Emission characteristics of carbon nanotubes at large electrode distances

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bellucci, Stefano ^a   Tiberia, Alessandra ^a,b   Di Paolo, Gaia ^a,b   Micciulla, Frederico ^a   Balasubramanian, Chidambara T ^a  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

arc discharge; carbon nanotubes; Field emission; field emission images

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; ITO GLASS; NANOTUBES; PHOSPHORUS; TIN OXIDES; TIN PLATE;

ARC DISCHARGE; ELECTRODE DISTANCES; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EMISSION IMAGES; FIELD EMISSION CURRENTS; FIELD EMISSION PROPERTY; ITO (INDIUM-TIN OXIDE); THERMAL PLASMA METHOD;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 80455178678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3314896     Document Type: Article

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