An ordered Si nanowire with NiSi2 tip arrays as excellent field emitters

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Chun Yi ^a   Li, Wun Shan ^a   Chu, Li Wei ^a   Lu, Ming Yen ^a   Tsai, Cho Jen ^a   Chen, Lih Juann ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED FIELD; FIELD EMISSION DEVICES; FIELD EMISSION PROPERTY; FIELD EMITTER; FIELD ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; FIELD-EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; GROWTH METHOD; HETEROSTRUCTURES; METAL SILICIDE; NICKEL SILICIDE; NICKEL THIN FILM; ORDERED ARRANGEMENT; SI NANOWIRE; SILICA SHELL; SILICA-COATED; SILICIDATION PROCESS; SILICON NANOELECTRONICS; SILICON NANOWIRES; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; STABILITY TESTS; THRESHOLD FIELDS; TURN-ON FIELD; WELL-ALIGNED;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION COATINGS; FIELD EMISSION; NANOWIRES; NICKEL; NICKEL COATINGS; SILICA; SILICIDES; SILICON;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79251553134     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/5/055603     Document Type: Article

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