Field emission properties of carbon nanotubes in a stretchable polydimethylsiloxane matrix

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 5191-5194

  Ding, Hui ^a   Feng, Tao ^a   Chen, Yiwei ^a   Sun, Zhuo ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Field emission; Polydimethylsiloxane; Stretchable films

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; MICROCHANNELS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCREEN PRINTING; SILICONES; TENSILE STRAIN; YARN;

EMISSION PERFORMANCE; FIELD EMISSION PROPERTY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; HYBRID COMPOSITE FILMS; IN-FIELD; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; SCREEN PRINTING METHODS;

FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS;

EID: 84862825751     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.01.045     Document Type: Article

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