Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5360522 | Applied Surface Science | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Field evaporation was used in the post-fabrication treatment of a carbon nanotubes (CNTs) array and effectively modified the CNTs morphology in favor of the field emission under a moderate field. After the field evaporation treatment, the uniformity of the emission site distribution improved but the onset voltage rose. Using the Fowler-Nordheim theory, the actual onset field and the evaporation field around the CNT were calculated to be â4.6-5 and 9-12Â V/nm, respectively. These values are close to those obtained from the individual CNT samples. The above results have provided an alternative to modify the configuration of an array sample and demonstrated the feasibility of tackling the problem of the disparity in the field emission capability of different CNTs in an array.
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Authors
Xin Bai, Wen-Jing Zhang, Gengmin Zhang,