• DocumentCode
    1910424
  • Title

    Improvement in electron emission from CNT cathodes after Ar plasma treatment

  • Author

    Kanazawa, Y. ; Oyama, T. ; Murakami, K. ; Takai, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Center for Mater. Sci. at Extreme Conditions, Osaka Univ., Toyonaka, Japan
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    7-11 July 2003
  • Firstpage
    259
  • Lastpage
    260
  • Abstract
    In this paper, CNT cathodes were exposed to Ar plasma in order to improve emission characteristics presumably due to the formation of dangling bonds by cutting CNT´s bundle using ions from Ar plasma.
  • Keywords
    carbon nanotubes; cathodes; dangling bonds; electron field emission; plasma materials processing; Ar plasma treatment; C; carbon nanotube cathode; dangling bonds; electron emission; emission properties; Argon; Cathodes; Electron emission; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Plasma displays; Plasma materials processing; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Printing; Scanning electron microscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Microelectronics Conference, 2003. Technical Digest of the 16th International
  • Conference_Location
    Osaka, Japan
  • Print_ISBN
    4-8181-9515-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVMC.2003.1223082
  • Filename
    1223082