Nanocone-Shaped Carbon Nanotubes Field-Emitter Array Fabricated by Laser Ablation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Laser Processing
3.2. Impacts on the Structure and Surface Pre- and Post-Processing
3.3. Field Emission Properties as a Function of Conical Tip Radius of Curvature
3.4. Simulation of Electric Field Intensity with a Different Tip Radius of Curvature
4. Results and Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Zhao, J.; Li, Z.; Cole, M.T.; Wang, A.; Guo, X.; Liu, X.; Lyu, W.; Teng, H.; Qv, Y.; Liu, G.; et al. Nanocone-Shaped Carbon Nanotubes Field-Emitter Array Fabricated by Laser Ablation. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 3244. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11123244
Zhao J, Li Z, Cole MT, Wang A, Guo X, Liu X, Lyu W, Teng H, Qv Y, Liu G, et al. Nanocone-Shaped Carbon Nanotubes Field-Emitter Array Fabricated by Laser Ablation. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(12):3244. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11123244
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhao, Jiuzhou, Zhenjun Li, Matthew Thomas Cole, Aiwei Wang, Xiangdong Guo, Xinchuan Liu, Wei Lyu, Hanchao Teng, Yunpeng Qv, Guanjiang Liu, and et al. 2021. "Nanocone-Shaped Carbon Nanotubes Field-Emitter Array Fabricated by Laser Ablation" Nanomaterials 11, no. 12: 3244. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11123244