Atomic layer coating of hafnium oxide on carbon nanotubes for high-performance field emitters

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Il Song, Young ^a   Yang, Cheol Min ^b   Ku Kwac, Lee ^c   Gun Kim, Hong ^c   Ahm Kim, Yoong ^d  

^a Micro Device Team   (South Korea)

^b Hyosung Co   (South Korea)

^c Jeonju University   (South Korea)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER; CONDUCTION-BAND MINIMUM; CURRENT STABILITY; ELECTRON FIELD EMISSION; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; ENHANCED EMISSION; FIELD EMITTER; HIGH FIELD;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON MOBILITY; FREE RADICALS; HAFNIUM; HAFNIUM OXIDES; OXIDES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 80054981136     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3650471     Document Type: Article

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