Novel cold cathode materials and applications

NS Xu, SE Huq - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2005 - Elsevier
Field emission (FE) is based on the physical phenomenon of quantum tunneling, in which
electrons are injected from the surface of materials into vacuum under the influence of an …

[PDF][PDF] Field emission of single-layer graphene films prepared by electrophoretic deposition

ZS Wu, S Pei, W Ren, D Tang, L Gao, B Liu, F Li, C Liu… - Adv. Mater, 2009 - academia.edu
Since the first demonstration of the electron field emission of carbon nanotubes (CNTs),[1]
various low-dimensional carbon materials, including nanotubes,[1–6] nanofibers,[7] …

Electron field emission for ultrananocrystalline diamond films

AR Krauss, O Auciello, MQ Ding, DM Gruen… - Journal of Applied …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
Ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) films 0.1–2.4 μm thick were conformally deposited on
sharp single Si microtip emitters, using microwave CH 4–Ar plasma-enhanced chemical …

Field‐Emission Characteristics from Wide‐Bandgap Material‐Coated Carbon Nanotubes

WK Yi, TW Jeong, SG Yu, JN Heo, CS Lee… - Advanced …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Field‐emission currents from SiO2‐or MgO‐coated carbon nanotube (CNT) emitters are
larger than for uncoated equivalents. Moreover the coated emitters exhibit lower turn‐on …

Field emission and application of carbon nanotubes

SC Lim, K Lee, IH Lee, YH Lee - Nano, 2007 - World Scientific
The mechanism of field emission from a metal surface was well explained based on the
quantum mechanics in early 20th century. Since then, various materials have been studied …

Enhanced field emission from a carbon nanotube array coated with a hexagonal boron nitride thin film

X Yang, Z Li, F He, M Liu, B Bai, W Liu, X Qiu, H Zhou… - Small, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A high‐quality field emission electron source made of a highly ordered array of carbon
nanotubes (CNTs) coated with a thin film of hexagonal boron nitride (h‐BN) is fabricated …

Multistage field enhancement of tungsten oxide nanowires and its field emission in various vacuum conditions

R Seelaboyina, J Huang, J Park, DH Kang… - …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the field emission properties of tungsten oxide nanowires grown on a tungsten
tip and its emission performance in various vacuum conditions. Tungsten oxide (W 18 O 49) …

Field emission from quasi-aligned aluminum nitride nanotips

SC Shi, CF Chen, S Chattopadhyay, KH Chen… - Applied Physics …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
We report the field emission properties of the quasi-aligned aluminum nitride (AlN) nanotips
grown on differently doped (⁠ p+⁠, p⁠, n+⁠, and n type) silicon (Si) substrates by thermal …

Electron emission from diamond films

VV Zhirnov, JJ Hren - MRS Bulletin, 1998 - cambridge.org
Diamond always has been considered an exciting material. In addition to its other
outstanding properties, diamond's capacity for cold electron emission has become a “hot” …

“Standardization” of field emission measurements

VV Zhirnov, C Lizzul-Rinne, GJ Wojak… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
Interest in field emission and field emission devices has been renewed in the last 5 yr. This
increase has been due to work on several new materials systems, which have shown …