Effects of residual gas exposure on the field emission properties of ZnO nanorods

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3630-3634

  Mo, Y ^a   Jones, J D ^a   Neogi, A ^a   Fujita, Y ^b   Perez, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold cathode; Field emission; Gas exposure; Nanostructures; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC NITROGEN; COLD CATHODES; FE PROPERTIES; FIELD EMISSION PROPERTY; GAS EXPOSURE; RESIDUAL GAS; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FIELD EMISSION; MOLYBDENUM; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES;

ZINC OXIDE;

NANOMATERIAL; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GAS; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GASES; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 80051939119     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: 15334899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2011.3759     Document Type: Article

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