Improved field emission from amorphous carbon nanotubes by surface functionalization with stearic acid

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1272-1278

  Jha, A ^a   Banerjee, D ^a   Chattopadhyay, K K ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID TREATMENTS; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ELECTRODE DISTANCES; FE PROPERTIES; FERROCENES; FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; LOW TEMPERATURES; OPEN ATMOSPHERE; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FIELD EMISSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRON COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEARIC ACID;

AMORPHOUS CARBON;

EID: 78751572783     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.11.046     Document Type: Article

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