Abstract
A high-intensity electron gun based on field emission from a film of aligned carbon nanotubes has been made. The gun consists of a nanotube film with a 1-millimeter-diameter grid about 20 micrometers above it. Field-emission current densities of about 0.1 milliampere per square centimeter were observed for applied voltages as low as 200 volts, and current densities greater than 100 milliamperes per square centimeter have been realized at 700 volts. The gun is air-stable, easy and inexpensive to fabricate, and functions stably and reliably for long times (short-term fluctuations are on the order of 10 percent). The entire gun is only about 0.2 millimeter thick and can be produced with virtually no restrictions on its area, from less than 1 square millimeter to hundreds of square centimeters, making it suitable for flat panel display applications.
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Dates
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Created | 18 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 27, 2006, 2:19 p.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 12, 2024, 4:16 p.m.) |
Indexed | 1 week, 4 days ago (Aug. 20, 2025, 9:01 a.m.) |
Issued | 29 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 17, 1995) |
Published | 29 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 17, 1995) |
Published Print | 29 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 17, 1995) |
@article{de_Heer_1995, title={A Carbon Nanotube Field-Emission Electron Source}, volume={270}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.270.5239.1179}, DOI={10.1126/science.270.5239.1179}, number={5239}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={de Heer, Walt A. and Châtelain, A. and Ugarte, D.}, year={1995}, month=nov, pages={1179–1180} }