Field emission enhancement of au-si nano-particle-decorated silicon nanowires

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Zhao, Fei ^a   Cheng, Guo an ^a   Zheng, Rui ting ^a   Zhao, Dan dan ^a   Wu, Shao long ^a   Deng, Jian hua ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; FIELD EMISSION; GOLD COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOWIRES; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; HYDROGEN; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

ELECTRON FIELD EMITTER; EMISSION ENHANCEMENT; FIELD EMISSION MEASUREMENTS; HYDROGEN ATMOSPHERE; POST-THERMAL ANNEALING; SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAYS; SILICON NANOWIRES; TURN-ON FIELD; AS-GROWN; AU FILM; TOP SURFACE;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SILICON;

EID: 84255172833     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-176     Document Type: Article

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