G. Pirio

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the field emission characteristics of vertically aligned carbon nanofibers on silicon substrates and showed that the patterned array of individual vertically aligned nanofiber had the most desirable field emission properties, highest apparent field enhancement factor, and emission site density.

TL;DR: In this article, the structural uniformity of carbon nanotubes/nanofibres (CNs) produced by plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition is evaluated for field emission applications.

TL;DR: In this article, a self-aligned technique was developed to pattern the extraction gate, insulator, and nanotubes in the micro-cathode, which exhibited a peak current of 105 μA at 48 V when operated with a duty cycle of 5% and an average current of 0.5 µA when operated at 48V.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report on the characterization of PECVD deposited nanotubes using Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES) and show that by adjusting the deposition gas ratios, using depth-profiled composition analysis, it is possible to eliminate the unwanted amorphous carbon on the substrate surface.

TL;DR: In this article, the electrical properties of individual carbon nanotubes were investigated for designing field emission devices and the failure of nanotube under field emission was also discussed, showing that the field enhancement of the structures is strongly related to the geometry (height/radius) of the structure and maximum emission currents of ∼10 μA were obtained.