Electron tunneling through large area vacuum cap - Preliminary results

International Conference on Thermoelectrics, ICT, Proceedings

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 435-438

  Tavkhelidze, Avto ^a   Skhiladze, Give ^a   Bibiiashvili, Amiran ^a   Tsakadze, Leri ^a   Jangadze, Larisa ^a   Taliashvili, Zaza ^a   Cox, Isaiah ^a   Berishvili, Zauri ^a  

^a Cool Chips Pic and Borealis Technical Limited ^*  (Gibraltar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUNNELING;

EFFECTIVE AREA; SIMPLE MODELING; SURFACE REPLICATIONS; TUNNELING CURRENT; TWO ELECTRODES; VACUUM GAP;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 84949804127     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICT.2002.1190354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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