New carbon cone nanotip for use in a highly coherent cold field emission electron microscope

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2037-2044

  Houdellier, Florent ^a   Masseboeuf, Aurélien ^a   Monthioux, Marc ^a   Hÿtch, Martin J ^a  

^a CEMES CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD FIELD EMISSIONS; CURRENT DAMPING; ENERGY SPREADS; LONG TERM STABILITY; REAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES; TUNGSTEN TIP;

CARBON NANOTUBES; LUMINANCE; PYROLYSIS; TUNGSTEN;

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES;

EID: 84856708591     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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