Field emission from multi-walled carbon nanotubes and its application to electron tubes

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作者
Saito, Y [1 ]
Hamaguchi, K
Uemura, S
Uchida, K
Tasaka, Y
Ikazaki, F
Yumura, M
Kasuya, A
Nishina, Y
机构
[1] Mie Univ, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Tsu, Mie 514, Japan
[2] Ise Elect Corp, Ise 51611, Japan
[3] Natl Inst Mat & Chem Res, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
[4] Tohoku Univ, Inst Mat Res, Sendai, Miyagi 98077, Japan
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APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING | 1998年 / 67卷 / 01期
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10.1007/s003390050743
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Field emission from closed and open-ended multi-walled nanotubes (MWNTs) was studied by field-emission microscopy. As an application of nanotube field emitters, we manufactured lighting elements with the structure of a triode-type vacuum tube by replacing the conventional thermionic cathodes with the MWNT field emitters. Stable electron emission, adequate luminance and long life of the tubes have been demonstrated.
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