A high-current, large-area, carbon nanotube cathode

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5 II, 2004, Pages 2152-2154

  Shiffler, D ^a   Zhou, O ^b   Bower, C ^b   LaCour, M ^c   Golby, K ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON EMISSION; TEMPERATURE; THERMIONIC EMISSION;

CARBON NANOTUBE CATHODE; HIGH CURERNT EMITTER; LARGE AREA EMITTER;

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES;

EID: 7744219652     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.835519     Document Type: Article

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