Self-assembled surface structures caused by argon ion bombardment of reticulated Vitreous Carbom (RVC)

Author

Chacon, Rebecca J. ; Hunt, Charles E.

Author_Institution

Univ. of California, Davis

fYear

2007

fDate

8-12 July 2007

Firstpage

227

Lastpage

228

Abstract

In this paper, samples of RVC were surface treated under various conditions of argon-ion beam voltage, beam current and duration. Surface treatment duration varied from 3.5 minutes to one hour in length. The resultant self-assembled surface features, observed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), demonstrate improved field emission both by being geometrically-beneficial emission sources as well as because of induced modifications in sp²- and sp³-bonds at the surface.

Keywords

argon; cathodes; field emission; ion beam effects; scanning electron microscopy; self-assembly; surface morphology; vitreous state; C; RVC cathode; RVC surface treatment; argon ion bombardment; field emission; geometrically-beneficial emission sources; reticulated vitreous carbon; scanning electron microscopy; self-assembled surface structures; time 3.5 min to 1 h; Argon; Carbon dioxide; Chemical engineering; Materials science and technology; Scanning electron microscopy; Spectroscopy; Surface morphology; Surface structures; Surface treatment; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference, 2007. IVNC. IEEE 20th International

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1133-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1134-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVNC.2007.4481007

Filename

4481007