Room temperature mass production of carbon nanotube field emission micro-cathode arrays using electroplating of a CNT/Ni composite followed by micro-machining

Vacuum

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 827-832

  Deng, Min ^a   Ding, Guifu ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Cui, Xuemei ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Zang, Faheng ^a   Wu, Huiqing ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Electroplating; Field emission; Micro cathode; Micro machining

Indexed keywords

DIRECT GROWTH; EMISSION TESTING; FABRICATION METHOD; FIELD ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; FIELD-EMISSION PROPERTIES; GOOD STABILITY; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; LOW COSTS; MASS PRODUCTION; MICRO-CATHODE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROPLATING; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; MACHINE TOOLS; MICROMACHINING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES;

EID: 79951674018     PISSN: 0042207X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vacuum.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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