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High Electron Gain from Forests of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Mario Michan  and
Alireza Nojeh
Mario Michan
Affiliation:
mmichan@gmail.com, The University of British Columbia, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vancouver, Canada
Alireza Nojeh
Affiliation:
anojeh@ece.ubc.ca, The University of British Columbia, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vancouver, Canada
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Abstract

Carbon nanotubes are attractive candidates for electron field-emitters due to their high aspect ratio, mechanical stability, and electrical conductivity. It has previously been shown that an electron beam hitting the tip of a carbon nanotube biased near the threshold of field-emission can stimulate the emission of a large number of electrons from the nanotube tip. Here we report on similar experiments on arrays of free-standing multi-walled carbon nanotubes (nanotube forests) interacting with a scanning electron microscope's primary beam. Electron gains of up to 19,000 were obtained. This can enable applications such as electron detection and multiplication, and vacuum transistors.

Keywords

electronic materialnanostructurefield emission
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1258: Symposia P/Q/R – Low-Dimensional Functional Nanostructures-Fabrication, Characterization and Applications , 2010 , 1258-R10-21
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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