Carbon-in-Al4C3 nanowire superstructures for field emitters

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 932-941

  Sun, Yong ^a   Cui, Hao ^a   Gong, Li ^a   Chen, Jian ^a   She, Juncong ^a   Ma, Yanming ^b   Shen, Peikang ^a   Wang, Chengxin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon in Al4C3; ceramic material; emitters; nanowire superstructures; vacuum microelectronic devices

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FUNCTION; AMORPHOUS CARBON (A-C); COLD ELECTRON EMITTERS; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EMISSION PERFORMANCE; EMITTERS; FIELD EMISSION APPLICATION; FIELD EMITTER; IN-VACUUM; NANO LAYERS; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; STRUCTURE MATERIALS; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; THRESHOLD FIELDS; TURN-ON FIELD; VACUUM MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; CARBIDES; CARBON NANOTUBES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC WIRE; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; MICROELECTRONICS; NANOWIRES; VACUUM;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 79951864091     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102173b     Document Type: Article

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