Synthesis and field emission property of carbon nanotubes with sharp tips

Xinxing Tan Cailiao/New Carbon Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-56

  Zhang, Yan Li ^a   Zhang, Li Li ^a   Hou, Peng Xiang ^a   Jiang, Hua ^b   Liu, Chang ^a   Cheng, Hui Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Field emission; Sharp tip

Indexed keywords

FIELD EMISSION; YARN;

ARC-DISCHARGE METHOD; CONE-SHAPED; FIELD-EMISSION PROPERTIES; HYDROGEN ARC DISCHARGE; LOW THRESHOLDS; SHARP TIP; SILICON POWDERS; STRUCTURAL DEFECT; SYNTHESISED; TIP STRUCTURE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 79953806463     PISSN: 20971605     EISSN: 18725805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-5805(11)60065-6     Document Type: Article

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