Field emission from non-uniform carbon nanotube arrays
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Field emission from non-uniform carbon nanotube arrays
Regular arrays of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are frequently used in studies on field emission. However, non-uniformities are always present like dispersions in height, radius, and position. In this report, we describe the effect of these non-uniformities in the overall emission current by simulation. We show that non-uniform arrays can be modeled as a perfect array multiplied by a factor that is a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nanoscale Research Letters
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1556-276X
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276x-8-319