ^b   Liu, Zhiqiang ^b   Zhao, Xingzhong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIUJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Electric field distribution; Field electron emission; Field enhancement factor

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; EMITTER SHAPES; FIELD AMPLIFICATION FACTOR; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; FIELD ELECTRON EMISSIONS; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FIELD ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; NON-LINEAR VARIATION; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PARALLEL PLATE GEOMETRY; PLANAR ELECTRODE; SATURATION DEGREE; SATURATION FACTORS; THEORETICAL RESULT; TWO STAGE;

AMPLIFICATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; SIMULATORS;

ELECTRON EMISSION;

EID: 72049085009     PISSN: 09259635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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