Field electron emission enhancement of graphenated MWCNTs emitters following their decoration with Au nanoparticles by a pulsed laser ablation process

Nanotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Gautier, L A ^a   Le Borgne, V ^a   Delegan, N ^a   Pandiyan, R ^a   El Khakani, M A ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field electron emission; Graphenated carbon nanotube; Nanoparticles decoration; Pulsed laser deposition; Uv photoelectron spectroscopy; Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; GRAPHENE; LASER ABLATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; WORK FUNCTION; YARN;

FIELD ELECTRON EMISSIONS; FOWLER-NORDHEIM THEORY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (PE CVD); SURFACE COVERAGES; UV PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE; WORK FUNCTION CHANGE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84920836838     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/4/045706     Document Type: Article

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