Electron field emission from carbon nanotubes, and its relevance in space applications

36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Gamero Castano, M ^a   Hruby, V ^a   Falkos, P ^a   Carnahan, D ^a   Ondrusek, B ^a   Lorents, D ^b  

^a Busek Co Inc   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRON SOURCES; PROPULSION; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

CATHODE TEMPERATURE; ELECTRON FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION SOURCES; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; ION BEAM NEUTRALIZATION; SOURCE OF ELECTRONS; TERRESTRIAL APPLICATION; VOLTAGE-CURRENT CHARACTERISTICS;

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES;

EID: 84896457975     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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