A sonochemical approach to the fabrication of laterally aligned ZnO nanorod field emitter arrays on a planar substrate

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 319-324

  Jung, Seung Ho ^a   Shin, Nayoung ^b   Kim, Nam Hyo ^a   Lee, Kun Hong ^a   Jeong, Soo Hwan ^c  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electron emission; nanorods; sonochemistry; zinc oxide (ZnO)

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED ZNO NANORODS; AVERAGE DIAMETER; FIELD EMISSION PROPERTY; FIELD EMITTER ARRAYS; LATERAL GROWTH; METAL CATALYST; NANO-DEVICES; PLANAR SUBSTRATE; PREFERENTIAL GROWTH; QUARTZ WAFERS; SEED LAYER; SEMICONDUCTOR MICROFABRICATION TECHNOLOGY; SONOCHEMICAL; TOP SURFACE; TURN-ON FIELD; VERTICAL GROWTH; ZINC OXIDE NANOROD ARRAYS; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

CATALYSTS; FIELD EMISSION; NANORODS; QUARTZ; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SILICON WAFERS; SONOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 79952664526     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2010.2040396     Document Type: Article

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