Effect of Xe plasma processing on characteristics of carbon nanotube-based field emission cathodes

Carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays were synthesized on the cylindrical waveguide surface of a quartz optical fiber by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) to serve as field emission cathodes.

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Microscopic analysis of performance variations in carbon nanotube field emission cathodes: Implications for device optimization

physica status solidi (a) ◽

10.1002/pssa.201228296 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 209 (11) ◽

pp. 2114-2125 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Sarah Berhanu ◽

Oliver Gröning ◽

Zexiang Chen ◽

Jacqueline Merikhi ◽

Monja Kaiser ◽

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Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotube ◽

Field Emission ◽

Microscopic Analysis ◽

Device Optimization ◽

Field Emission Cathodes ◽

Analysis Of Performance ◽

Performance Variations

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Carbon nanotube growth for field-emission cathodes from graphite paste using Ar-ion bombardment

Applied Physics Letters ◽

10.1063/1.1899236 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 86 (16) ◽

pp. 163112 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Charles E. Hunt ◽

Orest J. Glembocki ◽

Yu Wang ◽

Sharka M. Prokes

Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotube ◽

Field Emission ◽

Ion Bombardment ◽

Field Emission Cathodes ◽

Carbon Nanotube Growth ◽

Nanotube Growth

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Electron cold sources: Nanotechnology contribution to field emitters

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199533060.013.21 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Vu Thien Binh

Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotubes ◽

Carbon Nanotube ◽

Field Emission ◽

Driving Forces ◽

Industrial Applications ◽

Single Atom ◽

Cold Cathodes ◽

Field Emitters ◽

Carbon Nanopearls ◽

Field Emission Cathodes

This article reviews recent advances in field emission cathodes and their applications, focusing on a number of possibilities emerging from the field of nanotechnology. It begins with an overview of the driving forces for the evolution of cold cathodes, laying emphasis on their fundamental characteristics and industrial applications as well as the bottlenecks of metallic field emitters. It then considers single-atom emitters, followed by different examples where the advent of nanotechnology has contributed towards improving new cold cathodes. It also discusses the Fresnel projection microscope and the microgun, a route to the microcolumn approach which is associated with the nanotip; a host of material issues for field emitters, taking into account carbon nanocompounds; carbon-nanotube field emitters; and carbon-nanopearl field emitters. The article concludes with an evaluation of the applications and uses of carbon nanocompounds, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanopearls as cold cathodes.

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