Emitter spacing effects on field emission properties of laser-treated single-walled Carbon nanotube buckypapers

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 49, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Yiwen ^a   Miao, Hsin Yuan ^a,b   Lin, Ryan Jiyao ^c   Zhang, Mei ^a   Liang, Richard ^a   Zhang, Chuck ^a   Wang, Ben ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; BUCKYPAPER; CARBON NANOTUBE EMITTERS; CNT EMITTERS; COLD CATHODES; DURABILITY PERFORMANCE; EFFECTIVE FIELD; EMISSION SPOTS; ENHANCED FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION PROPERTY; LASER POWER; LASER TREATMENT; LUMINANCE INTENSITY; OPTICAL ANALYSIS; POST-TREATMENT PROCESS; SCREENING EFFECT; TREATMENT TIME;

FIELD EMISSION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES;

EID: 78650144656     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/49/495702     Document Type: Article

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