Electron emission from individual graphene nanoribbons driven by internal electric field

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 705-711

  Wei, Xianlong ^a   Bando, Yoshio ^a   Golberg, Dmitri ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

graphene nanoribbon; in situ measurement; one atom thick surface; phonon assisted electron emission; thermionic emission

Indexed keywords

DRIVING VOLTAGES; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EMISSION CURRENT; EMISSION DENSITY; FIELD ELECTRON EMISSIONS; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTERNAL FIELD; LOW DRIVING VOLTAGE; RICHARDSON EQUATION; SAMPLE HOLDERS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; GRAPHENE; PHONONS; THERMIONIC EMISSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRON EMISSION;

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84856145874     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204172w     Document Type: Article

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