High electron emission from branched tree-like carbon nanotubes suitable for field emission applications

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2493-2500

  Darbari, S ^a   Abdi, Y ^a   Mohajerzadeh, S ^a   Asl Soleimani, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; DIRECT-CURRENT; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; FABRICATION PROCESS; FIELD EMISSION APPLICATION; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FIELD-EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; GROWTH PROCESS; HYDROGENATION TREATMENT; PIXEL LEVEL; SECONDARY GROWTH; SECONDARY TREATMENT; TIP GROWTH; TREE-LIKE STRUCTURES;

FIELD EMISSION; HYDROGENATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77955230914     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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