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
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