In situ TEM observation of fe-included carbon nanofiber: Evolution of structural and electrical properties in field emission process

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 9567-9573

  Yusop, Mohd Zamri Mohd ^a,b   Ghosh, Pradip ^a   Yaakob, Yazid ^a   Kalita, Golap ^a   Sasase, Masato ^c   Hayashi, Yasuhiko ^a   Tanemura, Masaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Wakasawan Energy Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

electromigration; field emission; graphitization; in situ TEM; ion induced carbon nanofibers

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO-LIKE CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRON EMITTERS; EMISSION PROCESS; HOLLOW STRUCTURE; IN-FIELD; IN-SITU TEM; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION; INITIAL VALUES; IRON METAL; POLYCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; ELECTROMIGRATION; FIELD EMISSION; GRAPHITIZATION; IN SITU PROCESSING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IRON; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84870407143     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302889e     Document Type: Article

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