Electron field emission from carbon nanotubes

Comptes Rendus Physique - Tập 4 - Trang 1021-1033 - 2003
Yuan Cheng1, Otto Zhou1
1Department of Physics and Astronomy and Curriculum in Applied and Materials Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA

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