Electron transferring from titanium ion irradiated carbon nanotube arrays into vacuum under low applied fields

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 269, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1082-1087

  Deng, Jian Hua ^a   Ping, Zhao Xia ^a   Zheng, Rui Ting ^a   Cheng, Guo An ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Field emission; Multiwall carbon nanotube arrays; Stability behavior; Titanium ion irradiation

Indexed keywords

APPLIED FIELD; BEFORE AND AFTER; CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAY; ELECTRON EMITTERS; ELECTRON TRANSFERRING; FIELD EMISSION PROPERTY; FIELD-EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; HETEROSTRUCTURES; HIGH DOSE; ION IRRADIATION; IRON IONS; MULTIWALL CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAYS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROMETERS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SILICON SUBSTRATES; STABILITY BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURAL DAMAGES; THERMAL CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; THRESHOLD FIELDS; TITANIUM ION; TITANIUM ION IRRADIATION; TURN-ON ELECTRIC FIELD;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; IRRADIATION; METAL IONS; NANORODS; PHOTONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETERS; TITANIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79953665299     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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